The dog, Rip, is a Bluetick Coonhound.
Hyder says that he is just over 70 years old. However, Arthur Hunnicutt was only 51 at the time this was filmed and Jeneatte Nolan 50.
The dog's name, Rip, is an obvious allusion to Rest In Peace.
Guest star Jeanette Nolan would later appear in the The Calling (1978) episode of ''The Waltons'', the iconic series created by ''The Hunt'' writer Earl Hamner Jr..