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Plot

Three years after the events of the first film, Max and Duke's owner Katie has married a man named Chuck and had a son, Liam. Max's resentful, then overprotective, feelings for Liam develop into an itch that leads Katie to get him a humiliating dog cone from the veterinarian, but his luck changes when Duke reveals the family is going on a road trip.

Before Max leaves, he entrusts his favorite toy, Busy Bee, to his friend Gidget. However, Gidget loses Busy Bee in a cat-infested apartment owned by a cat lady, so she gets "cat lessons" from Chloe in order to sneak into the apartment. With the help of Norman, Gidget does so alone, but she unintentionally causes all of the apartment cats to hail her as their "queen" after a staged defeat of a “red dot,” thus allowing her to retrieve Busy Bee.

When Max, Duke, and their family reach a farm owned by Chuck's uncle, Max is unaccustomed to its way of life. Local Welsh Sheepdog Rooster tells him to get over his insecurities about Liam and ditches his dog cone. After Max tries and fails to emulate Rooster's herding skills, as well as an incident with a flock of sheep, Rooster enlists Max’s help to find Cotton, a lost lamb that ran away. Rooster's advice about overcoming fear helps Max improve his newfound bravery and rescue Cotton from a falling tree in a gorge, earning Rooster's respect.

Meanwhile, Snowball, who dreams of being a superhero, meets a Shih Tzu named Daisy, who explains that she needs help to rescue Hu, a white tiger being held captive by an abusive circus owner named Sergei. Daisy and Snowball sneak into the circus and evade Sergei's pack of wolves to free Hu. However, during the escape, Daisy loses her flower clip, which the wolves use to track her down.

Daisy and Snowball take Hu to Pops' apartment first; Pops reluctantly lets Hu stay, but after he makes a mess, he is relocated to Max and Duke's apartment. That night, Duke and Max return from their trip, while Sergei and his wolves track Daisy there and capture her along with Hu, fleeing on a train. Max helps Snowball and Norman chase down Sergei as they contact Gidget for assistance. Gidget, Max’s friends, and the cats trick the cat lady into driving in her own car, in pursuit of the train.

Upon reaching the train, Max is ambushed by the wolves, so he takes them out, and Snowball fights and fires Sergei's pet monkey out of a cannon while freeing Daisy. The monkey inadvertently knocks Max off the train; using his newfound bravery, he jumps back onto the train from the top of a tunnel, where he fights Sergei. The other pets free Hu and kick Sergei out of the train, but before they can escape, Sergei holds them at gunpoint and plans to kill them. However, Gidget and the cat lady run over and knock Sergei out with their car, and offer the animals a ride back home. Life resumes as normal, with Hu finding a new home with the Cat Lady, and Max letting go of his anxiety for Liam while sending him off to preschool.

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