Fourteen-year-old Ivy Herman does not want to sell her lead dog, Snow Queen. Mr.Herman owes only one more payment to the bank and The Canadian Eskimo Dog Sanctuary will belong to the family. He wants to sell Snow Queen. Then while out on her last run with her dogs, Snow Queen saves ivy's life. The buyer, Mr. Allbright, changes his mind about buying Ivy's dog.

Mr. Herman has been promoted to Chief Ranger in the Saskatchewan Forestry. This means the family has to relocate. The Canadian Eskimo Dog sanctuary has been sold, and most of the dogs. All but Ivy's five dogs. She has to find a good home for them before her father's time to honor his promotion runs out in a week.