I am pretty sure that the dog is actually the protagonist of this story. It doesn't really matter as the film doesn't have much in the way of a plot or for that matter characters with human depth and being. What it does have-in spades!-is a kooky sense of humor and visual styling to spare. This is exceptional counterpoint to much of the mainstream animation garish and trite story telling. The film is decidedly odd but it is also decidedly entertaining and invokes delight and wonder like few films do.