2 boxes of Kleenex later...

[rogerballard]

I was sobbing... Loved this movie, I needed a good cry.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028532/

[peacebuzzard]

1. My soulmate in life was a chowmix

He was always connected, on guard and loyal.
This movie reminds me of him, it tears me up.
Like now.
I found my street pup in Memphis, he lived to 16.
He blessed my life.

[flygal]

2. Aww I'll have to watch that one! We just recued a doggy - I cannot believe how in love I am so fast!

He was at the shelter - so skinny but so full of love. We are so lucky.

[Duppers]

4. That's wonderful!

I hope he makes you laugh as much as my girl does me.

Happy belated Birthday again! 🎈

[peacebuzzard]

7. So glad you gave him a home

Pup will be forever happy now, and won’t be skinny too much longer.

[Skittles]

10. sounds like he hit the jackpot too

[Duppers]

3. I sobbed just watching the YouTube clip.

There is nothing like a good dog! Nothing.

Most of them are good dogs but some are the most devout, compassionate friends a person could ever have. My first Lab was a mind reader who'd tenderly put her head on me if she sensed I was sad before I could even sigh. I've never known a more honorable person. It's been almost 34yrs and I still miss her. I miss all my babies.

The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.

A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground when the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only to be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince.

When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wing, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

If fortune dries his master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege that that of accompanying him against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when that last scene comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there, by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful, and true, even in death."

- Senator Vest, speaking to a jury about Old Drum, shot in 1869.

[BigmanPigman]

5. Does the dog die? I won't go if that happens.

My littke girl is 14 1/2 and it will be too much if the movie dog dies. I am a waterorks normally.

[bathroommonkey76]

6. Watch the movie

You'll be surprised at what happens.

[irisblue]

8. Website

Doesthedogdie.com

[sl8]

11. That's great, thanks!

I don't think I would have thought to even google for such a thing.

[Laffy Kat]

9. Lol, I'm with you! I usually won't watch dog or horse movies...

They are too sad.

[Glorfindel]

12. Me, either. "Old Yeller" forever ruined dog movies for me when I was very young.

I can watch millions of people die in horror/fantasy movies and entire planets get blown up in science fiction movies, but if I think a dog is going to die, I'm outta there.

[Leith]

13. It's Based on a True Story

Here is Hachiko's statue in front of Shibuya station, Tokyo:



It's a popular place to meet up with friends.

[rogerballard]

14. Thank you for posting this...

Perhaps I could visit one day...