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[Chamchiman]

Greetings animal lovers,

A few days ago a dog made his way into my school. As you can imagine, this created quite a stir among the students! The school janitor put him in the maintenance room and it soon became clear that NOBODY was going to do anything about this dog. I took him home at the end of the day.

I put up some signs in the neighborhood, but the owner hasn�t come forward. My school is on a mountainside, so it seems more and more apparent that he was taken to the mountain and abandoned.

When I took him home, we gave him a bath and took him to the local animal hospital. He had an infection in his left eye which is clearing up with medicine and we�re getting the results of the blood tests today. He seems to be in good health and he�s been neutered, so I�m assuming he�s received vaccinations, but if the doctor says any further vaccinations are necessary we�ll take care of that ourselves.

He�s a small Maltese, around three kilos. The vet figures he�s around four years old. It�s difficult to make a call on his character because we don�t know him very well yet, but he�s a happy dog (but not yippy and yappy). He also appears to be housetrained and he understands some basic Korean commands.

My wife and I already have a cat which we took in from the street; he�s not particularly happy about having a new houseguest, so we�re trying to find somebody to take in the dog. If you're willing to adopt him, we�d be happy to transport him to anywhere on the mainland (if you�re not in the Gyeonggido/Seoul area).

If you�d like to see some pictures, you can click these links. (You can see the infection in his left eye in the first picture, and the happy character in the second.)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31762325@N08/2967363481/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31762325@N08/2967363979/

If you can help us out by taking in this dog, we'd really appreciate it.

Thanks for reading.

[snowgoose]

You can put some info up on Korean websites for lost and found dogs as well. Someone might be looking for the dog there.

[Scarlet13]

post him on animalrescuekorea.org

you will have a better chance of finding someone.

Good luck to you and the doggie!

[bassexpander]

You know, it's amazing. Another guy had a very similar-looking dog he'd found wandering outside in South Seoul. He had it shaved bald about a month ago, and put an ad up here. I remarked how it looked so similar to the dog I had seen wandering around in my neighborhood. Either this same dog has been traveling the country like a fruitcake, or ... Koreans must have some thing against this style of dog!

Actually, it's a bit bigger than the other two, but it's a funny story.

[Chamchiman]

[ucbhanna]

hey, where are you located? i saw a posting near namsan for a lost maltese

[bassexpander]

Neither the wife nor I have time for a pet. We both work crazy long hours.

[Chamchiman]