I was in awe at the sheer size of the guy.

我被牠的尺寸給嚇到。

He was like a great big bear.

牠就像隻大熊。

He was taken into the vet to be put down.

牠曾被送到獸醫那邊，準備被安樂死。

I think he was loved by his previous owners, but maybe they didn't realize he was overfed and under-exercised.

他上一個主人絕對是愛牠的，但或許他們沒有意識到 Kai 已經超重且運動量不足。

When I first saw him, I thought, okay I have to do something.

當我第一次看到牠，我就想，我得做些什麼。

There's no way I can give up on this dog.

我絕不會放棄這隻狗。

Even though he was morbidly obese, and had to have been in pain, he just had such a happy personality.

即使牠有著病態的肥胖，承受著痛苦，但牠還是有著樂觀的個性。

I decided that I would adopt him and take him home.

我就決定領養他，帶牠回家。

Good boy!

好乖！

Yay!

耶！

It took him about 25 minutes to get up the three steps into the house.

牠花了 25 分鐘才爬上家門前方的三個階梯。

When he got in the house, he just laid.

當牠進到屋裡，牠就躺在那邊。

He wanted to be part of everything, but he just couldn't move around that much.

牠想參與所有的事，但牠就是沒辦法一下動那麼多。

The vet said he should weigh around 75 pounds.

獸醫說理想的體重為 75 磅 (約 34 公斤)。

You're talking like a hundred pound weight loss.

意思是牠得減掉 100 磅 (約 45 公斤) 的重量。

I thought, what exactly have I agreed to?

我心裡想，我到底答應了什麼？

I don't think he'll ever run, but I think we'll be able to go for a walk.

我不認為他跑得起來，但應該可以散步。

He got hooked on healthy foods early on.

牠在減重早期就迷上了吃健康的食物。

Carrots, blueberries, bananas.

紅蘿蔔、藍莓、香蕉。

But with exercise he needs to stay motivated.

但在運動方面，他需要保持動力。

What's going on, buddy?

怎麼了啊？

He panted basically 24 hours a day.

他幾乎整天都在喘。

Isn't that the happiest face ever?

這是不是你最快樂的臉啊？

We started with a water treadmill.

我們從水中跑步機開始。

He did it happily.

牠很開心、很配合。

But I just felt like he wanted to go outside and go for a walk.

但我總覺得，他想要去大自然中散步。

Each day we would try to go just a little bit further.

每天我們都會試著走稍微更遠一點。

Well done, buddy.

做得好！

All by yourself.

你自己做到了！

Is that really necessary?

真的有必要躺在那裡嗎？

You need to rest right now.

你需要休息。

Okay, fair enough.

好吧，很公平。

No, no!

不，不要！

No.

不！

He was so excited to see the people at the dog park, but it was just too much work getting up.

牠很興奮看到狗狗公園裡的人們，但要起身實在太累了。

You're doing so good, buddy.

你做得很好！

Good job, buddy.

很棒！

I have a black Lab called Abby, who is extremely active.

我有一隻叫 Abby 的黑色拉布拉多犬，牠非常好動。

So it was very helpful for Kai to have her to keep him motivated.

所以 Abby 對 Kai 很有幫助，因為她可以讓他保持動力。

It's like a big brother and younger sister relationship.

他們之間就像兄妹一樣。

Get your ball.

去撿球。

Abby, no!

Abby，不行！

She gave him a little bit of motivation for what he could possibly maybe one day do if we dared to dream.

Abby 給 Kai 一個憧憬，讓他看或許他以後也能這樣跑跑跳跳。

Yay, for once!

耶，終於接到了！

When Kai started to lose weight, I was so proud of him.

當 Kai 的體重開始下降時，我感到超驕傲。

It was a very big deal for us.

這對我們而言很重要。

You can come downstairs.

你可以走樓梯下來。

Come on, you can do it.

來嘛，你可以的。

Come on, keep going. you're almost there.

來，加油，快到了！

Yay!

耶！

As he got more mobile, he could actually go meet and greet every single person.

隨著活動力上升，牠已經可以去和每個人打招呼。

I started thinking he would be a really good therapy dog.

我開始思考，牠或許可以成為一隻很棒的治療犬。

Keep coming. That's my boy.

繼續，好棒！

I never thought I'd see that dog run.

我從沒想到過能看到牠跑步。

I would film every weight holding my breath, thinking, this is going to be the one where we don't lose anything, and it never happened.

每次量體重我都會提心吊膽地錄影。心想，這次不會有任何進展。但這種事從沒發生。

He amazed me every day.

牠每次都讓我驚豔。

I'm sure everything hurt.

一切都很辛苦。

And I'm sure he was exhausted.

我相信牠累壞了。

And he did it happily.

但牠還是很開心。

I'm so excited. I just want it to keep going.

我好興奮，我想要牠繼續努力下去。

Lots of people, as they got to know him would be like, "That's the same dog?”

許多認識牠的人，隨著時間經過，都會說「這是原本那隻狗嗎？」

He could do all the things you knew he wanted to do.

牠可以做牠一直想做的事了。

There was no getting out the door without him.

出門時牠總會在。

Keep coming, Kai! Come on!

Kai 繼續游，快來！

Every day is a new day, and it's a great day.

每天都是嶄新、愉快的一天

Are you fishing?

你在抓魚嗎？

When he was getting skinny, we went on a big road trip.

當牠變瘦時，我們來了一場公路旅行。

We stopped at little tourist sites.

我們在一些景點駐足。

And he was happy to jump back in the car and just carry on wherever we're going.

牠玩耍後會開心地跳回車上，繼續和我們前往下一個景點。

It was a big deal to me for him to be able to step in the Pacific Ocean.

看到牠踏入太平洋，這對我意義非凡。

Here we are buddy, it's the Pacific Ocean.

我們到了，這裡是太平洋！

If we drove ten minutes or twelve hours, he doesn't care.

牠不在意我們開車開十分鐘還是十二個小時。

As long as he gets to go with me.

只要我在牠身邊。

Get up.

起來。

Get on the scale.

站到體重機上。

Come on. Good boy. Sit.

快來，好乖，坐下。

Good job, buddy.

做得好！

Good job!

做得好！

When Kai hit the target weight, I couldn't believe it.

我真的不敢相信 Kai 達到目標體重了。

Old Kai. New Kai.

以前的 Kai，現在的 Kai。

It took just under a year for Kai to get to his target weight.

Kai 用不到一年就達到目標體重。

I've never been so excited or so proud of anything in my whole life.

這輩子，我從沒經歷過如此振奮人心又令人驕傲的事。

Now that Kai can be more social, he's on his way to becoming a therapy dog.

現在 Kai 可以更多地與人互動了，牠正在成為治療犬的路上。

Are you going to be a therapy dog?

你要當治療犬嗎？

Are you? Yeah?

要嗎？

Today's the big day.

今天是大日子。

Our final evaluation.

Kai 的最終評估。

He's actually going to be in front of patients.

牠要真實地去面對病人們。

At least one of us isn't nervous.

至少我們之中有人不緊張。

Regardless of what happens, whether he's successful or not, I'm just so proud of him.

不管結果如何，有沒有成功，我都會為他感到驕傲。

I'm honestly more worried about me screwing up than him.

我反而更擔心我本人搞砸，而不是他。

I just really hope we do well.

我很希望一切順利。

Maybe just gentle.

或許溫柔地摸。

He likes to be pet kind of up here.

牠喜歡被摸這邊。

Leave it.

放開。

Can I read you a story?

我可以讀故事給你聽嗎？

So I'm right up in his space.

我現在在牠的領域。

He could care less.

牠可以再淡定一點。

He just wants you to pet him.

牠只是想要你摸牠。

I know. That's all you want.

我知道，你只想要我摸你。

We're done!

結束了！

We're finished. We did our final evaluation.

完成了，我們完成最終評估了。

Kai was a superstar.

Kai 真是個巨星。

So, now we wait.

現在就等待最終結果。

Kai, we just got our text.

Kai，我們收到消息了。

You passed! You passed!

你通過了！

You're a therapy dog!

你是隻治療犬了！

Way to go big guy!

做得好，大男孩！

Do you even care?

你在乎嗎？

Huh? Do you even care?

嗯？你在乎嗎？

Kai makes you feel like you are the most important person in his world.

Kai 會讓你覺得你是牠生命中最重要的人。

He just taught me so much along this whole weight-loss journey.

在這減重旅程上，牠教了我好多。

He's always been so amazing to me.

牠對我來說就是個奇蹟。

He lost weight every single time we went to the vet.

每次去找獸醫，牠的體重都有下降。

Hey there big guy!

嘿，大男孩！

He has come farther than I ever dreamed that he could.

牠比我想像中的還要努力，走得還要更遠。

He will stay a very happy dog with me for the rest of his days.

往後的日子，牠會繼續在我身邊當一隻快樂的狗狗。