The movie is based on the novel and is about a couple, John (Owen Wilson) and Jenny Grogan (Jennifer Aniston) who just get married and move from Michigan to Florida. They get jobs at a local newspaper and Jenny wants a baby so their co-worker, Sebastian Tunney (Eric Dane) suggest they get a puppy before they have a baby to see if they will be good parents. They go shopping for puppies and come across a litter of newborn yellow Labrador Retrievers, They decide to chose Marley and Marley immediately becomes a handful so they take her to dog trainer Ms. Kornblut (Kathleen Turner) and when Marley doesn't listen to her commands she expels her from her dog class.