I also liked the follow-on, Savage Sam, which I also saw in the theater in 1963, but I preferred the book, which I read a couple years later. The book is highly politically incorrect for this day and age.
My favorite of Fred Gipson's dog books is Hound Dog Man (New York: Harper, 1947), which, unfortunately, is out of print and will not likely reissued unless changes are made to make it more politically correct.
To the terminally dedicated to be politically incorrect deliberately, that is a low hurdle.
When I read that Disney's Song of the South was to be withdrawn forever, it aroused my competitive spirit.
I spent a month searching, and discovered copies from Britain were available via Canada. I ordered twice, and the shipments were seized by American customs, and never delivered.
Finally, I realized that my wife is Canadian, and her daughter visited at least once a year.
You see where I'm going?
I had to bribe her, literally, because she was sure she would be arrested by customs, but finally got my copy.
First thing I did was make 15 copies, to give away to others in the same dilemma that I had.
My only hope is that the people who received the copies have "paid it forward...