Rescue dog?

Dear Ms. Naylor,
I am in 4th grade at Hickory Flat Attendance Center in Mississippi.
My class has just finished reading Shiloh and i loved it.I was wondering if Clover was a rescue dog? Additionally, what happened to Clover?

Please find out more about Shiloh on my website.  Though the dog was female, I made her male in my book.  She was not a dog that rescued people; she was a dog that was rescued herself.