This fourth outing in the Air Bud series takes place in Fernfield, where Buddy the golden retriever and his four grown puppies live alongside their human companions. Of course, there is evil afoot: a scientist wants to kidnap all the dogs to distill the Super Sports Gene that gives them their incredible ball-hitting ability. That plot gets set aside so that we can watch Buddy take Andrea's school bag to her on the first day of classes, and then watch Andrea become MVP material in one afternoon of practice with her helpful dog for a coach.