[yorkietalkjilly]

Hahaha. True. Once is all a doglover can take. In the movie, that poor old arthritic thing needed someone who really cared enough to intervene, lots of TLC, some Rimadyl, a raised, heated, soft bed, nutritious meals other than hotdog handouts, some good caring behavior reshaping and he could have died in his warm bed overnight or painlessly in someone's loving arms at the vet, being told how loved he was as he passed on. Hachi was worth real help in life and in that movie, not idealism. I'd have loved that movie if a real doglover had come along, petitioned the court for ownership and taken him in to help him make the difficult transition to a new life filled with love and gentle, interesting things for him to do. A true doglover could have gotten even young Hachi to play fetch and wouldn't have let him run loose!