This is both a sad and terrifying scene. It just goes to show how scary the dreaded rabies virus really is. It turns even the friendliest animals into mindless rage filled monsters.
I’m Australian, and this is why we were all so upset with Johnny Depp after smuggling his two dogs into the country, and then calling the government idiotic out when he got caught and got in trouble. We are very lucky that we don’t have some of these horrible diseases (such as rabies) in our country. Why on earth would it be okay that he risked our entire wildlife and ecosystem by potentially bringing these sorts of diseases in?
I was 5 when I watched this. I remember practicing self talk in a mirror after watching this scene. “It’s only a movie, it was only a movie”. Needless to say, I was devastated.
It's not the death of the dog that makes me sad, it's the fact that a young boy lost his innocence and has to deal with a problem in such a drastic way
That dog did such a great job acting this. The trainer must have been amazing. Of course it cuts frequently and they use sound effects more, but dang did that dog do a great job playing Angry.
Dogs can’t ACT. They just do. Love when people can’t handle the truth. They did something to that dog to make it that way. Dogs don’t act. They feel and do.
@@laurenboyd1331 I've never actually seen this movie. i mean i think its good that kids get an education about rabies and what happens to animals that get rabies... but.... imagine showing this to a 6 year old... fuck em up for the rest of their life! im 33.... and even this fucks me up!!
He had to shoot Yeller. If he hadn't the dog would have died a slow death or gotten out and killed someone. But why didnt Yeller attack Travis on sight when he went to feed him? Wasnt he full blown rabid or pre-rabid...
quoted from Saul in "Breaking Bad" episode "Rabid Dog": "We’re wondering if maybe this isn’t an Old Yeller type situation ... Old Yeller was the best, most loyal dog that ever was. I mean everybody loved that mutt. But one day he showed up rabid, and little Timmy, for Old Yeller's own sake, had to uh, well I mean you saw the movie."
@@Marcelo-sv3li Hey! If you look closely, after all they've been through, Jesse developed a closer bond to Mike, who was more respectable and authentic than Walter. Jesse couldn't stand the fact that Walter killed Jesse's only true friend and lied about it telling him that Mike was "out there". Also, Jesse was fine with the money he made in the meth business and seeing what Walt had become into, well, you got the answer.
Sim, é verdade!! Na verdade tudo começou quando Jesse descobriu que Walter o havia enganado com o cigarro de ricina (induzindo-o a pensar que Gus envenenou Brock Cantillo, e refazendo a parceria com Walt). Somado isso ao fato de descobrir que White envenenou Brock com a planta “Lilly of Valley”, e com o fato de ter descoberto que Walter o manipulava, ele tentou atear fogo na casa dos White, virando ali seu algoz. Quando a coisa começou a desmonorar para Heisenberger toda a sorte e acaso até ali havia virado.
i remember seeing this as a kid...... i even had a dog too, his name was chucho.... my mom always reminds me. after the scene, i was covered in tears and snot i was crying so hard. and in my tear soaked face, i asked my mom "is that going to happen to chucho?" wheezing from crying so hard... thankfully, chuch (such a beautiful and loyal dog to the end) passed away at a ripe old age when i was nearly 20. this is still one of the absolute more traumatic movies i've ever seen as a kid.... man...
To those who don't watch the movie, he was already injured from hunting hogs. Then he saved the family from a wolf, but the family thought he could have gotten rabies from fighting the wolf, so they locked him away in that shed for, correct me if I'm wrong, a month. A month later, the dog turned into that. And since there was no cure at the time, the older boy had to end him. I can honestly say that this is the saddest thing Disney put out
@@rexman971 Wrong. Rabies has an incubation period of 8 weeks to 1-5 years. You and an animal who’s been bitten by a rabid animal can literally live life for a year or so without any symptoms until the incubation cycle breaks. It is a prions disease you should look up what a prions disease is then you’ll understand. Because that is what rabies is it’s very similar to mad cow and scrapies which is a form of rabies in sheep and chronic wasting disease in deer elk and moose. Do your research instead of spreading bs.
@@magau3698 ah okay thanks for the info, I always thought it said humans can take a year but animals only a couple days since animals have shorter spines. I know it also matters where the bite is located so animals are more likely to bite a human lower than the waist. Sorry I've been looking this stuff up and it's still so confusing and technical.
I grew up on a ranch, our family dog Omar was bitten by a rabid coyote when I was 11, and we had no idea at first. He was out in the yard one afternoon and was being very aggressive, and his mouth was foaming. My stepdad had to put him down with his gun. Losing a pet is one thing, but to lose them to rabies is a whole other feeling of devastation. RIP Omar 1989 - 2002♥️ EDIT: removing the type of gun from my original comment, as I only went off of what my parents said the gun was, as I wasn’t allowed near guns as a child, and still chose not to be as an adult.
Did you see it happen? I have a hard time picturing a 22. Quickly finishing the job… my buddy tried to take out a duck for dinner once, ( I was holding it, we raise them ) and it took 3 head shots for it to finally stop wailing. It was heartwrenching, I no longer will use 22. For killing.
@@ElDuderinoh I watched the whole thing, my stepdad shot him in the head. I was a kid, and I recall him saying it was a .22 but it could have been something else. I know what I saw, I’m not going to argue. He had a gun, but I’m positive he said that it was a .22. I’m not overly gun-savvy as my stepdad kept his guns locked up and didn’t want us to know about how to use them until we were older, if we chose to. I don’t like hunting or anything so I never learned how to shoot.
@@StealthMode3924 I don’t want to argue with you either, at all, sorry if I came off that way I’m just genuinely curious if the 22. Was able to take care of it with a single shot. It would have to be lucky, I’m sorry you had to go through that. I had to put out my cat with a shovel after my grandma ran it over… I know your pain.
@@ElDuderinoh I’m sorry if I came off that way too, it’s hard to read one’s tone on here. I would like to be able to confirm that but I only know based on what I overheard my parents discussing. I’m sorry you had to go through the same thing, losing a pet is one of the worst feelings ever.
He knew his dog was mad, he couldn’t say anything, he knew he was gonna have too do what had too be done. His best friend was gone forever, his dog was in lots of pain. So he had too end his suffering.
I’m going to sing his theme in honor of his death Old Yeller was a mongrel An ugly lop-eared mongrel Fancy free without a family tree But he could up and do it And prove there's nothin' to it And that's how a good dog should be Here, Yeller Come back, Yeller Best doggone dog in the west Old Yeller was a hunter A rarin', tearin' hunter And when he chased he knew just how to run And when he hunted trouble He always found it double And that's when Old Yeller had fun Here, Yeller Come back, Yeller Best doggone dog in the west Old Yeller was a fighter A rootin', tootin' fighter In any scrap he knew just what to do A rough and ready feller Although his coat was yeller His bold Texas heart was true blue Here, Yeller Come back, Yeller Best doggone dog in the west
This scene always makes me sad especially when Travis had no choice to make heartbreaking decision to shoot his best doggie friend. Arliss is such a naughty boy!
QueenMadusa Madusa I concur on both. Any moment I didn't spend enjoying the scenes with Travis and Old Yeller bonding, I spent begging for Arliss to shut the hell up. Oh, and, side note, Old Yeller, Mighty Joe Young, The Iron Giant, and The Lion King were the only movies I've ever cried at.
@QueenMadusa Madusa That was very confusing how Travis claimed Yeller as his best friend because he hated Yeller at first but probably only started loving him because he obeyed Travis not to eat the deer or because he appreciated that Yeller saved Arliss from a bear. But yes, Arliss is very naughty to try to secretly release Yeller especially when Travis told him in a threatening way to stay away from Yeller. However, it was mostly the mom's fault for not keeping a close watch on Arliss by putting him to bed herself.
All the signs of rabies were there. Not eating due to inability to swallow (hydrophobia). Hypersensitivity to stimuli: the presence of the rest of the family further agitated Yeller. Arliss wasn't the only one who couldn't wrap his head around the situation. At first, Travis couldn't take in this situation either.
The way when Travis enter the small house where Yeller is in, when the rabies is started in Yeller, you can see Yeller didn’t attack Travis, he was probably growling at him, telling him, “leave go, before I become a monster, I don’t want to hurt you”. When the little kid tried to loose Yeller, the rabies kicked in and tried to attack him.
I was more scared then sad, just how evil this dog seemed with the rabies. Honestly, that touch of evilness really helped with the death thing, because it really helps you realize the poor dog was suffering.
Whoa, im 33 and have only ever seen parodies of this, or heard people making fun of it. What is old yeller, but a symbolism of our childhood innocence? The world isnt all fun and games, and its never easy to reach the day, the day you see the cold world for what it is. You trade amusements and games, for purpose and understanding. Its dark, and you realize its solely up to you, to light up the way for the future of your seed. Your shoulders get weight added to them, and its a shock. But you become an adult, only when you see the bigger picture. The meaning. You look at your life up to then, and feel the darkness waiting for you on the other side, and you preemptively mourn, as you know the fearful reality, you are destined to venture, for the good of humanity. Just as he looks into the eyes of his childhood dog, but knows he has to ignore his emotional intuition, and for the first time, he has to be a man, and do whats right. The killing of his best friend, will be a trauma that lives with him the rest of his life, but in that moment, and the rebuild he will make of himself to cope, a true man will emerge. A fearless man, who will sacrifice it all for the ones in his life that mean something to him. No danger he ever faces, will be harder to challenge, then the day he had to take charge, and take that gun from his mothers hands, and murder his childhood innocence. Its a symbolic representation for the first tike a boy has to sacrifice part of himself, for the betterment of his future. It is the initiation, inti manhood, and the continuation of the human soecies.
Back in the 90's Disney Channel played great shows in the day, and at evening they played classic movies like "Old Yeller", ext...I remember at night played classic shows too like "Zorro"...Now I dont know what they're doing.
Stewart Morris a one were a wild dog runs to a family he's nice to then extra extra stuff then he fights bears and a wolf wolf bites him he gets rabes has to shoot him
You think this is bad? In fox and the hound (the book) Chief dies after being hit by a train, Todd dies of exhaustion, and the hunter shoots Copper because he moves to a retirement home and can’t take him with him
Never watched the movie but always knew about it being sad cuz it's just part of the pop culture lexicon. Was watching a rerun of Friends that referenced this and thought Let's see this sad scene, probably ain't nothing. I didn't even watch the whole movie and the one scene alone was sad enough. I think what got me was that it was a kid having to kill his dog. That shit's fucked up. I always thought it was like his dad who did it, teaching him a lesson on what it means having to man up... But it was the kid manning up on his own. Lot of implications here. Great scene.
In the time the movie was set in there was no rabies vaccine. Old Yeller didn’t have to go full Cujo to kill the family. Even a single bite on the hand would have been a death sentence akin to being tortured to death.
Every boy needs to watch this. There will come a time when he will have to step up and do the right thing for his family. This is the transition from being a boy to being a man.
This gets me wondering about a lot of things. 1. Did they have a trained acting dog which they could command it to growl and bark on command? Or was it something far more sinister like a truly aggressive dog or a dog which was prodded and teased to the point of aggression at which point they actually shot it dead?. The white foam on Yeller's cheeks was likely shaving cream. The fact that Yeller is also shot off screen would also allow people to remove the dog while you are led to believe he was still there. Old films did use to kill animals and there was no rules against it if they were in good supply. And then I also wonder all the possibilities that could have happened if Yeller bit any of them. A horror spinoff brewing here. In those days, out in the middle of nowhere without the medicines for rabies or anything. If he bit all of them then they would all turn against each other until they either killed one another or succumbed to the Illness itself. If Yeller just bit one of the boys then the family would have to care for the child the best they could, including locking him up if he became hostile or hallucinating and all that. I don't think they would shoot a child, but would be forced to watch from a distance as the disease slowly kills him. the most tragic scene would be if one got the disease then transmitted it to another and then another one by one so that each one had to see the other go crazy. the film should have possibly mentioned something about how humans can get rabid too. The mother could have said "it's him or us". of course then that would have made it even more disturbing than it already was. interesting how Disney films played on our worst nightmares. Bambi could really make some kids messed up for life knowing their parents can die or even be killed by others. so you may as well have said that Yeller needed to die before we all become sick. but it's really good that it says "he's suffering" and it wouldn't be right to keep him suffering. That's the true meaning of PARENTAL GUIDANCE
I’m from south Mississippi this is the best movie I ever seen. I’m 23 and even tho this was in 1957 down here in the south, this is how a lot of us grow up. Barely leave the house, get you a loyal dog and as a kid my only goal was hunting. Everyday bird snake or deer I want to wake up eat my breakfast and go in the woods. This reminds me of going out to my grandpas ranch. Me and my cousin would cross a bared wire fence and go hunting errr poaching in the hunting club we snuck into. We never shot nothing but man those memories never pass
I feel very sad for the boy who deeply love his dog but Yeller was no longer Yeller and suffering so he had to do it the quickest and hopefully less painful way. It’s not easy to do especially back then when there wasn’t a cure.
See this is the thing. Parents, family tell their kids not to do something and go "Don't do this, you understand!" But never say why such a thing is important. Like the why is the most important thing to say otherwise they are just going to think "I aint listening to you being grumpy" and do it anyway.
Its just not fair that there was no cure to save him from such a horrible disease that shouldn't be allowed to exist, but you question why it does and there is no answer to that. Even wild animals shouldn't have to suffer from it and be stereotyped by media as monsters, like wolves.
+Powerranger6342 That's true, especially since Mama said that he was suffering and that it has to be done. Plus I can picture if they never shot him, soon he would break out of the corn crib and then bite all of them as they're sleeping causing each of them to get rabies too.
@@afriendofbean Rose the cow, the wolf, and Yeller fell victim to the rabies disease, which is so sad and unfair, but they were suffering and it was an act of mercy to end it.
+Disneyfan82 Yes that's true and I agree it's sad. Luckily for Travis he learned from Burn Sanderson if an animal does a certain thing, that's a sign that they have rabies (on the movie they called it hydrophobia). For the wolf, he was a street animal but, I'm sure Travis didn't feel too close to Rose the cow to shoot her especially since he said that he is going to get his gun to shoot her and it never showed him crying to shoot her like he was crying to shoot Yeller. It was only Yeller he was close too (of course, I was confused when Travis said that Yeller was his dog at 3:50 since he hated Yeller at first when Arliss claimed him first and the only reason he started to love Yeller was because he saved Arliss from a bear). At least from the second film titled "Savage Sam", their new dog Sam never got any rabies or any sickness but on the movie cover it said that Sam faced scarier dangers than Old Yeller.
And When Old yeller Was Fighting With The Wolf And Gave Him The Dreaded Rabies Virus Really Is It Turns Even The Friendliest Animals Into Mindless Rage Filed With Madness
yeah, but i worry for the kids of anti-vaccine parents. this is easily preventable with the shot but with these anti-vaccine parents. *shakes head sadly*
@@deb310red one of my uncles had to take them and it scared his mom, my grandmother silly and even though the virus can be cured and has in some places gone extinct due to strict quarantine laws and vaccinations the CDC still considers it a threat.
This is both a sad and terrifying scene. It just goes to show how scary the dreaded rabies virus really is. It turns even the friendliest animals into mindless rage filled monsters.
And humans too.
@@katelynbodiford5680 it works differently on humans
You're basically paralyzed and after awhile you slip into a coma and die
I’m Australian, and this is why we were all so upset with Johnny Depp after smuggling his two dogs into the country, and then calling the government idiotic out when he got caught and got in trouble. We are very lucky that we don’t have some of these horrible diseases (such as rabies) in our country. Why on earth would it be okay that he risked our entire wildlife and ecosystem by potentially bringing these sorts of diseases in?
@@marysdanceworld6066 oh god
@@marysdanceworld6066 Rabies isn't a national pandemic.
What kind of sick doggie snuff film is this?!
Colin Clayton LOL
Phoebe
Colin Clayton IM LITERALLY WATCHING THAT EPISODE AT THIS VERY MINUTE
I'm watching that episode right now lmao
lmao
The lack of kick-back from the gun had me all confused. I didn't even realize he shot him
Autumn Brown eh some rifles don't really have much kick
Autumn Brown yeah he shot him.
jeremy Mizer That's a .50 cal percussion cap rifle, it has plenty.
ARintheseatSESH I was think it was a Springfield trapdoor.
@@arintheseatsesh6242 Okay no, a .50 cal would fucking turn the dog into gibblets.
That little kid nearly gave me a heart attack when he was trying to free the dog
JRT Horsin'Around321 then again, he didn't understand of what was going on
meh if he's such a dumbass he would deserve to be mauled.no need for idiots to survive
That boy is a brat and an idiot.
Callum Deans Well he was 5 kids that age can be dumbasses.
The Black Cross luckily during that time it' oky to beat your child
“ he doesn’t have rabies, he has babies “
Lol
Phoebe Disliked this video ...
Hahahaha SML reference
Sandy Styles He has rabies, not babies.
Bruh Old Yeller is a male -_-
I was 5 when I watched this. I remember practicing self talk in a mirror after watching this scene. “It’s only a movie, it was only a movie”. Needless to say, I was devastated.
It's not the death of the dog that makes me sad, it's the fact that a young boy lost his innocence and has to deal with a problem in such a drastic way
snyder1171 holy shit you are stupid. Stfugtfoh
There's no real choice if an animal becomes rabid. It's a slow and painful death without a cure. Sad, but that's life.
Why don't people care about dogs?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!
@@EvelynL.1112 What's wrong with you?
@@faithmariesse_ What are you talking about?
That dog did such a great job acting this. The trainer must have been amazing.
Of course it cuts frequently and they use sound effects more, but dang did that dog do a great job playing Angry.
It wasnt the same dog. They brought in a different dog that actually had rabies from the pound.
@@alanburns9466I did hear some of these earlier films had questionable methods , especially with Milo and Otis , that was a shit storm
😂
Dogs can’t ACT. They just do. Love when people can’t handle the truth. They did something to that dog to make it that way. Dogs don’t act. They feel and do.
@@NACHOTHEIST Yes they can. Dogs are literally trained in acting, as a trick of course. Their wranglers give them treats for doing well.
3:10 when you realize there is nothing left of your best friend to save :(
It broke my heart seeing him cry like that...
@@laurenboyd1331 I've never actually seen this movie. i mean i think its good that kids get an education about rabies and what happens to animals that get rabies... but.... imagine showing this to a 6 year old... fuck em up for the rest of their life! im 33.... and even this fucks me up!!
lmao
@C A
Shut up.
He had to shoot Yeller. If he hadn't the dog would have died a slow death or gotten out and killed someone. But why didnt Yeller attack Travis on sight when he went to feed him? Wasnt he full blown rabid or pre-rabid...
When i watched this movie on my local channel during early 90's i thought it was going to be a happy movie about dog. Man . . I was wrong.
It just goes to show you rabbies is a real bitch
Your mom shouldve turned the tv off before the ending then.
@ dont say that about yeller >:(
Crying: Acceptable at funerals and the Grand Canyon. Also when Old Yeller dies.
Tanner Maxwell why at the Grand Canyon?
@@robloxiscancer3343 you're clearly not a Swanson
DF ???
The Grand Canyon literally took my breath away it was so majestic
Who cries at the grand canyon? Lol
take me out to the back of the shed...
Nimrod Nedi joji
A n d s h o o t m e i n t h e b a c k o f t h e h e a d
And shoot me in the back of the head
And shoot me in the back of the head...
n shoot me on the motherfukn head
quoted from Saul in "Breaking Bad" episode "Rabid Dog":
"We’re wondering if maybe this isn’t an Old Yeller type situation ... Old Yeller was the best, most loyal dog that ever was. I mean everybody loved that mutt. But one day he showed up rabid, and little Timmy, for Old Yeller's own sake, had to uh, well I mean you saw the movie."
You're full of colorful metaphors aren't you Saul? Do not float that idea again!!!
RyansTheName that's what I did also lol
Jesus Christ, I really LOVE Breaking Bad!!! Jesse, why are you so angry? Do not put gasoline in my house!!
@@Marcelo-sv3li Hey! If you look closely, after all they've been through, Jesse developed a closer bond to Mike, who was more respectable and authentic than Walter. Jesse couldn't stand the fact that Walter killed Jesse's only true friend and lied about it telling him that Mike was "out there". Also, Jesse was fine with the money he made in the meth business and seeing what Walt had become into, well, you got the answer.
Sim, é verdade!! Na verdade tudo começou quando Jesse descobriu que Walter o havia enganado com o cigarro de ricina (induzindo-o a pensar que Gus envenenou Brock Cantillo, e refazendo a parceria com Walt). Somado isso ao fato de descobrir que White envenenou Brock com a planta “Lilly of Valley”, e com o fato de ter descoberto que Walter o manipulava, ele tentou atear fogo na casa dos White, virando ali seu algoz. Quando a coisa começou a desmonorar para Heisenberger toda a sorte e acaso até ali havia virado.
i remember seeing this as a kid...... i even had a dog too, his name was chucho.... my mom always reminds me. after the scene, i was covered in tears and snot i was crying so hard. and in my tear soaked face, i asked my mom "is that going to happen to chucho?" wheezing from crying so hard...
thankfully, chuch (such a beautiful and loyal dog to the end) passed away at a ripe old age when i was nearly 20. this is still one of the absolute more traumatic movies i've ever seen as a kid.... man...
What did yur snot taste like?
@@funboy7468Yooo come on 😂🤣🤣
@@funboy7468you know what snot tastes like, why ask?
@tyronsreekley876 I was just wondering if we all have the same snot taste. What does yur snot taste like tyrone?
@@aj2160 😄
Anyone came here because of Friends' episode "Old Yeller"? :D With Phoebe's fake ending XD
Meeeee hahaha I just finished that episode
Yea
I came from breaking bad
i play roblox to
SAJL Zeijlemaker nope I came because of family guy
To those who don't watch the movie, he was already injured from hunting hogs. Then he saved the family from a wolf, but the family thought he could have gotten rabies from fighting the wolf, so they locked him away in that shed for, correct me if I'm wrong, a month. A month later, the dog turned into that. And since there was no cure at the time, the older boy had to end him.
I can honestly say that this is the saddest thing Disney put out
Rabies effects animals within days of contact. The cycle lasts a week to two weeks.
@@rexman971 Wrong. Rabies has an incubation period of 8 weeks to 1-5 years. You and an animal who’s been bitten by a rabid animal can literally live life for a year or so without any symptoms until the incubation cycle breaks. It is a prions disease you should look up what a prions disease is then you’ll understand. Because that is what rabies is it’s very similar to mad cow and scrapies which is a form of rabies in sheep and chronic wasting disease in deer elk and moose. Do your research instead of spreading bs.
@@magau3698 ah okay thanks for the info, I always thought it said humans can take a year but animals only a couple days since animals have shorter spines. I know it also matters where the bite is located so animals are more likely to bite a human lower than the waist. Sorry I've been looking this stuff up and it's still so confusing and technical.
“No cure at the time” there is no cure now wdym?
@@calebdonaldson7044 cure now can only be used before first symptoms otherwise pray for a miracle
Mom: Pulls our 7 foot rifle
Kid: No mama
Nick rides Kid shoots dog
Travis: 🥺🥺🥺🥺😢😢😢
Audience: Just pretend it’s Arliss
Kid: Shoots dog
GET IN THE TRENCH.
@@shockwavesteve What is a trench?
Still makes me cry after 60 years
And because he shot Old Yeller, the CIA now has a large bounty on Travis' head.
I grew up on a ranch, our family dog Omar was bitten by a rabid coyote when I was 11, and we had no idea at first. He was out in the yard one afternoon and was being very aggressive, and his mouth was foaming. My stepdad had to put him down with his gun. Losing a pet is one thing, but to lose them to rabies is a whole other feeling of devastation.
RIP Omar 1989 - 2002♥️
EDIT: removing the type of gun from my original comment, as I only went off of what my parents said the gun was, as I wasn’t allowed near guns as a child, and still chose not to be as an adult.
Did you see it happen? I have a hard time picturing a 22. Quickly finishing the job… my buddy tried to take out a duck for dinner once, ( I was holding it, we raise them ) and it took 3 head shots for it to finally stop wailing. It was heartwrenching, I no longer will use 22. For killing.
@@ElDuderinoh I watched the whole thing, my stepdad shot him in the head. I was a kid, and I recall him saying it was a .22 but it could have been something else. I know what I saw, I’m not going to argue. He had a gun, but I’m positive he said that it was a .22. I’m not overly gun-savvy as my stepdad kept his guns locked up and didn’t want us to know about how to use them until we were older, if we chose to. I don’t like hunting or anything so I never learned how to shoot.
@@StealthMode3924 I don’t want to argue with you either, at all, sorry if I came off that way I’m just genuinely curious if the 22. Was able to take care of it with a single shot. It would have to be lucky, I’m sorry you had to go through that. I had to put out my cat with a shovel after my grandma ran it over… I know your pain.
@@ElDuderinoh I’m sorry if I came off that way too, it’s hard to read one’s tone on here. I would like to be able to confirm that but I only know based on what I overheard my parents discussing. I’m sorry you had to go through the same thing, losing a pet is one of the worst feelings ever.
sorry man. At least the dog had a good and healthy 13 years.
I remember seeing this movie when I was around 10 about 12 years ago in school, the ending was so shocking.
JETS12 cc I did it when I was 7 it was sad :(
It is educational. Shows kids that wild animals like the wolf can be dangerous.
Did anybody cry?
Do you're............ 22?
@@michaelwebb8158 I did
He knew his dog was mad, he couldn’t say anything, he knew he was gonna have too do what had too be done.
His best friend was gone forever, his dog was in lots of pain. So he had too end his suffering.
That sound of the ticking clock in the room was distracting.
For me, it fits this scene. The clock is symbolic that Old Yeller's time is running out.
I’m going to sing his theme in honor of his death
Old Yeller was a mongrel
An ugly lop-eared mongrel
Fancy free without a family tree
But he could up and do it
And prove there's nothin' to it
And that's how a good dog should be
Here, Yeller
Come back, Yeller
Best doggone dog in the west
Old Yeller was a hunter
A rarin', tearin' hunter
And when he chased
he knew just how to run
And when he hunted trouble
He always found it double
And that's when Old Yeller had fun
Here, Yeller
Come back, Yeller
Best doggone dog in the west
Old Yeller was a fighter
A rootin', tootin' fighter
In any scrap he knew just what to do
A rough and ready feller
Although his coat was yeller
His bold Texas heart was true blue
Here, Yeller
Come back, Yeller
Best doggone dog in the west
Old Yeller was a Drug Deal
Old Yeller was a dealer
A rootin' tootin' dealer
@BradynLee09 Yea thanks we definitely did not know that
Ah yes, your singing voice is perfect
Rest In Peace, Tommy Kirk.
1941-2021
Tommy was the actor who did Travis in this film.
Oh, I heard that happened to him. :-( It's sad...
*(sighs)" Fie you, Grim Reaper... -_-
This scene always makes me sad especially when Travis had no choice to make heartbreaking decision to shoot his best doggie friend. Arliss is such a naughty boy!
QueenMadusa Madusa I concur on both. Any moment I didn't spend enjoying the scenes with Travis and Old Yeller bonding, I spent begging for Arliss to shut the hell up. Oh, and, side note, Old Yeller, Mighty Joe Young, The Iron Giant, and The Lion King were the only movies I've ever cried at.
@QueenMadusa Madusa That was very confusing how Travis claimed Yeller as his best friend because he hated Yeller at first but probably only started loving him because he obeyed Travis not to eat the deer or because he appreciated that Yeller saved Arliss from a bear. But yes, Arliss is very naughty to try to secretly release Yeller especially when Travis told him in a threatening way to stay away from Yeller. However, it was mostly the mom's fault for not keeping a close watch on Arliss by putting him to bed herself.
Saw this in the theater when I was a kid. It was the only time I saw a tear stream down my mother's face.
I'm 49 years old and must have seen this movie 1000x and I still cry every time I watch this scene
As you get older this and Charlottes web become sad in a different way I would never watch them again
corey jackson Old Yeller is forgotten forever.
Rabies is probably the most cruel disease of the nervous system because in both the furious and dumb state there is total mental acuity.
Old yellers looking down on us now.He is no longer in pain. RIP Old Yeller
All the signs of rabies were there. Not eating due to inability to swallow (hydrophobia). Hypersensitivity to stimuli: the presence of the rest of the family further agitated Yeller. Arliss wasn't the only one who couldn't wrap his head around the situation. At first, Travis couldn't take in this situation either.
This is such a heartbreaking scene. And then, what comes next is devastating.
Seeing this when I was really young was so sad, and still is...
The way when Travis enter the small house where Yeller is in, when the rabies is started in Yeller, you can see Yeller didn’t attack Travis, he was probably growling at him, telling him, “leave go, before I become a monster, I don’t want to hurt you”. When the little kid tried to loose Yeller, the rabies kicked in and tried to attack him.
The rabid snarling and growling sound like the ones in Lady and the Tramp.
They are the same sounds recycled from the film
That's right, that'll be where Tramp fought the three dogs to save Lady and he fought the rat to protect the baby.
I used to watch this movie as a kid very sad
R.I.P. Tommy Kirk this scene always makes me cry 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Bro it’s been 25 years and I still feel this
The way Old Yeller growled at his owner is his way of saying "I wouldn't come any closer if I were you."
When your 5th grade teacher shows you this movie
Faz Bros Entertainment my 3rd grade teacher showed me this
It made us tougher
My aunt showed me this movie
Yeah that's way too old
Yeah my 5th grade teacher is putting this movie on the screen everyday before luch time
It was all that wolf’s fault. If he hadn’t showed up, Old Yeller would’ve never died 😡😭
I was more scared then sad, just how evil this dog seemed with the rabies. Honestly, that touch of evilness really helped with the death thing, because it really helps you realize the poor dog was suffering.
I'm not crying! I'm sweatin' through my eyes!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
The book is such a great book! Brought me to tears.
This is no doubt why, in the book they shot Old Yeller on the spot. Arliss wouldn't stay away from him.
Whoa, im 33 and have only ever seen parodies of this, or heard people making fun of it. What is old yeller, but a symbolism of our childhood innocence? The world isnt all fun and games, and its never easy to reach the day, the day you see the cold world for what it is. You trade amusements and games, for purpose and understanding. Its dark, and you realize its solely up to you, to light up the way for the future of your seed. Your shoulders get weight added to them, and its a shock. But you become an adult, only when you see the bigger picture. The meaning. You look at your life up to then, and feel the darkness waiting for you on the other side, and you preemptively mourn, as you know the fearful reality, you are destined to venture, for the good of humanity. Just as he looks into the eyes of his childhood dog, but knows he has to ignore his emotional intuition, and for the first time, he has to be a man, and do whats right. The killing of his best friend, will be a trauma that lives with him the rest of his life, but in that moment, and the rebuild he will make of himself to cope, a true man will emerge. A fearless man, who will sacrifice it all for the ones in his life that mean something to him. No danger he ever faces, will be harder to challenge, then the day he had to take charge, and take that gun from his mothers hands, and murder his childhood innocence. Its a symbolic representation for the first tike a boy has to sacrifice part of himself, for the betterment of his future. It is the initiation, inti manhood, and the continuation of the human soecies.
Beautifully written. Still makes me cry to think about this ending.
Back in the 90's Disney Channel played great shows in the day, and at evening they played classic movies like "Old Yeller", ext...I remember at night played classic shows too like "Zorro"...Now I dont know what they're doing.
Pheobs i don’t think your mother would want you to see this part
THE END THE END THE END
you know he had a do it to em
lmfao
Goddamnit
I laughed so hard
what kinda sick doggy snuff film is this
Pheobee 😂😂❤
Stewart Morris a one were a wild dog runs to a family he's nice to then extra extra stuff then he fights bears and a wolf wolf bites him he gets rabes has to shoot him
Morgenne, it's a quote from Phoebe from the 90's sitcom Friends
You think this is bad? In fox and the hound (the book) Chief dies after being hit by a train, Todd dies of exhaustion, and the hunter shoots Copper because he moves to a retirement home and can’t take him with him
Laura Jelsma, he's quoting Phoebe from the show Friends.
Nooo😭this brings back elementary and middle school memories
This was so sad😭
🐶+⚰=😊😁😆
Isaiah Williams bitch wtf
Idek Gaming This, Mighty Joe Young (1998), The Iron Giant, and The Lion King (both 1994 and 2019) were the only movies that ever made me cry.
@@isaiahwilliams7150 what🤨
Travis, what you doing with that gun? No no, he's your buddy, he's your Yeller! THE END! THE END!
RIP Tommy Kirk ✝️🌹
1941 - 2021
Kristi Noem's favorite movie!
She'll move on to A River Runs Through It soon enough.
This is the most saddest scene in Cinema history🎥🎬😫😫😫
Never watched the movie but always knew about it being sad cuz it's just part of the pop culture lexicon. Was watching a rerun of Friends that referenced this and thought Let's see this sad scene, probably ain't nothing. I didn't even watch the whole movie and the one scene alone was sad enough. I think what got me was that it was a kid having to kill his dog. That shit's fucked up. I always thought it was like his dad who did it, teaching him a lesson on what it means having to man up... But it was the kid manning up on his own. Lot of implications here. Great scene.
j d true
j d yes
Many times as a kid I had to man up
@@sitdowndogbreath bro was abused
@@primatelover99 who??
In the time the movie was set in there was no rabies vaccine. Old Yeller didn’t have to go full Cujo to kill the family. Even a single bite on the hand would have been a death sentence akin to being tortured to death.
This is why it's important to vaccinate your dogs. We're lucky enough to have rabies vaccines now to prevent this.
Every boy needs to watch this. There will come a time when he will have to step up and do the right thing for his family. This is the transition from being a boy to being a man.
Garfield: “I love a movie with a happy ending.”
The end scene made me cry😢
Jerry Smith was crying to this.
2:33 Doggo be like: “You are responsible for the bite of 1987.”
Omg just finish the book on Thurs, finished the movie today. IT WAS SOOO SAD , I honestly would've given my life for that dog.
The ticking of OP's clock makes this WILD.
THE END THE END
#FRIENDS
What kind of a sick doggie snuff film is this?!
the phone notification went off at the worst moment lmao
Sad old yeller
The iPhone notification that goes off as he fires the shot still makes me tear up to this very day 🥲
Top 10 saddest anime death scenes
It's not an anime scene cause there was no blood splattering on the boy's face as he shot Yeller
Its sad, because that dog saved Travis countless times and ended up getting rabies.
It’s especially sad that Arliss doesn’t understand what’s going on.
This gets me wondering about a lot of things.
1. Did they have a trained acting dog which they could command it to growl and bark on command? Or was it something far more sinister like a truly aggressive dog or a dog which was prodded and teased to the point of aggression at which point they actually shot it dead?.
The white foam on Yeller's cheeks was likely shaving cream.
The fact that Yeller is also shot off screen would also allow people to remove the dog while you are led to believe he was still there.
Old films did use to kill animals and there was no rules against it if they were in good supply.
And then I also wonder all the possibilities that could have happened if Yeller bit any of them.
A horror spinoff brewing here.
In those days, out in the middle of nowhere without the medicines for rabies or anything.
If he bit all of them then they would all turn against each other until they either killed one another or succumbed to the Illness itself.
If Yeller just bit one of the boys then the family would have to care for the child the best they could, including locking him up if he became hostile or hallucinating and all that.
I don't think they would shoot a child, but would be forced to watch from a distance as the disease slowly kills him.
the most tragic scene would be if one got the disease then transmitted it to another and then another one by one so that each one had to see the other go crazy.
the film should have possibly mentioned something about how humans can get rabid too.
The mother could have said "it's him or us".
of course then that would have made it even more disturbing than it already was.
interesting how Disney films played on our worst nightmares.
Bambi could really make some kids messed up for life knowing their parents can die or even be killed by others.
so you may as well have said that Yeller needed to die before we all become sick.
but it's really good that it says "he's suffering" and it wouldn't be right to keep him suffering.
That's the true meaning of PARENTAL GUIDANCE
I recently got my 6 year old second cousin to stop watching Lassie by showing him this movie. Now he won’t even watch TikTok videos.
I’m from south Mississippi this is the best movie I ever seen. I’m 23 and even tho this was in 1957 down here in the south, this is how a lot of us grow up. Barely leave the house, get you a loyal dog and as a kid my only goal was hunting. Everyday bird snake or deer I want to wake up eat my breakfast and go in the woods.
This reminds me of going out to my grandpas ranch. Me and my cousin would cross a bared wire fence and go hunting errr poaching in the hunting club we snuck into. We never shot nothing but man those memories never pass
I feel very sad for the boy who deeply love his dog but Yeller was no longer Yeller and suffering so he had to do it the quickest and hopefully less painful way. It’s not easy to do especially back then when there wasn’t a cure.
There still isn't really a cure for it
Especially once you get to this stage
@@ctchimchar5258Yeah... :-(
I hope they might find a cure for it one day, though. ^_^
@@ctchimchar5258Even for humans if it goes too far !
The clock ticking in the background adds to the suspence
Roobies.
schoopy fukin roobies
uhheywhatsup idiot it's called rabies
@@jimnicholas4532 They misspelled it on purpose, idiot. They did it to take the sad edge off the scene, and make a little joke.
@Jim Nicholas r/wooooooooosh
Jim Nicholas ur actually so dumb r/woooooooooosh
See this is the thing. Parents, family tell their kids not to do something and go "Don't do this, you understand!" But never say why such a thing is important. Like the why is the most important thing to say otherwise they are just going to think "I aint listening to you being grumpy" and do it anyway.
I would've done the same thing to Yeller. He was suffering and ending his life was the right thing to do.
Its just not fair that there was no cure to save him from such a horrible disease that shouldn't be allowed to exist, but you question why it does and there is no answer to that. Even wild animals shouldn't have to suffer from it and be stereotyped by media as monsters, like wolves.
+Powerranger6342 That's true, especially since Mama said that he was suffering and that it has to be done. Plus I can picture if they never shot him, soon he would break out of the corn crib and then bite all of them as they're sleeping causing each of them to get rabies too.
@@afriendofbean Rose the cow, the wolf, and Yeller fell victim to the rabies disease, which is so sad and unfair, but they were suffering and it was an act of mercy to end it.
+Disneyfan82 Yes that's true and I agree it's sad. Luckily for Travis he learned from Burn Sanderson if an animal does a certain thing, that's a sign that they have rabies (on the movie they called it hydrophobia). For the wolf, he was a street animal but, I'm sure Travis didn't feel too close to Rose the cow to shoot her especially since he said that he is going to get his gun to shoot her and it never showed him crying to shoot her like he was crying to shoot Yeller. It was only Yeller he was close too (of course, I was confused when Travis said that Yeller was his dog at 3:50 since he hated Yeller at first when Arliss claimed him first and the only reason he started to love Yeller was because he saved Arliss from a bear). At least from the second film titled "Savage Sam", their new dog Sam never got any rabies or any sickness but on the movie cover it said that Sam faced scarier dangers than Old Yeller.
Imagine have to kill your best friend? That sucks.
*Richard:* Phoebe I don't think your mom would want you to see what's about to happen.
I cried myself to sleep the first time I watched Old Yeller as a kid.
Old Yeller went to Belize
Mama knows best
Ben Dover wow
Ben Dover mama kinda hot
She said it with a smile on her face
This movie changed me as a kid.
This scene is still painful for me to watch
R.I.P Old Yeller
Thank God now a days we have vaccines to protect from this happening.
most cases of rabies in humans around the world come from infected dogs. in the US it it bats that get in the house and bite with it going unnoticed.
Poor dog tried so hard not to attack at the beginning, to keep what sanity it had left
Just like cujo gave bret the kid a pass.
I remember being a young boy.....I watched this movie and cried. Good movie...
I know, Rick Gervais brought you here too.
phoebe brought me here
Patrice O'Neal
Thank you for making me cry, Gervais. You fcking cnt
This is so sad in school we're about to watch the full movie but I'm going to cry at school because it's so sad
Foxdly XD I've watched it in 5th grade before, one of my classmates cried during that scene
And When Old yeller Was Fighting With The Wolf And Gave Him The Dreaded Rabies Virus Really Is It Turns Even The Friendliest Animals Into Mindless Rage Filed With Madness
All true stories end in death.
This is a true story.
Anyone from friends
i am glad there are raibes shot now so this wont happen
Sarah Adams me too.
yeah, but i worry for the kids of anti-vaccine parents. this is easily preventable with the shot but with these anti-vaccine parents. *shakes head sadly*
@@lizgawin899 If a person gets bitten by radid animal, they have to get a series of painful shots.
@@deb310red one of my uncles had to take them and it scared his mom, my grandmother silly and even though the virus can be cured and has in some places gone extinct due to strict quarantine laws and vaccinations the CDC still considers it a threat.
Sarah: there are billions of stray dogs worldwide, and millions of people bitten, annually. Look up the statistics for rabies from dog bites.
When he said, 'he's my dog, I should do it,' that just made my eyes wet up from allergies 😂
I loved the book it actually made me cry
I always get something in my eye when watching this.