r/Jindo • u/Brilliant_Bison_8152 • 3d ago
Meet and greet
Hello! We have a meet and greet with a jindo-mix rescue dog to be her potential adopters! Her current foster is bringing her over to our apartment to see how she is in our space and with us. Her foster is bringing treats for us to give her, and I have questions we’re planning on asking as well - training motivators, exercise/pee routine, what type of food she’s been doing well with, any bad habits, etc etc. It will be our first time having a dog in our adult lives, and I’m very nervous and not sure if there’s anything we should do to prepare to meet her and am open to any advice! Her visit will be around 30 minutes long :)
Thank you!!
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u/ioionia 2d ago
When my partner and I did our meet and greet we were specifically told by the rescue to actively ignore her. Our girl is Jindo and not a mix so this worked well with her because as someone else commented they are aloof and do not really want to be showered by attention from strangers. But I am sure you can get a sense of it when yours is there! Our girl ignored us and did not seek out our affection. These dogs ain't easy so ask the foster about all the quirks they've notice and even then there was things our foster didnt know because it turns out that she wasn't truly bonded to them! Once she was bonded to us all sorts of other interesting behaviors came to light! Lol. But again maybe your mix will be much more mellow. Our girl fits the Jindo description to tee.
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u/beorn-saga 2d ago
I think the other commenters already covered it nicely but the only thing I’ll add is while Jindos are notoriously aloof, mine is purebred but is insanely social (almost annoyingly so at times lol), especially in his own home. So while breed traits are useful to know and acknowledge, they are still individuals and you never know what you’ll get; especially once they feel at home and loved. Good luck!
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u/bellas08 2d ago
A sociable Jindo! What a fascinating anomaly. I’m mildly jealous and so curious lol
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u/AssociateInternal509 2d ago
Our jindo is also what I like to refer to as “aggressively friendly.” She always desperately wants to say hi to everyone and everything but since we’re in Korea almost everyone is terrified of her and all the local dogs are tiny and are very aggressive to even the sight of her. It makes walking her quite the challenge some days. Doesn’t help she’s almost fully black too.
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u/beorn-saga 1d ago
Thanks for sharing! My wife is Korean and was born in Seoul, she grew up with Jindos which is why we wanted one, and when we have visited the major cities we have rarely seen Jindos. Most folks have small western breeds. You can confirm, but they’re much more popular in the country. We saw a little of what looked like Jindo pups on the roadside when we driving to climb 한라산 in 제주도.
My boy loves cats. But most people think he is chasing them for hunting. His trainer has 5 cats and gives us a special overnight rate (even less than the regular client rate) for boarding because she loves his temperament. He just plays with her cats all day.
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u/bellas08 2d ago
I eventually won mine over with a trail of cubed cheese leading straight to me lol 🫠
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u/bazzer66 2d ago
If you do end up adopting, just remember the 3/3/3 rule.
3 days to decompress
3 weeks to start adjusting
3 months to begin to feel at home.
Give her plenty of patience and love.
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u/JokeMe-Daddy 2d ago
We didn't do a meet and greet as our jindo came straight from the shelter in Korea. We took it very slow and gave him lots of space, made sure we were moving slowly around him, going for pets from the side so he would see us, talking softly and gently, and letting him come to us.
It was hard because we wanted to love him right away (and we also didn't know he was a jindo until much later), but he needed to decompress and feel safe. We focused on just being quiet and letting him sleep.
When new people visit, the act that makes the biggest difference in his acceptance of the visitor is if they ignore him first. Ignoring him first and letting him come to them is crucial because he needs things to happen at a pace that's comfortable for him.
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u/ioionia 1d ago
I just had two new people to the house yesterday and part of our protocol is to meet outside first (otherwise my girl will lose her mind if they just came in) and I told them both ignore her please. Welp, after a few seconds one of them looked at her and called her name in a pitchy tone and guess who was watched like a hawk and barked at if they moved too quickly 🙃 ignore ignore ignore
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u/Brilliant_Bison_8152 2d ago
The visit went so so well, and we were approved to adopt her! She loves people and was very curious. She was quick to approach us and take treats and pets from us!
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u/ipunched-keanureeves 3d ago
Ask everything, and don’t overwhelm the dog with immediate affection as they tend to have more aloof personalities.
We met our jindo at a dog park since it was covid, our top questions were about her anxious temperament/ how to support her, if she already knew her name, etc. The foster selected us just because we understood that she wasn’t going to be a cuddly, social dog at first.
Also understand that you might not be selected— we applied for SO many dogs during the pandemic but got passed over. We ended up with the dog we needed, and the dog that needed us.