The two issues, as well as a prologue featured in Free Comic Book Day prints of Stray Dogs #1,[3] were collected and released in July 2022.

However, the veterinarian explains that dog memories work differently from human ones, so she will likely forget today's experience in a couple of days.

Sophie remembers that the man broke into her owner's house, then strangled her to death with her own scarf when she returned home.

When Rusty wakes her up to offer aid in figuring out the truth behind her story, Sophie does not understand what he is talking about.

During breakfast time, Sophie and Rusty decide to explore the master's private room while the man and one of the dogs, Aldo, are away.

After Rusty is removed from the shed that evening, Aldo states that the man spent his day meeting a lady and taking pictures of her.

Roxanne, Rusty, Sophie, and Victor the Dalmatian go through the door, and see piles of dirt that they suspect are graves.

Sophie watches Earl climb upstairs and warn the man by pawing at his private room door.

The man comes downstairs and explains to the emergency operator that his rowdy dogs accidentally knocked the phone over.

Sophie stays behind to look for the scarf so she does not risk forgetting again, but runs out to bite the man's leg so he stops shooting at the others.

Library Journal called it a "strange and terrible tale made creepier by the cuteness of its characters", with "fine craftmanship" and a "fresh plot", but emphasizing that it is for "adult readers" despite the dogs being "almost cartoon-like, looking like they could come from a children's show".

[4] Comic Book Resources praised it as "a well-plotted anxiety-inducing thriller", lauding Fleecs for "giv[ing] each dog a distinct personality [so that] each member of the large cast [can] play their own distinct role in the narrative", and compared Forstner's "cute, emotive [art] style" to Lady and the Tramp, while commending her depictions of violence.

[5] In 2020, before the first issue of Stray Dogs went on sale, Paramount Animation purchased the rights to adapt it into a film, with Gary Dauberman as producer.