The film ends with Copper choosing to leave the band and play with Tod again. Impressed with the band, he arranges for the dogs to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. Copper convinces the band of the importance of harmony, and The Singin' Strays howl a reprise of their song We're in Harmony, attracting the attention of the talent scout and reuniting the band. Tod tricks Cash and Dixie into thinking the other is in trouble, and the entire band end up meeting up at the diner. Hoping to atone for his doings, Tod gives Bickerstaff's hat to Copper, who uses it to track down the talent scout at a local diner. The following day, Tod and Copper reconcile. Along the way, Tweed narrowly avoids being hit by the talent scout's car, and Bickerstaff's hat flies off his head and lands on Tod. Tod is brought home by his owner, Widow Tweed. Copper ends his friendship with Tod for ruining everything, but Dixie admits to him that blowing Copper's cover was her idea, not Tod's. Granny Rose and the rest of the members of Cash's band feel quite sorry for Copper, and the band breaks up, prompting Cash to lambast Dixie for the impact of her actions. Copper is fired from the band and returns home with Slade. The chase leads to widespread mayhem in the fair, and the Singin' Strays' performance is sabotaged right in front of the talent scout Mr. Tod sneaks into Chief's barrel, luring him and Slade to the fair in a wild chase. Dixie then hatches a plan to get Copper kicked out of the band. During their conversation, Tod lets it slip that Copper is not a stray. Copper spends the entire day with Cash, forgetting his promise to watch fireworks with Tod.ĭixie finds Tod and sympathizes with his feelings of abandonment. Cash invites Copper to join the band, and he does so after Tod lies that Copper is a stray. During the show, Copper sings along, and Cash invites the pup up on stage to sing with them. Cash and Dixie get into an argument, and Dixie walks off before their performance, forcing them to go on stage without her.

It is important that they perform well because a talent scout from the Grand Ole Opry will be at the fair. The band has five members: Dixie (a Saluki), Cash (a Spanish Hound), Granny Rose, and twin brothers Waylon and Floyd ( Bloodhounds). Tod and Copper get to meet The Singin' Strays. Tod arrives and pulls Copper's collar off, and the pair head to the fair. The pair are eager to go see the fair, but when Copper's clumsy tracking disappoints his master Amos Slade yet again, the pup is tied up in the yard while Slade and Chief go to the fair without him. They see a line of trucks bringing the county fair to town, and Copper is mesmerized by the sound of dogs singing together in an old school bus with 'The Singin' Strays' painted on the side. The film opens with Tod and Copper chasing a cricket together.

The fox and the hound fight