STRAY DOGS TELLS THE STORY OF SYDNEY MITCHELL, A HARD NOSED OLD MAN WHO LIVES BY HIMSELF ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A DUSTY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN BORDER TOWN. ONCE A PROUD VIETNAM VETERAN, SYDNEY NOW SPENDS MOST OF HIS DAYS PATROLLING THE MEXICAN BORDER, ARMED WITH ONLY A RIFLE, HIS BELIEFS, AND HIS LOYAL ONE-EYED DOG. HOWEVER, WHEN SYDNEY CATCHES A YOUNG MEXICAN BOY TRYING TO CROSS THROUGH THE DESERT, HE REALIZES HE MAY BE IN FOR MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR. TOLD WITH AN OFFBEAT, HUMOROUS TONE, STRAY DOGS LOOKS TO EXPLORE THE ISSUES SURROUNDING IMMIGRATION WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HUMANIZING ALL THOSE INVOLVED.