Air Buddies is a 2006 American sports comedy film directed by Robert Vince.

The film changes the primary focus of the series from Buddy, an adult golden retriever, to his puppies.

When their families leave home for a basketball game, the puppies get into trouble with their sitter, Mrs. Niggles, by playing with balls of yarn and eating a blueberry pie.

In wine country, Selkirk is pleased that Denning and Grim captured both Buddy and Molly so he can have them breed puppies and sell them for money.

When Grim explains that Buddy and Molly already had puppies, which Denning let get away, Selkirk tells them to lock the dogs in the wine cellar and go and capture them.

The Buddies find their way to the projection room and walk in front of the projector, their shadows attracting Denning and Grim's attention.

They are soon confronted by bikers who correctly believe their intentions of harming the Buddies, resulting in them being ambushed and tied up to the screen, after which the crowd hurls popcorn and other food items at them.

A skunk's spray enables Sniffer to smell again, so he calls Noah and Henry, and they go off to find the Buddies.

The film ends with Buddy, Molly, Buddha, Budderball, Rosebud, B-Dawg, Mudbud, Sniffer and The Wolf howling to show how they are still family and friends, despite their distance.

These representatives ensured all animals being worked with on the film received humane treatment internationally.

[1] Air Buddies was released directly to DVD on December 12, 2006 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, the same day as The Fox and the Hound 2.