Busan Abandoned Pet Sanctuary DogBlog

Milo, 2 year old mix.  Very friendly and cheerful, always ready to play. healthy.

Male Schnauzer, one year old. Friendly and cheerful. rescued from the dog pound on November 18th.

ADOPTED ON 10/15/11

Jewel was saved from the dog pound and euthanasia. Jin and I were looking at Cocker Spaniels, and two Korean ladies walked into the pound looking for a dog to adopt. The worker brought this little fluffy ball of love out, but when the ladies saw her unusual-in-Korea eyes, they said “We don’t want that dog! It has scary eyes!”

Jin felt so sorry for Jewel being rejected (the ladies took a maltese), that was decided to bring her to BAPS, as her eyes would certainly scare off any other potential adopters, condemning her to euthanasia in a few days.

She is a great loving do, perfect for any type of activity levels.

Matt is a sweet and loving dog; energetic and always ready to play, he is the perfect dog.

He is currently in foster care in Ulsan.

Kod was in foster care until her foster mom suffered an accident that left her on crutches (the human, not Kod). She is hoursebroken, and friendly to humans. She is not fond of other dogs. She was cured of heartworm.

ADOPTED! THANKS STEPHAN!

Zoe is a gentle girl who loves people and is always ready to express her love. She is quiet and gentle. She was healed of heartowrm and in her foster care she became pad-trained. The haircut is Ruth’s fault.

Mia is a loving dog, calm and gentle. She recently finished her heartworm treatment and returned from 6 months of foster care. She can be active or relaxed, and gets along well with everyone.

From her former foster home:

Mia is a beautiful and affectionate dog. She is about 5 years old. At first she may seem shy, but it doesn’t last for long! Very shortly after, she is looking up at you with those beautiful brown eyes, and wagging her fluffy tail just yearning for some attention.
She is housetrained and very friendly with people. She doesn’t bark and is very easygoing, calm and loving. She spends most of her time relaxing, but is always up for going for a walk and being cuddled.

Kido means prayer in Korean. We call him this because of his habit of putting his hands together and waving at you… hard to describe, but it looks like he is praying. He was in foster care for nearly a year, so is used to living with people. He is kind and loving to humans and dogs, and can adapt to active or passive lifestyles.

IN FOSTER CARE

Jack is a Jindo mix boy. he is about one year old, and is very active and energetic. He is large by Korean standards. Despite his size, he is a big lump of love! He is ‘puppy playful’, friendly to everyone he meets, and gentle around other dogs. He would do well in an active environment.

ADOPTED ON AUGUST 5TH BY HIS FOSTER FAMILY!

Clint is one of the original BAPS dogs. He is about 4 years old. He is loving and friendly.  He likes going on walks, but would proably do good in a calm lifestyle too. He has conjunctivitis in both eyes, and needs treatment. We have the budget to give him treatment, but home care is vital for his recovery!

Lovely is an English Cocker Spaniel. She might be around two years old. We rescued her from the city pound. She is loving to people and dogs. She can be energetic but also has a mild streak in her! She would do well in both active and passive environments.

EDIT: She has been adopted!  Thanks to Willy and Jinbok. Her new name is “Ginger” – in homage to the hair color that she shares with Willy! Dogspeed, Ginger.

ADOPTED!

Malia is another pound rescue. She is around one year old. She is very eager to play, energetic, and full of love. She seems very smart, and would do great in an active home.

Vicky is a one year old cocker spaniel.

Alice in Wonderland…

Over the past four years of sheltering, one thing I’ve seen is that some dogs have inexplicable bad luck… Through no fault of their own, life deals them unjust cards. Of course dogs have no space for self pity and moping, so they keep their spirit for a long time, no matter the suffering.

Such is the story of Alice. She is a little Cocker Spaniel, full of love, energy, and devotion. This is her best quality. And it may be her worst. But more on that later.

Alice came to BAPS with the first group of intakes we made from the Gijang dog pound, back in May of 2011. She was nearly starved to death, nothing but skin and bones. You could count every rib in her side. But despite he severe malnourishment, she had an explosive joyfulness to her personality.

her first roommate at BAPS was Ginger. Just a week later Ginger got adopted. So Alice moved in with Phoebe and Malia. It was a few weeks later that Phoebe found a home too. A couple of months later, Malia moved to Goeje Island with a loving family. So Alice was left alone for a while… then it seemed her luck changed! She was fostered herself!

But just six days later, she was tumultuously returned to BAPS, with a cloud of complaints about how she was too “clingy” and would always follow her chosen human everywhere… So back she went into a cage by herself. Then followed a brief socialization foster, but the time came to return to BAPS.

New intake groups came and went… She saw Leonard bunk next door to her, and he quickly left too. Then there was Bella, who was her roommate for about 3 hours, and she got adopted the same day she came in.

Last week, her most recent roommate, Anne Shirley went to a home, after two weeks since she moved in with Alice. So once again, the lovely Alice saw a friend leave. She’s now seen six leave. And yet she remains.

Seeing her breaks my heart like no other dog has since Naomi. She looks at me from behind the bars every day, with those big black wet eyes. Alice hasn’t lost her joy and spunk. She is always ready to hop for a treat, and when she gets a chance to walk on weekends, she’ll do it with so much joy and abandonment, you’d never know she has spent a sub-zero week locked in a cold steel cage. And she keeps looking at me. Her eyes fixated on me, from the moment I enter her line of sight until I move beyond it. And she’ll remain in the corner of the cage where she lost view of me, waiting for my return.

She breaks my heart because with each passing day I feel I’ve let her down. I promised her a home, and for the reasons that only fate knows, she’s been passed over time and again.

Is it because she’s too intensely loving? Does she seem desperate and needy? If she toned down her excitement, would she be more attractive? I don’t know. I don’t know if I should train her to be more quiet, or try to encourage her to be still. All I know is that Alice is still waiting. Waiting for her Wonderland.