"A dog who dies/and who knows/that he dies like a dog/and who can say/that he knows/that he dies like a dog/is a man." (Erich Fried) State of Dogs is the retelling of a Mongolian parable about a stray dog who doesn′t want to become a man. Baasar, a stray dog shot and killed by a dog hunter somewhere in the backstreets of Ulan Bator, had always loved and trusted people. Now trust is gone, leaving his spirit with a dilemma: in Mongolia, dogs are reborn as humans, and Baasar is reluctant to return as a human. He sets out on a journey through his memory. He recalls his joyful existence as a sheep dog in the countryside; the pain and sorrow when he was abandoned by his master; the struggle to survive as a stray in the city. Without knowing why, Baasar remembers a young woman. He feels close to her and wants to warn her of a great danger: the mythical dragon Rah is threatening to devour the sun to create chaos and destruction. But Baasar′s time as a spirit is running out and Baasar must come to terms with his destiny before returning to earth as a man.