Welcome to Hyungwon Kang's Jindo Dog Page.

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JINDO home
Jindo Facts
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Map of Jindo

Jindo photo essay

Jindos need home

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The Jindo in America

These Jindos are on top of guarding their master's home in Los Angeles' Koreatown. Since the mid 1980's, Korean Americans have been bringing Jindos from Korea.

 

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In 1991, my mother was given a Jindo puppy by a family friend. My family had always had dogs but we never had a Jindo. I spent the first 13 years of my life in Korea having never seen a Jindo.

After the puppy arrived, I noticed quite a few Korean Americans walking Jindo dogs and puppies in Los Angeles. As a journalist, I was curious as to how so many Jindo dogs had come to America. I also wanted to learn more about this breed.

There is almost no information on the Jindo dog in America. I looked at Korean-language books and found only sparse information, not enough to report in the Los Angeles Times.

I interviewed hundreds of Jindo owners in America. I spent almost all my days off visiting Jindo dog owners and their pets. After about a year's worth of reporting, following color page layout was published in the Los Angeles Times on January 2, 1994.

Since the publication of these Jindo photos, I've received countless calls from readers wanting more information on the breed. I decided to do a book on this breed and start taking more photos.

These are two-month-old Jindo puppies, the finest quality available in the U.S.A.


In order to document all stages of a Jindo's life, I bred Jindos in my backyard from 1994 until 1995. I no longer breed any Jindos due to lack of time to take care of them. I used to have at least a dozen dogs living at my house at one time or another while I take their photos and go hiking with them in the San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles. I've traveled with my Jindo to Sacramento. I even had my Jindo on a skiing trip to Mammoth Mountain.

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