When the film opens, a St. Bernard کتے (later named Beethoven) and some other dogs are stolen from a pet دکان سے طرف کی two thieves. Beethoven manages to escape from the thieves and sneaks into the ہوم of the Newton family. The father, George, doesn't want the responsibility of owning a dog, but his wife, Alice, and children convince him. While trying to name the dog, the youngest daughter, Emily, plays a portion of Ludwig وین Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and the کتے barks along, thus he is named Beethoven.

Initially, George only focuses on Beethoven's negative aspects: scratching the door, shedding...