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
The Stray Dog (short story) moved, Pat started running after the car, despite the pain in his body. The story ends when the barely alive dog, lied on the side of the road, while three crows were waiting to eat his brown eyes. Jalal Al-e-Ahmad and Homa Katouzian have called "The Stray Dog" one of the best stories by Sadegh Hedayat. The Stray Dog (short story) "The Stray Dog" (, "Sag-e Velgard") is a short story by Iranian writer Sadegh Hedayat, first published in 1942 along with seven other short stories in the book of the same name. Pat is a Scottish breed dog with