They are angry at Rowf and Snitter when they try to 'impress' the sheepdogs' master by 'herding sheep' (which is really chasing them around and barking, scaring them). The Sheepdogs: Two minor characters called Don and Wag. In the book he does not die he gets a broken leg and concussion, but in the film it is implied that he is dead because he does not appear at all except in memory. He supposedly died when he saved Snitter from an oncoming lorry.

He is a rather nervous man and is always questioning his 'chief' Dr. It is the most exciting and moving book he has yet written. He is kind to the animals despite working in a cruel place. The Plague Dogs, his third novel, confirms his stature as a writer. He used to be a sailor, then a farmer, then ended up in ARSE. Harry Tyson: The caretaker of ARSE who cleans the tanks and feeds the dogs and other animals. He is a rather ruthless fellow and appears calm in every event that comes up. Boycott is one of the people who works at ARSE. He helps Rowf and Snitter survive out in the wild.ĭr. The Tod: A cunning fox who lives on the fells of the Lake District. And is always on the search for a new master. He misses his master who got hit by a lorry. In ARSE he had brain surgery and his conscious and sub-conscious mind make him dream when he is a awake and vice versa. He has a fear of water and tries not to go near it or into it. He disapproves of the Tod and believes Snitter is mad. He is gruff and thinks all humans are bad. After misadventures upon the fells, the two are later hunted down by sheep farmers and the army, because it is believed that they have the bubonic plague. The two dogs escape out of the laborotory into the Lake District, where the story is set, where they find the cunning Tod, a fox living there.

The two live in a testing laboratory called ARSE (Animal Research Scientific and Experimental). Rowf is a Labrador-mix and Snitter is a Smooth fox terrier. The story is about two dogs, Rowf and Snitter. It eventually got taken out of the cinema because very few people would come and see it. Like Watership Down, The Plague Dogs was made into a movie by Nepenthe Productions in 1982. The Plague Dogs is a 1977 novel written by Richard Adams, who is famous for his well-known and best-selling novel, Watership Down.

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