Lucky the Poodle
Was that Andy and Michael who owned Lucky the standard poodle that approached Hachi at the train station? It looked like them from a distance and I thought maybe the film was depicting that they had moved on from Hachi, pet-wise. But then I figured the film would likely have made it more obvious that it was them if that were the point ....
So what was the point of the poodle scene? To show that the pull of his owner's memory was stronger on Hachi than his curiosity over this new, strange dog? Any thoughts?