They see Jerry run across a carpet, and they roll it up and cut it up until Tom accidentally slices off George's slippers. Tom and Spike then duel with swords, destroying a lot of the house. Spike grabs Jerry and is flipped judo-style by Tom. Furious, Spike starts chasing Jerry as Tom frees himself. Tom laughs at his victory until Spike busts through the door and flattens him. Enraged, he runs back towards the house roaring like a bull. He then realizes he has been tricked looking at the possession, and his head turns into a Jackass. Spike falls for it until he's about to leave the yard. Spike follows him to comfort the cat, and Tom slyly gives 'his' possessions to Spike and ushers him out the door. Tom shakes Spike's hand in a gesture of surrender, packs up his possessions and sets out for the door. Tom presents Jerry to George's chair, but instead of George, Spike leaps out and grabs Jerry. Spike is pulled into the floor grate and flattened into the likeness of a nail. Spike goes into the closet and puts a sign called 'DETOUR' and Tom runs into the closet and gets walloped by Spike with the golf club, grabbing Jerry. But Tom shuts the door on his arm and retrieves Jerry. Tom grabs Jerry and gets punched by Spike who then grabs Jerry and makes a run.

When both Tom and Spike prove to be as helpful as each other in cleaning the house and providing good company, George and Joan make a deal: the first to catch Jerry stays in the house. The ensuing argument ends with the conclusion that only one pet can stay in the house, which is followed with both Tom and Spike attempting to kick each other out of the house according to their owners' arguments. The argument is now saying that they get rid of Tom or Spike. George reads all of the costs saying Dog food and Cat food. Joan and George decide that the food costs are far too high and that the dog and cat eat too much. They overhear an argument taking place between the owners of the house named Joan and George. Tom steps on his tails and pops him back to his hole. Tom drops a piece of bread and Jerry tries to steal it. The cartoon begins with Tom and Spike living together as friends and happily, Spike is eating a club sandwich while Tom makes a sandwich with cat food. Pet Peeve is the 88th one-reel animated Tom and Jerry short.

Tom and jerry food fight