Is it true that John Wayne won in a poker game a dog who had played "Lassie?" If so, did he keep him/her?

Many movie information sites and books list 'Lassie' in the cast of the classic John Wayne western 'Hondo.' Close, but not true, according to a correspondent who knows the Weatherwax family: the collies in 'Hondo' and the later Wayne western 'Big Jake' were trained by the Weatherwax kennels and were Lassie siblings and children, but were not played by Lassie himself. There is a story, very probably apocryphal, that says during the filming of 'Hondo' Wayne won Lassie away from Rudd Weatherwax in a very "highly lubricated" after-shooting-hours poker game, then "gave the dog back" in the morning.
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"Hondo" 1953, starring John Wayne
John Wayne used to tell the story that he won Lassie from Rudd Weatherwax in a poker game while filming this movie. The truth is the he only won the collie who worked with him in "Hondo." Do you think that John Wayne would have given the dog back if it had been Lassie?