Spike (dog) Spike (dog) Spike (1952-1962) was a lop-eared yellow Mastador (Mastiff/Labrador Retriever mix) and a dog actor best known for his performance as Old Yeller in the 1957 Disney film of the same name co-starring Tommy Kirk, Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, and Kevin Corcoran. Spike was rescued as a pup from a shelter in Van Nuys, California and became the pet and pupil of animal trainer Frank Weatherwax. Spike also appeared as Patrasche in 20th Century Fox's "A Dog of Flanders" with Donald Crisp and David Ladd in 1959 and as King in the 1956 film, "The She-Creature". In 1961, Spike
Heart of a Dog (2015 film) orchestrated tales ... about life and death and what comes in the middle when you do them right, which is love." He later named it the best album of 2015 in his ballot for "The Village Voice"s annual Pazz & Jop critics poll. Heart of a Dog (2015 film) Heart of a Dog is a 2015 American documentary film directed by visual artist and composer Laurie Anderson. "Heart of a Dog" was commissioned by Franco-German TV station Arte and centers on Anderson's remembrances of her late beloved piano-playing and finger-painting dog Lolabelle. Scenes range from realistic footage from the animal's