Gray Dawn never does things as the others do, or as the others before him. He is extremely large and awkward. He possesses a mischievous edge that seems to forever get him into one fiasco after another, much to his Master's chagrin. Early on the Master is convinced that Gray Dawn is a hopeless case and is about to sell him to another breeder, despite his wife's protestations. But, as fate would have it, he is spared at the last moment by performing a courageous deed, which wins his Master's heart.