“Stray Dogs” (** out of four) was a wildly uneven melodrama about a man (Skyler Pinkerton) who has to put his dog down and embarks on a backpacking trip through the wilderness with his brother (Tad Davies) to bury the dog where they found him but along the way encounter a stranger (Adam Gascho) who appears to be on the run and they find their own lives in jeopardy. Opening scenes with Pinkerton and his ailing dog are heartbreaking but once he sets off into the wilderness- film becomes a routine and generic crime caper. Gascho also co-wrote and directed and Pinkerton co-produced; both of them are out-acted by the dog who is great!