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EK Park, Executive Director

About EK Park, Executive Director

EK Park is the founder of Free Korean Dogs. She is a photographer, videographer and animal advocate. Born on a small farm in South Korea, EK now lives in Bracebridge ON with her partner, Greg, three dogs and a grumpy cat.

Winter brings spring

April 8, 2021 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

As the pandemic hit in 2020, I quarantined with my beloved 14 year old rescue dog Rascal. I knew we were in our last season together, and I put all of my energy into making the most out of our time. He was the best dog I’ve ever known, and my best friend. At the …Read More about Winter brings spring

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Blog, Featured Tagged With: Adoption, Adoption story, Dog Rescue, Korean Dogs

Can I handle this?

January 2, 2020 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

There have been moments in the first six months of Luna and Peanut joining our family where I have asked myself this, among other questions. “Am I equipped to help them?” “Are we making progress?” “Am I failing them?”

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, News&Stories Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, Toronto

Life with Bean

December 13, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director 4 Comments

You do your research. You follow your intuition and trust your instincts. You think you know what to expect. You’re prepared for this! You’ve been searching and looking for years (in our case, we wanted to wait to adopt until we owned a house with a yard). Then you see him/her – the one!

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, News&Stories Tagged With: Dog Rescue, Toronto Dog Adoption

Adopting Nikita and Molly: A Yin and Yang experience – Part 2

November 21, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

Now, we were all caught up in the idea of another dog and the personality traits in that we forgot to check one thing. What size the new pup should be. Only on the day of pickup my eyes widened realizing that Molly is the same size (30lbs) as Nikita, but is still a puppy. …Read More about Adopting Nikita and Molly: A Yin and Yang experience – Part 2

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, News&Stories Tagged With: Dog Rescue, Korean Dogs

Adopting Nikita and Molly: A Yin and Yang experience – Part 1

November 21, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

It has been a week since we moved to our new home. Strangers appeared on the front lawn. She froze.  Gasping, shrinking into her lead watermelon form – rooted into the grass beneath as if the world was tearing away. I silently lowered myself – enveloping her with my arms, breathing in deep to firmly…close …Read More about Adopting Nikita and Molly: A Yin and Yang experience – Part 1

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, News&Stories Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, Toronto Dog Adoption

How Barkley Met His Brother: Introducing a rescue to a resident dog

November 12, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director 2 Comments

This story is not about blood-related brothers. However, they became brothers by household and bond. The Commitment My husband and I have had Barkley since he was a puppy. Barkley is well socialized, house-trained, and pretty calm and obedient. He loves being around other dogs of any size.  Although Barkley is a bit over 9 …Read More about How Barkley Met His Brother: Introducing a rescue to a resident dog

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Featured, News&Stories Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, Korea, Korean Dogs, Toronto Adoption

Love paves the way

November 1, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director 1 Comment

I have worked in the pet/dog business for quite a few years now. I have seen all sorts of dogs in all sorts of situations that I truly thought I knew EXACTLY what I was getting into. Boy. Was. I. Wrong.

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Featured, News&Stories Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, Korea

Aerinwon’s closure and the homeless dogs’ future

October 10, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director 2 Comments

On September 25th, 2019, Korea’s largest private shelter was shutdown by law enforcement officials despite opposition from the shelter’s owner Gyeonghee Gong. The grounds for shutting down the facility was based on the claim the land did not legally belong to Gong and was therefore being used illegally. While the intention was to reclaim possession …Read More about Aerinwon’s closure and the homeless dogs’ future

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Dog Rescue, Korea

Moon: the unexpected “therapy dog”

October 1, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

For years I have suffered on and off with anxiety. A year ago, the anxiety I was experiencing was the worst I’ve ever dealt with, and for a while it took over my life. There was a lot happening in my personal life and I couldn’t handle the changes, good or bad. As a result, …Read More about Moon: the unexpected “therapy dog”

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Featured Tagged With: Dog Rescue, Korea

FKD Freedom Walk and Picnic

August 9, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

We are thrilled to be hosting our first ever Free Korean Dogs 5K Freedom Walk. Please join us as we walk together to free all dogs from lives of pain and suffering. Our route is designed for people of all abilities, whether you choose to walk 1K or the entire 5K route.

Filed Under: Event, Featured Tagged With: Dog meat trade, Dog Rescue, FKD reunion, Flea market, Freedom walk, Picnic, Public Awareness, Toronto

Join the FKD Therapy Dog Program

July 31, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director 3 Comments

Hey, Free Korean Dogs family!  We all know how wonderful our dogs are and how much they bring to our lives, but have you ever considered sharing your dog’s beautiful personality with others who could really benefit from the experience? Free Korean Dogs (FKD) is exploring the therapy dog program with St. John’s Ambulance. This …Read More about Join the FKD Therapy Dog Program

Filed Under: News&Stories Tagged With: Collaboration, Community, Dog Rescue, Korean Dog, Public Awareness, Toronto

Hehe, the source of love and joy

July 9, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director 1 Comment

It has been a year since you travelled from Korea (where I was born) to Canada. It took 13 hours travel time and another 3 hours added for customs clearance at the airport. The day you arrived broke the record for the longest time taken at the customs accordingly because one of the flight volunteers …Read More about Hehe, the source of love and joy

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, News&Stories Tagged With: Adoption, Toronto

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