Characters

 The Main Characters are Marty 11 who loves animals , Shiloh the dog there wouldn't be a story without him, Judd Travers he is the bad guy in the story he was abused as a kid by his dad and he abuses his animals too, Lou but called ma she is a stay at home mom in the story she finds out about shiloh first and  she wants to keep shiloh to ,and then there is Ray Preston the father he is a postal worker in the story he finds shiloh after the Germen Shepard attacks him and lets Marty keep shiloh. Some of the other characters are David Howard about the same age as marty and they are best friends,Mrs. Howard she is a teacher and David's mom , Mr.Howard he works on the newspaper and is the David's dad , Mr.Wallace he works at the market and sold marty some old meat and cheese to feed shiloh ,and Doc. Murphy he was the person who fixed shiloh after he was attacked .