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Adoption Stories

Safety and Loss Prevention

October 9, 2019 by Sara Liao, Board of Director & Adoption Manager Leave a Comment

Did you know that 70% of FKD dogs who have gone missing or run away have done so under the care of someone other than their family? The remaining 30% were a result of not having the proper safety measures in place. Dogs can back out of collars, contort out of harnesses, and take off …Read More about Safety and Loss Prevention

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

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

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

A New Start for Leaf and I

May 30, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

After having gone through a tough moment in my life I was looking for something to help me refocus my priorities and bring me some companionship and happiness back into my life. I decided to stop procrastinating with things in my life and take more initiative in discovering my interests; one of them involved raising …Read More about A New Start for Leaf and I

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

Hwani the pup with the huge heart

April 15, 2019 by Tatiana Thompson, Content Editor 1 Comment

The following is part of a series of interviews with adopters about their rescue pups. This particular interview is with Hyang-Sook and her husband about their dog Hwani whom they rescued almost 16 months ago. Hwani had a rough start to life but with love and patience he is flourishing!

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

A Letter from a Foster Mom

March 6, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director 1 Comment

Dear Gamza, (or “my big potato” as I affectionately called you, since your name means ‘Potato’ in Korean)

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Featured, Fostering Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Meat Farm, Dog meat trade, Dog Rescue, Fostering, fostering rescue dogs, Korea, Toronto

A thank you note about Rick

February 25, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director 4 Comments

In March of 2017 I lost my best friend Dudley to lymphoma. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do. I also lost both my parents at age 60 and the only companion I had left was Dud who I had for almost 15 years. For a while, I struggled with the idea …Read More about A thank you note about Rick

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Featured Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Meat Farm, Dog Rescue, Toronto

Life with Soyou

February 11, 2019 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

This past summer, my girlfriend, Jae and I came across FreeKoreanDogs through recommendation from a friend. After mere minutes of browsing, it became apparent that our dogless days were numbered. We were so enamoured by all of the sweet faces of FKD.

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Featured

Finding love with a Korean rescue dog – Part 3

January 25, 2019 by Tatiana Thompson, Content Editor Leave a Comment

It has now been a little over a year since we got Tokki. Like most rescues (and people for that matter) he has good days and bad days.

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

Definition of Happenstance- Discovering Free Korean Dogs and Finding Ellie

December 6, 2018 by EK Park, Executive Director 2 Comments

We lost our dog a year and a half ago. He was just shy of 17 yrs old. We missed him; his love and companionship. It was the best of happenstance we found Free Korean Dogs and EK. We recently adopted Sari, who we renamed Ellie, from Free Korean Dogs. It was the best experience …Read More about Definition of Happenstance- Discovering Free Korean Dogs and Finding Ellie

Filed Under: Adoption Stories Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Meat Farm, Dog meat trade, Dog Rescue, Toronto

Fostering Dogs 101: Part 2

November 23, 2018 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

July 2018: Goldy   Along came Goldy – a mini poodle under 9 lbs!  I did some research on smaller breed in preparation of Goldy’s arrival – there is never enough research one can do because once again, every dog is unique/different.  Goldy was an attention seeker and had some separation anxiety. I felt it …Read More about Fostering Dogs 101: Part 2

Filed Under: Adoption Stories, Fostering Tagged With: Adoption, Dog Rescue, Korea, Toronto

And Then There Were Four

November 2, 2018 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

As a lifelong animal lover and owner of dogs, cats, and horses, I wasn’t surprised when my 18-year-old daughter Leah expressed a wish to have a dog of her own.  At home we already had an 11-year-old, 80 lb English retriever/standard poodle cross and a 9-year-old, 30 lb mini goldendoodle, as well as 2 cats.

Filed Under: Adoption Stories Tagged With: Adoption, Dog meat trade, Dog Rescue, Korea, Toronto

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Free Korean Dogs is a not for profit registered Canadian charity (BN:80580 0166RR0001) founded in Toronto on July 1st in 2015. We rescue dogs from Korea’s dog meat trade and find their forever loving homes in Canada. Learn more

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