Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.
Old Yeller is injured and spends his time whimpering in a cave during his recovery. It's also fairly disturbing to hear that the mother cow won't nurse due to rabies and that the calf has nothing to eat.
People are clearly going through and marking yes on everything out of spite for the movie, there's no rape whatsoever. Take these yesses with a grain of salt please.
I assume those who voted "yes" mean the sewing needle Ms. Coates uses to patch up Old Yeller, but this question is referring to the type you inject stuff with, which there are none.