Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

Angus McCormick adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while traveling along the coast of British Columbia with his father, John, he and Yellow become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. John and his wife, Katherine, relentlessly badger rescue teams. Angus, schooled by John in wilderness survival skills, and assisted by intelligent Yellow, tries to attract rescuers.

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog is a 1995 adventure family movie directed by Phillip Borsos, starring Mimi Rogers, Bruce Davison, Tom Bower. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.3/10 from 3,546 votes and runs 1h 21m.