Lassie

Lassie is a Canadian television series that aired from 1997 to 1999 on YTV in Canada and on Sunday nights on the Animal Planet network in the United States. It serves as a modified remake of the original Lassie series, which follows the story of a boy and his loyal dog. Like previous Lassie television adaptations and several films dating back to the original 1943 movie *Lassie Come Home*, the series centers on Lassie, a trained Rough Collie. Not to be confused with the previously syndicated series *The New Lassie*, which aired from 1989 to 1991, this Canadian-produced version of *Lassie* stars Corey Sevier as 13-year-old Timmy Cabot in the fictional town of Hudson Falls, Vermont. The show was filmed in Quebec by Cinar Inc. In the storyline, Timmy and his recently widowed mother, Dr. Karen Cabot, move to Hudson Falls, where Karen takes over a veterinary practice. In the first season, Lassie was portrayed by "Howard," an eighth-generation collie descended from "Pal," the dog who played Lassie in the original 1943 film *Lassie Come Home*. As with all previous Lassie films and television series beginning with Pal, Howard was owned and trained by Weatherwax Trained Dogs, founded by brothers Frank and Rudd Weatherwax. Midway through production, Cinar replaced Howard with a non-Pal-descended dog. Following protests from Lassie fans, "Hey Hey," Howard's son and a ninth-generation direct descendant of Pal, was brought in to play Lassie for the final thirteen episodes of the show.

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