I’ve always love dogs. They’re always cute and best of all, loyal! So I’ve been watching a couple of dog films these days because I want a good cry and I know movies about dog’s loyalty or life with a dog will definitely make me cry! Romance doesn’t really work on me. Never had a girlfriend; so I don’t know how it feels. Yes, I’m heartless.
So, a friend of mine recommend Hachiko: A Dog’s Tale to me but I’ve already watched it last year. But… that reminds me to blog about dogs. I watched that movie again, and I cried… again! Please, real men shed tears. I’ve also read the article about top 7 loyal dog stories and I just want to share some opinion about it.
Dogs are really incredible loyal creatures and many of their stories should be published and publicised well. That’s one of my biggest opinions towards their heartbreaking stories. I notice most of these stories are always about their dogs never leave their master’s side til death. The term for them ‘man’s best friend’ truly fits it well.
One of my favourite stories is definitely Hachiko’s. This Akita was taken into the family by a professor in Tokyo and everyday Hachiko will see him off to work at the train station in Shibuya Station. At 4pm, Hachiko will wait and meet him at the station. EVERYDAY!! One year later, Hidesamuro Ueno, Hachi’s master, died of stroke at work. Despite the master’s death, Hachi continues waiting for his owner at 4pm every single day, searching for his owner’s face amid the slow of passengers getting off the train. The stationmaster made Hachi a bed and fed him. This goes on for nine long years before Hachi meets his Maker in 1934. In memory and dedication of this dear Akita, they installed a bronze statue of Hachi on the very spot he waited. The statue is now a reminder of a dog’s loyalty towards a master.
“If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader will be a dog, the lions will die like dogs. If you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader will be a lion, the dogs will fight like a lion” Napoleon Bonaparte
