An unremarkable administrative assistant finds her life going to the dogs both literally and figuratively in actor/screenwriter-turned-director Mike White's dark comedy drama. An inexplicably cheerful office worker whose somewhat sad excuse for a life seems to revolve around her pet beagle Pencil, Peggy (Molly Shannon) seems to relate better to her four-legged friend than she does to most humans. Most of her person-to-person interaction revolves around doting on other people's children and treating her co-workers to daily donuts, and Peggy just doesn't find much solace in the company of her know-it-all sister-in-law Bret (Laura Dern) or her anxiety-prone boss Robin (Josh Pais). When Peggy's dog Pencil is taken before his time, the devastated dog-lover is wracked with guilt. Now desperate to fill the gaping void that has suddenly opened in her life, Peggy agrees to a date with her gun-nut neighbor Al (John C. Reilly) that ends in disaster when she begins to suspect that the boorish brute may have in fact poisoned her ill-fated pooch. Later, after adopting every dog at the local pound and transforming herself into an overzealous animal-rights activist, the increasingly unhinged Peggy reaches out to asexual activist Newt (Peter Sarsgaard) in a last-grasp attempt at forming a human connection that is met with casual indifference.

1. Year of the Dog [2:05]
2. Pencil's Theme [0:46]
3. Tee-Tee [1:20]
4. Death of a Pencil [2:42]
5. Veganism [0:34]
6. Cupcakes [1:02]
7. The Bookstore [0:33]
8. Leaving Newt [0:51]
9. Forgery [0:49]
10. Road Trip [0:53]
11. Paradise Farm [1:45]
12. Welcome Back [0:42]
13. Looking For Valentine [1:42]
14. Fifteen Dogs, One Car [1:53]
15. Crowded House [0:28]
16. Snail Bait [1:38]
17. To Be Hunted [2:01]
18. Peggy's Goodbye [1:57]
19. Music for a Found Harmonium - Penguin Cafe Orchestra [2:42]
20. Steady State - Peguin Cafe Orchestra [3:34]
21. Lose Yourself in Nature and Find Peace - The Naysayer [2:23]