By chance, Marty witnesses Judd kill a doe and uses this as blackmail. After days of thinking, Marty walks to Judd’s horse early on Sunday morning to insist that he sell the dog to him. However, Judd finds out and comes to the house and demands the dog be returned by Sunday. The following day Doc Murphy returns the dog and Marty’s dad agrees to let Shiloh stay until he has healed, but then he will need to be returned to Judd. They rush to Doc Murphy who stitches him up, but is unsure if Shiloh will recover. Marty and his parents run to the dog and find it seriously injured. Marty’s mother begrudgingly agrees not to tell his father until the next day, but in the night a German shepherd jumps the fence and attacks Shiloh. When Marty sneaks off after dinner one night to tend to Shiloh, his suspicious mother follows him and catches him playing with the dog. Marty continues to build upon his lies and decides that lying is better than letting Shiloh get beat up. Marty denies knowing anything about the dog. The next day Judd drives up and asks Marty and his dad if they’d seen him. He makes a promise to Shiloh that he will never send him back to Judd, and sneaking back and forth to the shed, he picks up wire and some fencing to build a pen. He picks him up from the front yard and heads to the woods so that nobody will see him. While contemplating about the dog, Marty hears a sound he knows is Shiloh. Marty continues collecting bottles and cans for the next couple days, eager to make enough money to buy the dog from Judd. Marty is livid and more determined than ever to save that Shiloh dog. Judd openly admits to not feeding the dogs or even giving them names. A day later, Marty helps his dad deliver Sears magazines all over town, including Judd’s neighborhood. He asks his father, who is a mailman, if he knows of any way he could earn money, but the only option is to collect bottles and cans. Marty thinks about Shiloh all night and makes up his mind to find a way to buy the dog from Judd.

Marty’s parents dismiss the dog completely and after dinner, Marty’s dad returns the dog to Judd Travers, a conniving man who Marty suspects is abusing Shiloh. Marty goes for a walk after lunch on a Sunday afternoon and is followed home by a sad-looking, malnourished beagle, whom he names Shiloh.

When people feel strongly about something, what do you they do? How do they act?.

What are some ways that relationships between humans and pets differ?.How do you decide when you should be honest and when it is acceptable to lie?.Is it important to be honest? Why or why not?.

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