Shadow (Homeward Bound)

"Shadow was loyal, Shadow was faithful... Shadow was a chump."

~Chance's opinion on Shadow
Shadow was an old golden retriever and one of the three heroes in the 1993 Disney film, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey. He was one of the many heroes amongst dogs in its sequel Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco. Given his age, he sees the way of a dog as his own law. He is very loyal and very obedient towards his owner. His owner is a teenage boy named Peter who loves him very dearly. His pet comrades are Chance, a young, immature bulldog and Sassy, a Himalayan cat who respects Shadow despite him being a dog. He considers himself Chance's guardian as he feels he must watch over the "pup" and keep him from out of trouble. Chance thinks of him as an old fusspot and calls him old timer but still has respect for him as well. For an old dog, he can hold up on his own such as outrun a mountain lion and can keep up in a fight against mean stray dogs. In the films, since he is a dog, he cannot speak but can through the mind as well as all other dogs and cats in both films. In the first film, he was voiced by Don Ameche but after the actor passing away after the film came out, he was voiced by Ralph Waite in the sequel.

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
In the first film, his owner Peter gets a new stepfather and the family go away on vacation and the three pets are left with a family friend on a cattle ranch in the middle of the woods outside San Francisco. Peter did not want to leave him there but had to temporarily. Peter told Shadow to stay when he left and as his pet, he obeyed but still felt he should go with him. As a few days go by, Chance begins liking the ranch and think that they have been abandoned; Shadow assures him that their owners would never do such a thing but still feels that being without them doesn't feel right. Then, Shadow truly feels that them not back yet means something is wrong and decides to leave and wait for them back home.

To be continued...