‎Salty Dog by Fyodor Knorre. Short summary

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The cruel owner drowned all the mongrel puppies, but she still managed to save one. But the mother disappeared, and the baby was left all alone. The puppy was picked up by a sailor and became a ship’s dog named Salty.

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The owner once again had a yard dog pregnant. The man drowned all the mongrel puppies, but she still managed to save one and escape. The dog lived at the dump and nursed the puppy. But one day the mother did not return, and the baby was left alone.

The dying puppy was picked up by a sailor of the Soviet merchant ship Kama. Since then the kid started living on the ship and was given the nickname Salty. The pup quickly mastered the wisdom of ship’s life, got used to the rocking, learned all the nooks on the ship. Salty loved water and bravely swam in the open sea.

When the dog was a year and a half old, the ship came to the port where Salty was born. The dog went ashore and ran too far — the ship left without him. He was left alone again and began to roam.

One day Salty saved a drowning child and was taken home. But somehow the dog crumpled the owner’s flowers and they put him on a chain. Soon the dog escaped, never getting used to the slave existence. Salty went to the port where the «Kama» had just arrived. So the dog was back on board his native ship.