Lassie - Episode #248 - "The Pigeon" - Season 7, Ep. 29 - 04/02/1961

Lassie and Timmy find a hurt Army messenger pigeon and nurse it back to health before returning it to the nearby Army base. However, the pigeon and Lassie have become best friends, so the pigeon keeps returning back to the Martin's farm. TRIVIA: According to lassieweb.org, this episode has both Spook and Baby playing the part of Lassie in various scenes, and once in the same scene! The pigeon sitting on Lassie's back must have been a director's favorite because this is the second episode where a bird has perched on Lassie's back while the collie is moving. " NOTE: Lassie and the Lassie Trademark are owned by DreamWorks Classics which is part of Dreamworks Animation LLC who purchased Classic Media, LLC in 2013. This episode was publicly broadcast via over the air (OTA) antenna TV by NBC affiliate COZI TV in the original format without modification, stretching or cropping. Recorded, edited and uploaded by Collie Lover to YouTube in July 2015 with no remuneration whatsoever. All YouTube pre-video advertisements are authorized and placed by Classic Media who own the Lassie copyright.