Truly mans best friend

[julius]

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[ABM]

My wife and I just watched this movie (based on a true story). Pretty good. Nice date, popcorn material.

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[TripTango]

My wife and I just watched this movie (based on a true story). Pretty good. Nice date, popcorn material.

I visited the town in Japan where Hachiko lived -- he became quite a hero there. They even had a statue of him put up at the train station. The cynic in me wonders how much of that hero-building was an attempt by the Japanese government to push the "virtue" of lifelong loyalty and obedience onto their population, but the story of the dog himself is pretty heart-warming in a bittersweet kind of way.

 

[ABM]

I visited the town in Japan where Hachiko lived -- he became quite a hero there. They even had a statue of him put up at the train station.

Yeah, on the dvd's special features they said the statue is the most popular meeting place in all of Japan.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I love dogs. I have three and all of them were rescues!