It's about this kid named Travis and his brother Little Arliss find this dog, which they called Old Yeller They're father is away to Texas during all of this and fourteen-year-old Travis is the man of the house. Travis doesn't like Old Yeller too much. He gets in the drinking water, steals hog meat from the supply, and basically causes trouble.One day little Arliss decides to play with a bear cub. The mom of the bear cub goes and attacks him, But Old Yeller saves him. He stands up to the mom bear and she gets scared away. Because of this Old Yeller and Travis becomes friends and have some adventures. old yeller helps Travis milk the cow and mark the hogs. They were given a little puppy also. Old yeller gets hydrophobia (something like rabies) by getting bit by a wolf. Because the mom is afraid of the safety of the family she demands Travis to shoot him. Travis does it. His dad returns home and gives him a motivational talk. After the talk Travis goes to the little puppy and sees that it is a lot like Old Yeller.