一笔天降的遗产让牙医泰德(小库珀·古丁 Cuba Gooding Jr. 饰)心中充满了兴奋,在他的幻想里,他终于可以摆脱入不敷出的生活,转而过上锦衣玉食的日子了。令泰德没有想到的是,当他按照指示来到了阿拉斯加准备接收遗产之时,他所要接收的却并不是巨额的支票或是辉煌的豪宅,而是八只活蹦乱跳的雪橇狗。 生活中一下子多出的这八个“朋友”让泰特感到不知所措,殊不知,这八只雪橇狗并非凡夫俗子,而是曾经在拉雪橇比赛中夺得过第一名的冠军团队。新一届拉雪橇比赛即将开始,尽管泰德对此毫无经验,但他还是决定带领他的八个朋友参加比赛。就这样,泰德开始了对于雪橇狗的训练,一个菜鸟教练和八个精干的队员,这样的组合真的没有问题吗?When Miami dentist Ted Brooks learns that his birth mother has passed away and that he was named in her will, he travels to Alaska to claim his inheritance. Rather than the large chunk of change that many people would expect, Ted instead receives his mother's pack of rowdy sled dogs and her property. Although the dogs seemingly have it in for Ted, he decides to keep the dogs and race them in the local race, the Arctic Challenge, spiting a mountain man who wants the dogs. What follows is a comedy detailing Ted's adventures in learning to run the sled dogs.