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Adoption Stories

Just Jindo It: The First Year of Life with Louie

April 9, 2018 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

Four harnesses, seven pairs of shoes, 3,360 miles walked: these are just a few of the numbers that reflect the first year we’ve spent together since Louie (formerly Jungyi) landed in Seattle last April 2017.

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

Jindo, obssed with ice cubes

April 5, 2018 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

As soon as we saw Wilson on the Free Korean Dogs website, we knew he had to be ours! The wait time for Wilson felt long, and there were some hiccups in the arrival, but as soon as we got him we felt bonded.

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

Meet Charlotte who brings out the best in me

March 31, 2018 by EK Park, Executive Director Leave a Comment

One afternoon in 2017, I was lazily looking at pictures of dogs on the internet. Something came over me, and the dog memes quickly became rescue websites. When I came across the Free Korean Dogs website, I didn’t know what I was getting into. I rationalized that because I had started working from home, it …Read More about Meet Charlotte who brings out the best in me

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

The Tale of 3 Tails

February 7, 2018 by EK Park, Executive Director 1 Comment

They say “what a difference a year can make” but sometimes you just don’t realize how true that can be.

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

Finding Love with a Korean Rescue Dog: Part 1

January 29, 2018 by Tatiana Thompson, Content Editor Leave a Comment

My husband Mark and I started the journey of looking for a dog in November. We knew we wanted to adopt a dog and we looked at many dog rescues before we stumbled onto FreeKoreanDogs. When I saw Tokki on the website, I absolutely fell in love. I looked through all the posted pictures and …Read More about Finding Love with a Korean Rescue Dog: Part 1

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

Coconut’s Journey to Canada

January 28, 2018 by EK Park, Executive Director 2 Comments

I’ve always grown up with dogs, and my husband Omas and I agreed that we would get a dog once we were ready. As a couple who didn’t want to have kids, we knew that a dog would complete our little family.

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

The Korean Rescue Journey

January 25, 2018 by EK Park, Executive Director 1 Comment

On September 16, 2017 (day of our 39th wedding anniversary), we had to put Neo to sleep due to cancer. She was a Jindo, that we had adopted through the Toronto Humane Society.

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

LESSONS LEARNED AFTER ADOPTING A KOREAN RESCUE DOG – PART 3

November 28, 2017 by EK Park, Executive Director 3 Comments

Terrissa Jing Shang and Alexis Longo in NYC adopted the 2.5year old Korean Jindo dog, Getty (TT) about 4 weeks ago. Terrissa shares a few stories of what she has learned after adopting Getty. Here is Part 3.

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

LESSONS LEARNED AFTER ADOPTING A KOREAN RESCUE DOG – Part 2

November 1, 2017 by EK Park, Executive Director 5 Comments

Terrissa Jing Shang and Alexis Longo in NYC adopted the 2.5year old Korean Jindo dog, Getty (TT) about 3 weeks ago. Terrissa shares a few stories of what she has learned after adopting Getty. Here is Part 2.

Filed Under: Adoption, Adoption Stories, Featured Tagged With: Adoption, Adoption story, Dog Rescue, NYC adoption, Terrissa Jing Shang

Lessons Learned After Adopting a Korean Rescue Dog – Part 1

October 24, 2017 by EK Park, Executive Director 3 Comments

Terrissa shares a few stories of what she has learned after adopting Getty, Korean Jindo dog.

Filed Under: Adoption, Adoption Stories, Featured Tagged With: Adoption, Jindo, Korean Dog, NYC adoption, Terrissa Jing Shang

From “Meat Dog” to Family Member

July 5, 2017 by EK Park, Executive Director 1 Comment

Gucci is a Dosa Mastiff “meat dog” rescued from the Korean dog meat trade. She now has a forever loving home outside of Toronto, Canada.

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

Our Olympic Family is Growing

June 21, 2017 by EK Park, Executive Director 2 Comments

Heidi and Daniel, parents of Olympic figure skater and animal advocate Meagan Duhamel, recently adopted Daegong, a rescue from the Korean dog meat trade.

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

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Free Korean Dogs (FKD) is a registered charity in Canada (BN:80580 0166RR0001). Free Korean Dogs US (FKD US) is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization #85-2573367 in the USA, with charitable organization registrations in the following States: Washington #2004912, Oregon #58908 & California #0274571. Learn more

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