 Weakening early in the morning, Hank decides that he should "bark up the sun" thirty minutes ahead of schedule.He runs into Pete the barn cat, who promptly confuses Hank so that he bashes his head against a tree trunk.Hank heads out to Sunrise Hill and begins trying to bark up the sun, but in the process he attracts the coyote brothers Rip and Snort, who are hungry and angry.