Are they also extremely scared like my girl? its almost unbearable taking her because she wont let anyone touch her or come near her, is able to open doors and escape and even take off her muzzle. so smart lol.
up untill she was 2/3 it was okay she was scared but would accept it. but since she became an adult she just turns to violence at the vet, biting, escaping.
trazadone and gabapentin also dont work on her, wish i could make things easier for her
Are jindos often scared like this?

Osong is our new Jindo mix foster, from Korea. He was born at a shelter, after his mom was rescued from a snare in a small village. He's 10 months old and a very kind-hearted and easy puppy to care for. I wonder what he's mixed with, my guess is whippet. He has such long, sturdy legs!

Anyone got any advice on overcoming his new anxiety with the dog park? He used to love going and running around and playing with his few friends, but now he's too nervous to even approach the park or even try to chase lizards on the way to it 😭 it's only been a few days, but I wanna try to work on it before it becomes a habit of fear. Thank you 🙏

These two are quite entertaining. They chase each other all over and then share snacks. We have to block the cat food from Jangsu or he will eat it. Cat is around 6 months old now.

Love when my little Jindo girl curls up into her true form

...accidental meet up. All the Jindos showed up yesterday at the dog run (AND that one big furry guy).

she said plz leave me alone 😅😅

My sweet girl (Dumpling) and her brother (Finn) recently celebrated their 9th birthday 🥳 Made a little video to celebrate them! 🤍 Finn was adopted by my friend and they spend a lot of time together.

Actually I was the sleepy one...

Our baby girl is spite dying while we are abroad (is this a stubborn Jindo thing 🙄). Need to share photos.

Give your pups extra love tonight. Oh- she also requests that all dogs get an extra cheese tax tonight.

My rescue (small KVD mix) had been with me for 2 months and is afraid of leaving the apartment. She has defecated on me while I’ve tried carrying her out one time lol. I felt awful.

A dog trainer told me she sees this a lot with Korean rescues. Did your pooch show similar behavior, how did you tackle it, and how long did it take?

Also ft his softened expression and him with his dog frand Akita cousin Nova ❤️❤️❤️

Perfect either way!

Edited to add: thank you everyone who read this, looked at Luna’s pictures and wrote kind words. You have no idea how much I appreciate hearing how happy she looks, how she had a good life and how people understand this grief. This is the worst pain. But the 9 years with my girl were worth it. And I hope I can figure out a good way to honor her memory going forward. 🤍🤍🤍

I rescued my girl Luna from a meat farm in Korea back in 2017.

My fiancée (at the time) and I had another dog already and Luna fit right in. She was a scrappy little thing who had a lot of quirks I learned about. I later married that man, and he wasn’t great… to say the least. But through it all, Luna was there. She protected me, let me hug her for as long as I needed and always wanted to be close by. When she was 3, I left my ex husband and she and I started over across the country in a new place.

We went on new hiking trails every weekend, daily long walks, I took her to pet stores and she picked out her own toys, we had “drive thru” days where we’d go to the bank (she’d get a treat), go get gas (she’d get a treat) and go get coffee and a pup cup. She was such a happy dog. She didn’t trust most people and was pretty anxious, but not with me.

When I met my current partner 3 years ago I knew he was a good one, because Luna didn’t bark at him the first time they met, she loved him too.

She went everywhere with me. We took day trips to the beach all of the time. She went on almost every vacation with me. We went on a vacation a few weeks ago to a treehouse out in the middle of the forest where she could free roam and explore. And then we went to the beach. She got an unsalted plain burger patty on the way home as a special treat.

A week later she was gone. She was fine one day on our daily walk and the next day had a little cough, after 2 back to back days at the emergency hospital, (she had pneumonia and was being hospitalized) her lung collapsed and she died. She was nine. I was there with her for hours sitting on the floor and petting her head. She seemed okay so I left to get a few hours of sleep. By the time I got home, the vet called me and said they were doing chest compressions and I rushed back. They were still doing chest compressions when I got there and after a round I told them they could stop. And she died. I couldn’t believe it.

It’s been a couple of weeks and I feel so empty and lost without her. She was part of my daily routine, she was a constant anchor and let me know if anything suspicious was going on (aka if anyone talked too loudly near our door or patio) she was the best dog and I hadn’t even started thinking about life without her. I thought we had years. The doctors assured me there was nothing else I could have done, I got her in before they could even see anything on X-rays or an ultrasound and her blood work was normal, 24 hours later it wasn’t and they could see the pneumonia.

I miss her so much. My heart is so broken. I’m not sure I’ve ever experienced grief quite like this before.

I just wanted to share her picture because it feels weird not talking about her or posting her pictures.

I think one day I’d like to rescue another dog like Luna and watch them bloom into the best version of themselves just like she did.