Dash had just woken up from a long nap. He was laying on the sofa, with his head on one of the arms and one of his hind legs dangling off the sofa. He looked at the small clock on a shelp and saw that it was 2 O'clock. He didn't ralise how long he was sleeping. He got off the sofa and stretched. He walked into the living room and walked over to his food bowl. Then he saw something that almost made him scream. There was a small, fluffy, brown Shar pei puppy eating out of his food bowl. And worse, Dashes owner was petting it. Dash walked over to the puppy and started to look it over, the puppy stopped eating and did the same with Dash for a moment. Then suddenly, without warning, Dashes owner shooed Dash away. "Dash, don't hurt the poor thing," She said. Then she went back to cooing the puppy. Soon after, Dashes owners two children came in and started making a fuss of the puppy. Even Dashes owners husband made a fuss of the pup. He didn't do that to Dash often. All he usually did was throw Dash a bone and say 'fetch'. Dash didn't feel that he was wanted around the house so he went outside and headed to the Junkyard to see Bandit and the others.

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Bandit was in the hideout with Travis, Coco and Tangerine. They were all chewing on bones that Tangerine had dug up for all of them. For once everything was quiet in the hideout but then suddenly... "Guys, I need your help!" Dash yelled as he burst through the enterance, knocking the couch that covered the enterance in the process.

"Don't shout," Travis whimpered, covering his ears, which made Coco roll his eyes.

"What is it, Dash?" Bandit asked.

"My owners have replaced me!" He panicked. Tangerine chuckled and got down from the sofa where she was sitting and walked over to Dash.

"Have you lost your mind? Your family loves you like you're the last dog on the planet," She said.

"I'll show you then. Follow me," Dash said as he walked out of the hideout followed by Tangerine and the others.

"So what have they replaced you with?" Coco asked Dash. Travis dug Coco in the shoulders as he said the word 'replaced'.

"They've got a little sharpei puppy and he's really cute," Dash explained.

"A Shar pei? really?" Tangerine spat. "I've seen piles of cat poop that look better than Shar pei's," She joked. Travis slightly chuckled.

"C'mon. It can't be that cute, Dash," Bandit assured him.

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"Whoa, that is cute," Bandit gasped as he and the gang looked through the window of Dashes house.

Gee, Bandit, thanks for those encouraging words," Dash said sarcastically. The Shar Pei puppy was asleep on the sofa where Dash always slept.

"This is the last straw!" Dash growled. He jumped in through thr open window and walked over to the puppy. The puppy woke up immediately.

"What do you want?" The puppy asked. The puppy sounded like his voice had only just deepened.

"I'll tell you exactly what I want!" Dash said. "I want you to get up and get out!" Dash ordered.

"Let me think...no," The puppy said and it shut its eyes again. Just then, Bandit had just jumped through the window with travis and the others behind him. "Is there a party going on?" The puppy asked as it opened one of its eyes.

"Where?" Travis asked, frantically looking around. Coco flicked Travis on the nose with one of his front paws, which made Tangerine giggle.

"Who exactly are you?" Dash asked the puppy.

"I'm Noodles," The puppy said.

"Why Noodles?" coco asked, chuckling which made Travis dig him in the ribs again.

"I'm a Chinese breed of dog and Noddles are Chinese food, so there," Noodles said, rolling his eyes. "Who are you?"

"This is Travis, Coco, Tangerine and Bandit and I'm Dash," Dash said. Noodles burst out lauging. 

"What's so funny?" Tangerine asked.

"Your names!" He howled with laughter. The gang all looked at eachother, puzzled.

"Like Noodles ain't any better," Coco said.

"What're you doing in Dashes house?" Tangerine asked.

"Well, here's the thing. My owners dropped me off at this house and left," The puppys eyes suddenly shadowed with sadness. "I think they might have abandoned me," Then he went back to his old annoying self. "Anyway, this is my new home.

"Anyway, get outta the house," Dash ordered.

"No way, dog-dude," Noodles said stubbernly.

"Hey, I have a better idea," Dash said. "We'll have a li'l competition. Whoever proves to my family that they're the better dog gets to stay. The other has to go live on the streets! We'll have five rounds," Dash challenged. Bandit pulled Dash away from the sofa.

"I'm not so sure that's a good idea," Bandit whispered. "You might actually end up living on the streets.

"Well, I know where you live so I can stay with you," Dash said. "Either way, I win the competition." Bandit gave in and shoved Dash back towards Noddles.

"M'kay then. You've got yourself a deal," Noodles agreed.

"Game on!" Dash said, determinedly.

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"So, remind me again what you have to do," Travis said as he follwed Dash and the others into the living room. 

"Noodles and I are gonna do stuff in front of Leon (Dashes man owner) and whoever gets the most attention wins the first round," Dash explained.

"I still don't think this is a good idea," Bandit said. "It' ain't to late to bail out, ya know."

"There's no way I'm backin' down now," Dash replied. "Here I go." Dash walked up to Leon and started chasing his tail. Leon looked up from the newspaper he was reading. 

"Dash, you're not a puppy anymore. Stop chasing your tail," Leon sighed, then he went back to reading his newspaper. Then Dash started jumping up and down on his hind legs, trying his best not to fall over. Leon looked up from the newspaper again. "Shoo!" He said kicking one of his legs out. Dash gave up. He decided that a puppy with a ton of wrinkles all over his body couldn't really get all that much attention. Wrong again. Noodles went over to Leon and started whimpering. Leon looked up from his newspaper and picked the small Shar Pei up and placed him down on his lap. "Awww. Quiet down, boy," He said gently. Dash couldn't help snarling. "Shove off, Dash!" Leon yelled. Dash obeyed and left the room.

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"Okay, Old Timer, let's see who's the best at playing fetch!" Noodles challenged as one of Dashes kid owners went outside with a tennis ball. "Whoever catches the ball the most times wins," Noodles said.

"You're on!" Dash agreed. Dash and Noodles went to play fetch while Bandit and the others stayed behind to get stroked by Dashes other kid owner.

"Ready boys? Go!" Dashes kid owner threw the tennis ball. Dash felt sure he was going to get it. He leaped, jaws open ready to get the ball, but at the last moment Noodles skidded past and grabbed the ball in his mouth, leaving Dash to fall flat on his face. Noodles bounded back to the kid and got rewarded with a pat on the head.

"I let you win that time. This time I won't go so easy on you," Dash lied. Dash crouched down ready to chase the ball. The kid threw the ball really hard. The ball hit the garden fence and bounced back towards the dogs. Dash leapt up to grab the ball, the suddenly, Noodles jumped up and knocked Dash out of the air. Dash landed flat on his back.

"That's gotta hurt," He heard Coco say. Dash growled in anger. He was going to full blast. This time he was going to catch it. The kid threw the ball high in the air. Dash jumped up against the garden fence and skillfully jumped off of that. He was high in the air and he was sure his kid owner had his mouth wide open, staring in amazement at his dog Dash noticed that Noodles had jumped too and was heading straight for the ball. Dash thrust himself forwards, which is hard to do in mid air. But then-

"OUCH!" Both Dash and Noodles yelped as they crashed into eachother. The two dogs fell