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If I cry...

then Toasty fake cries.

Go there!

Go there.

Jump! Jump!

This is Goku.

He was abandoned outside.

Stay.

Sit.

Give Goku a kiss.

Where are the dolphins? Look at the dolphins.

What a beauty.

How nice. How nice.

How beautiful.

Right? How beautiful.

Did you poop?

I rescue dogs that other shelters cannot take in.

My mission is to do everything in my power to save them.

Hello? This is Dog Duca.

I want to help your dog as soon as possible,

but first I have some questions.

Because I'm a dog trainer

I can help dogs who bite, dogs who are older, etc.

This one was abandoned and I think he was abused.

He's around 14 or 15 years old, and he bites.

Show excitement when praising him.

Like this, "Yes!"

He can't find a new home if he continues to bite!

You're not putting your heart into it!

Not half-assed like that, but say, "Yes!"

I started rescuing dogs after my business failed

and I was going through a rough time.

And I needed rescuing myself, which my dog Duca did for me.

If it weren't for Duca, I wouldn't be doing this work.

Welcome to Dog Duca.

He could use a wash.

When dogs come to Dog Duca I want them to be able to say to me,

"I'm happy!"

"This is fun!"

"All of my bad memories have disappeared!"

I want to take care of them so they are able to feel this joy.

I want to do this for them!

In Japan, pet adoption centers

don't allow people 65 and older to adopt dogs.

I wanted to do something about this.

My idea was to have seniors take care of older dogs.

In this way seniors and older dogs could support each other.

- Dai stopped peeing in the house. - That's great.

Yeah, he's such a good boy. No more peeing everywhere.

Momo, you too are so well-behaved.

See you later.

Here you go, Dai-chan.

Here you go, Momo.

Mr. Takahashi came to my house with two dogs.

They were shy in the beginning.

Especially Dai.

He would pee everywhere marking his territory.

Don't growl. Who's asking you to growl?

On the surface they look cute.

In here, they are adults.

Assertive adults.

You get hot-headed quick, scolding Dai.

No!

For all the days that I have lived...

there were always dogs.

I have a lot of good memories.

Pom Pom...

She had a tail...

It looked like a cheerleader's pom-pom.

So that's why we named her Pom Pom.

I think my husband is taking a walk with Pom Pom right now in heaven.

Pom Pom was always by his side.

My husband suffered from Alzheimer's.

Alzheimer's is a disease that gradually takes away your memory.

But my husband never forgot Pom Pom's name until he died.

When I put my husband's ashes up on the altar

Pom Pom wouldn't leave my husband's photo.

He passed away and a year later she died.

I think my husband came to get her.

And then I was alone.

Now, Dai and Momo,

having them around is really something I couldn't live without.

When we think about how much animals

have healed the human heart

it is immeasurable.

You're cute.

You don't want water?

Animals are here to teach us.

When we lose our way, they remind us how to be our best selves.

"Itoshii."

I love this word in Japanese.

It doesn't mean you just like someone

or that you simply love them.

It means that you are very grateful

for their existence.

And that they make you happy.

Itoshii.

That's the feeling I have towards the two of them.

It's gonna be your whole summer, taking care of these birds.

When they leave it's going to be like losing your child.

You've watched them grow. Now they're on their own.

You think?

Yeah, man, you're gonna get attached to them... like a pet.

It's not all sad.

It's our responsibility as guardians to see them off.

We do it to show our gratitude.

In Japan, we call it the rainbow bridge.

And we believe our pets will be waiting for us in heaven.