•The episode starts with
this.
•HARU then reads that she'll be introducing trivia related to dogs. The first one: A dog's sense of smell is a million times stronger than a human's. HARU asks if that's true. Ohno says that some say that it's 100 million times stronger. HARU says that she knew their sense of smell is more amazing than a human's, but not to that extent. Although it wasn't included in the blog post about this episode, Ohno had brought up how his family's male dog is more exciteable when he sees/meets women, and even will take Ohno's wife's and daughter's underwear out of the laundry, while leaving Ohno's and his son's underwear untouched. He references this story and says that there's probably some difference that his dog can smell between men and women. HARU says that she's been a little more careful about having scents in the house since she got Lady, such as not putting perfume on while at home.
•The next thing HARU reads is that they help people as police dogs due to their excellent sense of smell, and there are even some Chihuahuas among those. One of those is
Momo-chan. She sees a picture of Momo, exclaims that she's adorable, and that she doesn't look like a police dog at all. She reads next that miniature dachshunds (like Lady) are also used as police dogs, as is the case with
Becky and Mikitty in Kumamoto Prefecture. Becky was the first Mini dachshund to become a police dog. Ohno says that small dogs like these have a certain advantage due to their size. HARU brings up how mini dachshunds were originally bred in order to hunt small animals. Ohno shows HARU a photo of some police dogs: several shepherds and one Mini dachshund. HARU laughs and says it's so tiny and cute, and wonders if there are many small police dogs overseas as well.
•The next piece of trivia is that the Chihuahua, the smallest dog breed, originates from the state of Chihuahua, which has the largest land area in Mexico. HARU says she didn't know this, and Ohno says that it's interesting that such a small dog comes from such a large area of land. HARU says she also didn't know that the Chihuahua breed originated from there. Ohno says that there are murals of Chihuahuas in the civilizations of extinct empires in South America. HARU says that Chihuahuas are by far the breed of dog she sees the most when she goes out on walks.
•The next one says that toy poodles are the most popular dog breed in Japan. HARU says she can understand that and that there are a lot of them. Ohno says that don't really shed. HARU says that that's what makes them good and an easy kind of dog to have. Ohno says he never really thought about it that way (he has a toy poodle), but he has heard of people who have retrievers that shed so much that their houses turn white. HARU says that Lady has long fur, and people always tell her that they've never seen a dachshund with such soft fur. Even if she vacuums and cleans every morning, there will already be fur floating around by the afternoon. It's a lot of work.
•Ohno then brings up what was kind of mentioned earlier and asks what HARU thinks is the theory that Lady and her are looking more and more alike. HARU says she doesn't know, but she is told that all the time. Ohno asks what she says to people who say that. HARU says that she doesn't really know how to respond. Ohno mentions the
recent t-shirt with an illustration of Lady on it and asks if the drawing was based on HARU's face. HARU laughs and says no, and that it was based on Lady's face. Ohno brings up next about how HARU was wearing two ribbons in her hair for
KARAOKE Night and was wondering if she did so to match with Lady. HARU laughs and says not at all. She says that one of the reasons people probably say they look alike is the color of her hair. Ohno goes, "The color of Lady--" HARU interrupts and says that she doesn't make it match Lady's, but it does become the same color after her hair color fades. Ohno laughs and asks if she's careful not to go with the same color as Lady's fur. HARU says she's not, and it's just that she naturally ends up with the same color, though people might think that she is, and cites the people who tell her that she and Lady have the same hair color. Ohno laughs. HARU says that when she walks Lady, people say, "Wow, she looks just like her mother!" Ohno says that that's a compliment as a dog ownder. HARU says that it does make her happy. Ohno jokes that maybe it's Lady who doesn't like the comparison. HARU laughs and says that that's probably true.
•The next piece of trivia is that when a dog tilts its head, it's trying to listen to a sound that catches its attention. HARU says that Lady doesn't do this at all. She often sees dogs tilting theirs heads in videos and such, and she sees dogs on the street tilting their heads in response to what their owners say, but she's never seen Lady do that. Ohno says that miniature dachshunds are often seen as having a competitive look on their faces. HARU laughs at that.
•Ohno asks what she and Lady do for bed. HARU says that she goes into the bedroom and Lady comes with her and sleeps on the bed. Ohno asks where Lady sleeps on the bed. HARU says that it depends on the day, but usually at her feet. Ohno says that there are theories that explain what it means where your dog sleeps, but it usually means that feet = something reliable for your dog. He then asks HARU if she bathes Lady. She says she doesn't bathe her herself. Ohno then asks if Lady wants to bathe when HARU bathes. She says not at all. Ohno says that his dog always comes when he gets out of the bath and licks the water off his feet. He looked into it, and apparently it reminds dogs of when they were nursing as puppies. He's also the only one in his family that his dog does this to, and wonders why that is. HARU says that's pretty mysterious.
•HARU reads the last piece of trivia:
Prince Shotoku loved dogs. HARU wonders what kind of dogs he had. Ohno says that they weren't the type of dogs that the two of them have, which makes HARU laugh. She says that once you start talking about dogs, you're unable to stop. They're all so different from each other. Lady's already turned 5 years old before she knew it and they're currently the same exact age, though Lady is going to overtake her in age from here on out. She and Ohno say that if you have a strange/odd story about your dog, then feel free to send in it to the program.
