The Incredible Journey: Luath , the young Labrador Retriever - Tao , the Siamese Cat - Bodger , the old English Bull Terrier The story recounts the arduous journey toward home of three house pets as they cross the Canadian wilderness. Sheila Burnford based the fictitious adventure on the close relationship of her three pets: Bill, the Bull Terrior, Raimie, the Labrador, and Simon, the Siamese cat.  Her book was the basis for  two Disney movies, THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY and HOMEWARD BOUND: The Incredible Journey. [ 1960, Hodder and Stoughton,  First edition - UK] Sheila Burnford, and her pets, had been invited on the set of filming for the Disney adaptation of her book. I stumbled across her account of that week in a 1963 *article. Prior to filming, Burnford had reflected on the idea of bringing three actor counterparts together to portray her trio as an enormous undertaking. She felt that the pair of dogs would not be difficult to film - adding a cat to the mix is a whole different sto