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In the book he is just described as "an old yeller (yellow) dog", presuambly a mutt.
In the Walt Disney movie the dog who played Old Yeller was a Blackmouth Cur named Spike.
Travis Coates, the older son who at first didn't want the dog and later fell in love
Black Mouth Cur In the book/film it was a fictional mountain cur.
A rabid wolf. If you Google "Old Yeller bitten by", you'll see for yourself. A rabid wolf.
Golden Retriever
He was a brave dog
most likely younger than 3 yrs
In the book Old Yeller the dog is a Blackmouth Cur. However, Spike the dog in the movie is a mixed breed from a shelter, adopted by his trainers. His breed is unknown but assumed to be a mastiff-type breed/Labrador Retriever mix. Again, that is just a guess.
Old Yeller was a fictional dog, and his fictional burial place was in Texas.. What happened to the dog that portrayed Old Yeller is unknown to the general public.
Old Yeller had to be killed because he got rabies. However Travis eventually gets a puppy that was fathered by Old Yeller. He names the puppy Young Yeller.
The dog
the dog dies
Ol' Yeller was a yellow Labrador retriever.
In the book Old Yeller the dog is a Blackmouth Cur. However, Spike the dog in the movie is a mixed breed from a shelter, adopted by his trainers. His breed is unknown but assumed to be a mastiff-type breed/Labrador Retriever mix. Again, that is just a guess.
Old Yeller was a fictional dog, and his fictional burial place was in Texas.. What happened to the dog that portrayed Old Yeller is unknown to the general public.
The Mountain Cur, which is still around today. In the books, the author portrayed Old Yeller as a Mountain Cur.
Old Yeller had to be killed because he got rabies. However Travis eventually gets a puppy that was fathered by Old Yeller. He names the puppy Young Yeller.
The dog
the dog dies
He was the best doggone dog in the West.
He found him as a stray dog
Old Yeller!
The problem is that Old Yeller has gets bit by a wolf and gets rabies . The solution is they have to kill Old Yeller so nobody in his family gets sick or die from Old Yeller's rabies.
He was an old, golden dog.