On the morning of September 22, 2009, at 8 am at Seokchun Lake, Jamshil, Yuni was walking her sable collie and American cocker spaniel, when she decided to return home.

She wanted to go to prevent her three-legged collie from over using his good back leg. But he wouldn’t budge until they went across the big eight lane boulevard to East Park of Seokchun Lake.

They continued on and had crossed a bridge, when Yuni happened to glance down some steps to West Lake and saw a small worried looking Jindo pup. He looked to be in trouble. The Jindo pup was about 4 months old. Upon closer examination, it was obvious someone had kicked him from behind, as a black shoe mark was stamped on his white fur.

(The Good Samaritan)

He didn’t run away, although he might not have had the strength or the will to do so. He had a limp, which was possibly from having been kicked. Yuni approached him cautiously and initially he growled, so she sat down to think of what to do. Then, her collie approached him and they didn't fight or growl at each other. Things appeared to be safe.

Now knowing that he would allow her to help, Yuni took the collar from her black American cocker spaniel and slowly put it over the Jindo.

With great timing, as soon as she was about to lead the Jindo up the steps, a good friend she had previously met at the park, who was doing his usual walking exercise, came by and seeing the situation asked if he could help.

He said (in translation), "You have two dogs already. It would be hard for you to take care of three. Let me help you. Though I have a small dog already, I have a rooftop space for the Jindo pup. I'll take him to the vets first to check on that limp of his then take him home for a good meal and rest.”

In these times of difficulty in finding good homes for stray and abused pets, it was indeed a blessing for the good Samaritan to have come by. Yuni had already called for help on her cell phone, but the person she called had said to just let the dog fend for itself, since shelters were so terrible. So leaving it all in Yuni's hands turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

It was certainly a lucky morning for all involved.

Update, September 30, 2009:

Here he is at his new home.

Update, October 24, 2009:

The original guardians of the 6 month old pup, actually named Jun, have been found. It was discovered that he became lost when his guardian was jogging around the park without putting Jun on a leash and without checking that he was keeping up. The guardian also had Jun's father with him, who was on a leash. The missing Jun wasn't noticed until the guardian returned home.

Meanwhile, Jun had been found by Yuni and taken in by a good Samaritan. After that he was taken to another person who could look after him about 2 hours out of Seoul, at a museum.

Then the original owner was found by word of mouth in the park. He had not put up fliers or anything and presumed that Jun now had a new family. Yuni then went to check up on Jun, and her friend drove her to the museum to see that all was well.

When she got there she was unsettled to see a dog farm in the area. Her friend asked the man in charge whether Jun had been eaten, motioning with his hands. But he was having a joke at Yuni's expense. The glum looking man in charge nodded no and went to get Jun who was locked behind a closed door.

The museum owner turned up and welcomed them, saying she had put him there because it was cold the night before. Furthermore, she gave her assurance that she was going to build Jun a dog house right next to the museum. Her plan was that he would be a watch dog. She would never have let him become dog meat.

Yuni mentioned that Jun’s original guardian would want Jun back. She said she had become very attached to Jun and she would never give him back unless the owners came out to get him themselves. So, Yuni connected Jun’s original guardians with her and everything worked out.

Jun is now back at his original home safe and sound with both his canine dad and his original guardian family. It took a lot of kindness, time and effort from a whole series of people to get Jun home, just because his guardian had been careless and inattentive.

Problem is that Yuni was at the park recently one morning and saw Jun with his canine and human dad. Yet Jun was again not on a leash! We can only guess that the guardian hasn't learned anything or he is now very watchful. Let us hope it is the latter case.