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I remember this film, vaguely, from watching it as a kid in the 90s and for the life of me I cannot think of what it is called. I believe it starts with a puppy who loses her mother; as in she dies, I think. I'm pretty sure the puppy then grows up and most of the movie revolves around her when she's an adult and has a puppy of her own. I think. I could be mistaken... Anyway, I know it features a brown dog and is about a puppy and mother dog. I remember they acted like dogs and the story had sad moments. It wasn't like a happy-go-lucky Pound Puppies movie or anything. And I'm pretty sure the title of the movie is the dog's name.

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Sounds like an older special
That appeared on ABC Weekend Special

Scruffy

Dutchess, a faithful family dog, is abandoned when her family moves away without her. She stays in the empty house with her pup Scruffy. Dutchess and her pup Scruffy narrowly escape a house fire that destroys their home. Dutchess decides she and her pup must search for their family. Scruffy's orphaned when her mother is shot and killed by a sheepherder who believed that they were guilty of killing his sheep. Scruffy manages to get away and reaches the city were she's adopted by a homeless man. She's happy for awhile but her friend becomes ill and is taken away, and she's left alone again. She meets another stray named Butch , and learns how to survive.


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Ooh, yeah. I remembered some of the details wrong, but that's it.
I thought maybe the dog's name was "Cuddles" or "Snuggles" or something... But, no, "Scruffy." Thanks!