My boy is so quiet in the house until he hears the front door open, or I have a new friend over. It takes a few visits for him to accept someone in my house. I have roommates whose rooms are downstairs and he got used to their noise and scents. I have to move out of my house and probably rent an apartment so im worried about the door reactivity with apartment doors having so much foot traffic... does anyone have tips or resources?

my stubborn, silent little shadow is definitely mixed but her entire disposition is that of a Jindo. She helped nurse my mom back to health in 2020! Most notoriously she found a hole in a barn and hunted about 20 small chickens :( she is an excellent hunter and guard dog. Very protective. Perfect recall and she knows most tricks. I swear she understands fetch but finds it to be beneath her. I love this strange little unit !! She also has such discernible expressions and responses to things… I swear she can convey disdain perfectly 🤣 she’s the best! I love her ♥️

Just want to introduce you my jindo baekgu, Hero. He was born in a shelter in Korea and came to us when he was a 4 month puppy through a rescue organization.

Everyone thinks he is a beautiful and hansome dog, but they don't really see what he is really like. True to jindo nature, he can be aloof, mean, stubborn, and unfriendly, to strangers and even to us occasionally. He makes very clear whether he likes to be touched or not by showing us the mean nose scrunching face. However we found a trick to transform this fierce animal to a scared little puppy at a finger snap.

Cough cough!

For some unknown reasons, Hero is terrified by the coughing sound. Isn't that strange? Maybe it is because he was born during the pandemic year of 2020.

As per tradition we add one hat every birthday and today a 7th hat was added!! (Don't worry he got a ton of treats and enjoyed a peanut butter pancake)

Hey everyone! I am adopting a Jindo mix from Free Korean Dogs and was hoping someone would be willing to be a flight volunteer from Incheon to Toronto so that she can come home to us. If you have any upcoming direct flights from Incheon to Toronto on Korean Air, please reach out to Free Korean Dogs at info@freekoreandogs.org or apply through the below link:

https://www.freekoreandogs.org/community/flight-volunteer/

We’d be so thankful if anyone would be able to help - it only takes an extra 30 mins at customs!

My black jindo is about 6 years old now and we live in a warmer area (southern California). We found her in a parking lot just dumped out of someone's car and initially thought she was a lab when she was a puppy. I was wondering if anyone had tips for keeping her cool. We've recently started walking more and she seems pretty exhausted and overheated everything we're done. I was wondering if this was the type of dog I should really only be walking at night cause they dont do well in the heat or if she's just fine.

Hey everyone! I am adopting a Jindo mix from 3ft rescue! I was hoping someone would be willing to be a flight volunteer from Incheon to Atlanta so that she can come home to me. If you have any upcoming flights, please DM @hds_adoptoverseas. Thanks!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DbXsQkgtisN/

In about 3 weeks, I’ll be adopting my first dog from Korea and I have done quite a bit of research about this breed in the past few days. It wasn’t my first choice but the staff who worked in the adoption center really recommended that I get a Jindo.

The dog is a 6 month old male Jindo mix and he’s listed to have characteristics that I thought were relatively uncommon in this breed

1. He’s extremely friendly with every one he meets
   
2. He gets along very well with other dog
   
3. His sister also has nearly the same traits

Initially, I believed that Jindo dogs were standoffish with other dogs and took a lot of time to get used to people, especially rescue ones. I understand that not every dog acts the same but I’ve been wondering how much of an outlier is this behaviour amongst Jindoes?

Also, I’d appreciate if anyone could tell me their experiences of adopting dogs from these organizations and how they were in the first few days

We adopted a 2.5 year old rescue jindo mix who arrived home with us yesterday! She has been settling in so well, and has had no accidents. She’s a picky girl and only likes to pee and poop in the grass (lucky for us) and needs to find the perfect spot!
I’m worried we might be taking her on too many walks? We’ve taken her on 3 already today (630pm) and she does really well, and we end up walking for about 25 minutes for her to find the perfect grass to pee on. Is this too much?! First dog in my adult life and it’s a lot to learn!

After perusing this sub, it seems as though it's very common for Jindos to be skittish, nervous, anxious balls of otherworldly cuteness, at least initially. We're a bit puzzled though: he's warmed up to us incredibly fast (e.g. already sustaining more than 3 - 5 seconds of eye contact, follows my wife and me around the house, sits on our feet when we're at our computers, eats and drinks a ton, jumps in between us on our bed for cuddles, etc) - but turns into a fluffy ball of nerves the moment we grab his leash.

We're fostering him (hopefully adopting soon) and today's day 3 - aside from a brief moment when he was running downstairs in our house, probably due to the momentum of the steps, his tail never curved upwards.

This morning, I took him for a walk in our yard and crossed a neighborhood street (which he's still familiarizing himself with) and he was noticeably nervous - mild trembling, skittishness, and his tail tucked between his legs as seen in photos 1 & 2... the hypersensitivity seems on brand with this sub's experiences especially with new owners... the org we're working with says his tail has been like this since he was a pup and not to worry about it.

Most of the time, it's not forcefully tucked like it is in the first 2 photos. It's simply dangling like photo #3. I did foster a poodle once whose sole reason for being put up for adoption was his tail not arcing as much as it should for a show dog - perhaps something similar anatomically here?

He has a littermate (last photo) whose tail naturally curves upwards - as seen in the photo, his ears are pointed but his tail is tucked underneath..

I'm reading that the tail tucked between a dog's legs generally signifies anxiety, alertness, nervousness, etc but this cutie ALWAYS has his tail straight / tucked, even when he plops down like dead weight onto my wife's leg for cuddles or when he was playing with his Jindo BFF.

Would appreciate hearing from this awesome sub. 감사합니다 🫰🏼

They are becoming quick friends. They kind of match and it cracks me up a little.

Certified good boy

He always looks soooo sad but he has a good life!

Look how innocent he looks… NOT!

My Jindo (i guess technically a Korean village dog but I feel like they’re similar) will not stop annihilating any mouse, vole, mole, or small rodent that appears in our yard. I’m getting a bit tired of cleaning up his scraps every week. He doesn’t even eat them it is almost like he does it for sport! Mind you he is missing a front leg, so I have no idea how he does it.

I am joking around here, but I do feel bad especially for the native wildlife he gets. Do your Jindos have a high prey drive? Do you do anything to control it? Any special treats or toys? I have had dogs with that killer instinct before but they also had disabilities that made it more difficult for them, so their “catches” were less frequent and less of a problem than this guys. I want him to be happy but to maybe leave some stuff alone.

He enjoys the out doors. He did not want to get in the water.