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periwinkle · Joined: 08 Feb 2003

I wonder why your neighbors even own dogs. My husband complained to the neighbors upstairs (sort of). He asked if they had a dog. The guy point blank lied to him in front of his son and said they didn't. Then my husband went on to say that a dog directly upstairs from us scratches at the door and whines for an extended period of time early in the morning. The guy scratches his head and says, yeah, we heard it, too. I just love the saving face thing...

Well, it's stopped, so we figure the family was dog-sitting for someone, so maybe the "do you have a dog?" question was properly answered with a "No"... Rolling Eyes

Doogie · Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Location: Hwaseong City

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum. When I saw this link, I definitely felt like I had to respond. I've been in South Korea for about 6 months now and I've been pretty shocked at some of the things I've seen. I'm constantly seeing abandoned dogs on the streets. Most of the time they are starving. Back home there were no shortage of Humane Societies to call in cases like this. I've inquired in my area and no one seems to know about them. How do you go about finding them? Thanks

chotaerang · Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Location: In the gym

I was in this exact boat a few months ago. To keep it short, all formal roads lead to euthenasia. What I finally did was hold out for someone who wanted to raise a dog. It took about a month of extending the feelers, but a guy stepped up and the dog is living happily now (I've seen it with my own eyes!).

One thing that helped finding a willing taker was taking it to the vet, who gave the dog a free, quick check-up for fleas and stuff like that.

red dog · Joined: 31 Oct 2004

Doogie · Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Location: Hwaseong City

Thanks for those links!! Actually, I'm about half an hour from Suwon. It's considered more of a rural area. I guess that would explain why there are no animal shelters. There probably are quite a few in Seoul.

Col.Brandon · Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Location: Seoul

Cigar_Guy · Joined: 05 Dec 2005

Some sad news about the whole thing: before taking the dog to the animal shelter, we first took the dog to the doctor, who examined her and told us that she's got cancer and there's nothing they can do for her.

I'm a bit sad about it, but honestly I don't regret what I did--though she was lonely the last few days, at least she wasn't lonely and hungry and sitting outside in the snow with a 3mm-long haircut over her whole body.