- Drama: My Dog, My Happiness
- Romaji: Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto ~Sky to Wagaya no 180 Nichi~
- Japanese: 犬を飼うということ
- Director: Katsuhide Motoki, Mitsutaka Endo, Nobuyuki Takahashi
- Writer: Toshio Terada
- Network: TV Asahi
- Episodes: 9
- Release Date: April 15, 2011 – June, 2011
- Runtime:Fridays 23:15
- TV Ratings: 8.47%
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Yuji Hongo (Ryo Nishikido) has a wife and two kids. The family lives near the Tokyo Sky Tree tower. He once dreamed of becoming a musician in his college days, but eventually settled into a job as the manager of a human resource department for a mid-sized manufacturing company. His job is to tell other employees that they have been laid off. It is now Yuji Hongo turns to become informed he has been laid off.
Meanwhile, his wife Sachiko (Asami Mizukawa), who had taken the opportunity of her first pregnancy to marry Yuji Hongo, struggles under the load of working several part-time jobs to try to support their family of four. As their family seems to be fraying at the edges, their daughter Mako, one day, brings home a small puppy they name “Sky Tree.” The dog helps to brings the family together once again …
Cast
 |  |  |  |  |
| Ryo Nishikido | Asami Mizukawa | Junnosuke Taguchi | Ryutaro Yamasaki | Kokoro Kuge |
| Yuji Hongo | Sachiko Hongo | Katsuhiko Hotta | Masaru Hongo | Mako Hongo |
 |  |  |  |  |
| Kohei Takeda | Shingo Kazami | Yuki Shikanuma | Tetta Sugimoto | Shigeru Izumiya |
| Hideki Kawashima | Keisuke Nakao | Yukiko Azumi | Souichi Narahashi | Matsuo Kubota |
 |  |  |  |
| Eriko Moriwaki | Akemi Omori | Mitsuru Fukikoshi | Ryoka Ihara |
| Yoshiko Hatakeyama | Hatsue Kubota | Seigo Nozaki | Shizuka Hatakeyama |
Additional Cast Members:’
- Kanato Tanihata – Takuma
- Tetsu Watanabe – Resident Association leader
- Masahiro Kohama – supermarket manger
- Yoko Oshima – Sachiko’s co-worker
- Yu Tokui – (ep.1)
- Takaya Sakoda – (ep.1)
- Masashi Mikami – (ep.2,3)
- Kazuhiko Kanayama – (ep.3,4)
- Kazuki Harada – bully leader (ep.4)
- Rieko Miura – (ep.4-5)
- Yuuki Nagae – (ep.6)
- Yoji Tanaka – (ep.6-7)
- Hiroko Isayama – (ep.7)
- Toshiya Toyama – (ep.8)
- Shingo Murakami – (ep.9)
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 04/15/2011 | 9.3% |
| 02 | 04/22/2011 | 8.3% |
| 03 | 04/29/2011 | 7.8% |
| 04 | 05/06/2011 | 8.6% |
| 05 | 05/13/2011 | 9.4% |
| 06 | 05/20/2011 | 7.4% |
| 07 | 05/27/2011 | 8.1% |
| 08 | 06/03/2011 | 8.3% |
| 09 | 06/10/2011 | 9.0% |
| Average | 8.47% | |
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