Dog Man

I was out walking Kimo and Charlotte happened to be in the mood for conversation. She told me about that she had been sick, went to jury duty, and read a book called Dog Man.

It was about a man in Japan who decided to keep try to keep the Akita breed alive. From Amazon.com: Morie Sawataishi had never owned a dog, but in 1944, when the Japanese man was 30 years old, the desire for one came over him like a sudden... craving. During WWII, snow country dogs were being slaughtered for pelts to line officers' coats; working for Mitsubishi in the remote snow country, Morie decided to rescue Japan's noble, ancient Akita breed—whose numbers had already dwindled before the war—from certain extinction.

I asked her and she said she heard about it on the Charlie Rose show.

Then at the end of the walk, Kimo sniffed the black and white cat (Musubi?).

[12/19, posted 12/26]