[1] A boy learns what it means to be a man by befriending and training a stray Basenji dog and then is forced to surrender her to its rightful owner.

[1] Directed by William A. Wellman, the film starred Walter Brennan and Brandon deWilde, with Sidney Poitier and Phil Harris in supporting roles.

Young orphan boy Skeeter (Brandon deWilde) is being raised in a Mississippi swamp cabin by his poor and toothless Uncle Jesse Jackson (Walter Brennan).

Skeeter arranges for a telegram to be sent, and a representative (William Hopper) of the dog's rightful owner appears to take it back.

In a 1971 interview with American Cinema Editors, Jack L. Warner remarked of Fehr "That's pretty good for a kid from Berlin.

"[2] Chosen for the film was My Lady of the Congo, a six-month-old Basenji puppy of Miss Veronica Tudor-Williams of Molesey, England.

Good-bye, My Lady was originally released on VHS in the United States by Warner Home Video, on December 13, 1993.