[meltmf]

I have been searching for a movie title for a long time now. I was wondering if anyone knew the title of this movie. I think it was made around the 80's/90's. Here's what I can remember from the plot.
There is a little dog (I think it's a Jack Russell) and his owner is an elderly man. This man is sitting at a big computer desk and he is downloading information onto a disk. He then puts the disk into a pocket on a backpack that the little dog is wearing. He tells the dog to go. Then I think I can remember a lady coming in after the dog has gone and she pushes the man down the stairs and kills him. I think that later in the film the little dog gets run over and I think he has a broken leg. The family that ran him over keep him I think.
That's all I can remember, hope you can help.

[adolf_hilfiger]

Paws (1997)