Old yella!
Disney Exec: Hey! lets make a movie about a cute, fun loving boy and his dog!
Disney head: Sounds good! But we need to capture the adult audience as well! Sales are going down from the adult market so what say we turn this dog RABID And have him chew up the boy and his family and have them all die?
Disney exec: Thats a little harsh, what saw the dog gets RABID and the boy has to shoot him dead at the end?
Disney head: I can live with that compromise, lets shoot it! The movie I mean, oh, yeah, the dog too I guess...snicker.
Sorry, but that movies ending was WAY out of line, even by todays standards!
