Yes it is a non-fiction book

The only major difference between the book and the film is that in the book, Mrs. Coates convinces Travis to shoot Old Yeller shortly after the dog fights the wolf and is exposed to rabies (during the incubation period), whereas in the film, Travis insists on waiting until Old Yeller develops symptoms before killing him. In the book Travis and Yeller had not fully recovered from the wounds they received from the hogs. Mrs. Coates and Bud Searcy's daughter Lisbeth had gone to burn the cow carcass and return being chased by the rabid wolf which is kept at bay by Yeller. Travis shoots the wolf as it is about to kill Yeller but in a cruel twist of fate is then forced to kill Yeller because he has been exposed to rabies will eventually become a deadly threat to the family. There is also the minor difference in that Old Yeller is bob-tailed in the book. Whereas, in the movie, he has a long tail that arches over his back (similar to the tails of Arctic sled dogs). Another major difference is that Old Yeller appears as a Lab/Mastiff mix, while in the book he is implied to be a Black Mouth Cur.

Bud Sanderson

you could say jumper was travis 550 Yamaha ATV at the time.

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Its Little Arliss because without him insisting over and over to keep the dog and bringing it home in the first place, Travis wouldn't have had to have such a heartache by having to shoot his dog because of rabies. Without Arliss's constant complaining and getting into trouble, travis wouldn't have bonded with the dog as much as he did and there would be no internal or external conflicts.

Jumper is the family mule in Old Yeller.

Songstress Ronnie Spector has NO connection whatsoever with the novel- as you stated (Old Yeller) term refers to a Dog, and his color scheme, not habit of excessive barking as I thought. the novel is not remotely about Bull Fighting. It does deal with an animal sacrifice, though, the Lead adult character ( Father or Uncle) shoots Old Yeller after the animal becomes rabid following, I believe, a snake bite. The sudden-death killing off of a Lead animal character is probably unique in Disney films and it was not liked by all.

Sad but also happy as for the family as the father returns

Yes. He caught it while fighting a rabid wolf.

Because one bull had to be the "top bull."

jumper. he was called that because he was so good at jumping fences and getting in to areas where he wasn't wanted ,like the vegetable garden and the corn crib where corn was stored. Arlis called him ole jumper because he was older than arlis was.

Papa have to leave the fanily because he need monoy!!!

It made it so outstanding because lots of details and its a heartwarming story. It is really sad and made me read a lot of it. It really caught my attention and most people know this story. Its an peaceful ending how unusually it ended. I'll give 5 stars out of 5 to this book.

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.

They are about the same. the animal sacrifice theme ( lead male character is led to shoot the title character as he has become rabid. Maybe the movie was in a more modern setting. Not having seen it, I do not attempt to, well review books I have not read. I don"t like it. The animal sacrifice theme is quite common in some animal tales, but obviously doesen"t work with continuing characters such as Lassie or Gentle Ben, to name but two, Lassie did pour on the Lachrymotor overdrive, though.

In the movie Old Yeller (1957), the dog Old Yeller is bitten by a rabid wolf. Young Travis, the dog's master, shoots shoots Old Yeller, making the scene one of the sadest and most memorable scenes in children's movie history.

"I remember like yesterday how he strayed in out of nowhere to our log cabin on Birdsong Creek." Is one. and the only other one i know is "A boy, before he really grows up is pretty much like a wild animal." and that is the second one. Hope i helped.

No, it is an animal story that ends tragically, as the Uncle or Father character is compelled to shoot the beloved pet who has contracted rabies from a snakebite. this is somewhat unique in Disney films. One normally (consider rerun potential, like cartoons) Kill off a lead character. It was a novel by a man named Gibson. The animal-sacrifice idea may have been borrowed from the ( Ice Pan incident) by the explorer Sir Wilfrid Grenfell, which actually happened and the explorer was compelled to shoot three sled dogs to make a makeshift banner to alert authorities- for his own survival, This is heavy stuff, but for Sir Wilfrid was true. That was written in l909. Old Yeller might be a western adaptation to some extent.

It is an animal fiction the Boy and Dog variety and is unusual as it has a tragic ending. The Dog ( Old Yeller, from his color scheme, not barking habits!) is deliberately shot as he has become rabid from a bite from a snake ( in some versions it is a wolf) anyhow the dog is shot dead- no possibly (grey) ending of the dog merely, say wondering off in a sort of MIA limbo- the animal is also shot deliberately by the Father figure- or Uncle, in the story. Automatically, this destroys any possibility of continuity ( such as the lengthy Lassie series). I am aware of some other animal tales(about pets, not wild animals, who get into fatal fights all the time) but this one stands out. in the Rambunctious Doberman, the title dog is accidentally killed by an automobile backing out of a driveway, as I recall ( radio drama, not TV) The Ice Pan deals with animal sacrifice by an explorer lost in the arctic ice- he uses the dead dogs to construct a sort of danger flag or banner/ That took place around l908 and was based on an incident in the life of Grenfell, an explorer-doctor. How the dogs were dispatched is not disclosed to the audience. ( I heard two radio dramas based on this incident- my guess he shot them. so it goes support the A.S.P.C.A. no need for this sort of thing.

old yeller had rabies