When people first encounter a Jindo,
there are inevitably two very different, but common responses. They
are “Jindo? What’s that? Don’t you
mean Dingo?” or “Wow! This is a Jindo?”
Although
somewhat similar to the wild Australian dingo, the Korean
Jindo dog is an entirely separate and distinct breed. The
Korean Jindo dog is an old breed that originates from an
island called Jindo, which is located off the southwest coast
of South
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Korea. The
island, with its naturalbarriers, allowed the Jindo dog to
develop isolated from other dog types for hundreds of years. Although
the Jindo dog lived in companionship with man, the breed was
allowed to develop under natural selection rather than human
selection due to the difficult living conditions on the island.
The
Korean Jindo dog is well-known in South Korea and wasdesignated
as Chosun (Korea) |
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Natural Treasure #53 in 1938. It wasn’t
until 1996, though, that the Korean Jindo dog appeared on the
international stage as Federation de Cynologique Internationale
(FCI) #334.
The Korean Jindo dog is still a fairly unknown breed in the
United States. Although
present in evergrowing numbers in some states, accurate information about the
breed is still hard to find. |