Cranky old Daniel Mueller fences in a pasture that's a shortcut the kids use going and coming to school and the boys want revenge, but Lassie is privy to his gentle side. Then one night the collie discovers Mueller seriously ill.

Pokey is temporarily quarantined at the Miller farm due to a disease threat. However, when the dog runs away, one of the Miller's neighbors threatens to shoot Pokey on sight to protect his livestock.

Lassie uncovers a bone that is of interest to a local archaeologist but Pokey takes it away when she tries to bury it.

Ellen tries to teach Jeff a lesson about being on time but Jeff takes the idea a little too far.

Jeff and Porky send Lassie on a fake call for help but when Jeff is injured and does need help, people are skeptical that the need is genuine.

Jeff and Porky enter a fishing contest to win a new pole, but it's Lassie that catches the fish!

Pokey needs a blood transfusion to save her life and only Lassie has the blood needed for the transfusion.

Gramps is going fishing on the day of local elections and Ellen is worried that his absence from voting could mean a man who dislikes all dogs is elected as animal catcher for the area.

Jeff misunderstands a man who gives him a ride--and the newcomer is branded as an ex-convict.

With a drought affecting availability of fish in the area, two restaurant owners look to take advantage of the Miller's generosity by taking free fish from the Miller's lake.

Ellen makes Jeff promise to stop taking on dares from other people. However, his promise is tested when a mischievous boy takes his report card and leaves it atop a phone pole.

Gramps wins a tractor in a contest but refuses to learn how to use it even after his first attempts go poorly.

To earn money for a motor for his bike, Jeff agrees to take care of Jim Teal's goats while he's fencing in their new pasture. But the rambunctious animals run Jeff-- and Lassie, Porky, and the family--ragged

Ellen enlists Lassie's help to teach Jeff to pick up after himself but things don't turn out as planned.

Jeff discovers that the reason for Jenny's grumpiness is that no one remembered her birthday.

Porky is upset when a black cat crosses Lassie's path and then she walks under a ladder, but Jeff and Ellen tell him superstitions are silly--but Jeff may be converted when unfortunate things keep happening.

After being punished for something he didn't do, Porky tells Jeff that he's running away. Jeff asks Porky to stick around in the hope that he can convince him not to leave.

Lassie is praised for her looks after a visit to a pet salon and she takes the compliments a little too much to heart.

Jeff persuades Gramps to enter a turkey shoot, even though Gramps doesn't think his eyesight is good enough.

A little dog left in Jeff's care pines for his missing master.

Porky and Jeff receive a chimpanzee by mail instead of the hamsters ordered. When they try and hide the chimp from everyone, they discover that the task is far more difficult than they imagined.

With the Millers and Brockways attending a wedding, Lassie and Pokey set out on a series of adventures.

A baseball that gets misplaced during rock collecting for a school exhibit causes a rift between Jeff and Porky.

Jeff tries his hand in matchmaking by matching Gramps up with an artist that is staying at a nearby cottage.

Porky and Jeff spend a night roughing it in the woods but their tranquility is threatened by a nearby camper's carless fire tending.

While Porky and Jeff go off to identify birds for a school project, Lassie tends bird eggs whose mother was killed by a ferret.

Lassie feels she is being punished when she is made to sleep outside in a dog house built by Gramps.

Gramps heads out on a secret fishing trip just as a bad storm approaches the area.

Jeff and Porky are sheriffs on the town's annual boy's day, so Gramps cooks up a fake robbery to give them a little excitement.

After visiting to Timothy Powell's summer home, Jeff is envious of the wonderful things he saw at the wealthy Powells and turns up his nose at the farm and Porky. So when the Powells go away for the weekend, Ellen has Timmy stay with the Millers.When Timothy falls seriously ill, however, it is Ellen's unwavering care that brings about his recovery, and Jeff realizes that money isn't everything and Jeff finds out the boy thinks he's the lucky one.

On a dare, Porky and Jeff venture into a supposed haunted house and are surprised to see what appears to be a real ghost.

Gramps is determined to use the mower before the onset of bad weather but Jeff and Porky are just as set to protect a nest atop the machine that belongs to a rare bird.

To cheer Jeff up, Ellen tries to join him for several outdoor activities but he thinks she is doing it as she needs to be cheered up.

Under the mistaken belief that the farm is about to foreclosed on, Jeff adopts a frugal outlook on his daily life.

With the apple orchard partly ruined by rabbits, Gramps contemplates selling the farm.

Nearby squatters have Jud Perkins determined to try and be rid of them but Jeff wants to help them.

Jeff talks about growing a moustache but when he starts acting older than he actually is, Gramps decides to teach him a lesson.