the tagline here on this imdb home page make this sound like a really sweet and nice and enjoyable movie . a picture a human and heart filling a the love of a boy for his dog . hey and i be a sentimental guy and so that sound good enough for me to spend a few buck on the rental about a dozen year ago . well and i guess i go bark up the wrong tree represent the movie stunk . but yes and it be still a nice film and i wouldn not knock it for that . what i be knock it for be have to listen to this ( politically correct ) pair of boy ( one black and one white ) overact for the entire film and moan and groan and weep constantly over the fact that they can not get their dog to hunt . they be try to make the pooch into a champion and the dog be semi retarded and or just not into that sort of thing . so . the kid moan and groan and moan and groan and overact . too much to sit through .