(KR) Soo-Young Hyun's Happy Family

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The KAPS site has an interesting story of how a family

in Korea have adapted their compact garden/outside

area to accommodate the 13 dogs they have adopted.

 

To read the story and see the photos, go to the KAPS

site and click on the second article listed under

'Animal Issue' on right hand side of page. It has the

title 'Soo-Young Hyun's Happy Family'.

 

http://www.koreananimals.or.kr/

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Soo-Young Hyun's Happy Family

 

Happy Family

 

There are 13 dogs living peacefully and fondly at Mrs.

Soo-Young Hyun's house. Before being saved by her, her

husband, and her son, all of these kids had once been

abandoned by their former owners and therefore had

been left painfully wandering through the streets.

Right after the rescue, she gave appropriate

treatments to the sick ones. And as soon as they got

better, she had them sterilized through operations.

 

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A 99 square metered semi-western style house on the

site of total 201.3m©÷

 

The place along the path that goes from the front

porch till the main gate to the street is the space

where these dogs safely get in and come out of the

house, playing, running about, or taking exercise. In

the right hand side flower bed, some vegetables like

lettuce or kale are planted. And we put a low fence

around the bed in order for the dogs not to dig up

earth. These careful precautions prevent playful dogs

from spoiling the garden, therefore leaving no room

for dissatisfaction toward pet dogs. And consequently,

we are enabled to live with our animals for a long

time. It is because there are a whole lot of people

who abandon their animals for the very simple reason

that they do not like their animals doing little harm

to their houses, which is often caused by playful

baby-like animals with no harmful intention.

 

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'Gold' really likes every sort of balls, including

tennis balls and golf balls. Even at this moment Gold

is tightly holding a tennis ball in his mouth, as if

not to let anyone take it from him. To the right, a

husky named 'Blue' serves well as captain of the

house. When Jaehyun's dad comes home from work, they

all run out to welcome him barking all together. Blue,

always taking the lead, silently threatens any other

dog that, if ever, goes before him. By twitching its

mouth grimly, Blue makes everyone come behind himself,

tightening discipline among the dogs. As captain of

all the dogs, Blue is both generous and charismatic

all at the same time, which makes him a substantial

captain. Blue does not bark at or behave fiercely to

people other than his own family members. However, if

anyone tries to touch him, Blue is said to warn him

not to do so by twitching his mouth.

 

It is in the warehouse in the garden or the

multipurpose room in the house that all the dog houses

are kept. This is a very good way to protect them from

bad weather like rain, snow, wind, or strong sunlight.

It is also good to keep their feed or goods and there

is no inconvenience when they have to be fed at times

of their meal in snow or rain. Moreover, it leaves

nothing to be cleaned. In summer it is less heated and

in winter it is less cold. Their room is floored by

tile-setting, which makes it easier to clean up the

room. And thin blankets are prepared for summer and

thick ones for winter.

 

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The whole garden of the house is divided into two

parts, and we let the kids dig out earth in one half

of our garden, which is enclosed with a fence. By

giving them their own space to play and dig up soil

they have learned where they can play and where they

should not. The owner boasted about her own dogs,

saying that they keep the rules quite well. The

manners of animals are generated by training and

consideration given by the person who keeps them.

Problems can be tackled, if we wait and show our

concerns for them only a little more.

 

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'Bongbongee' is taking a rest under the laundry

hanging rack in smothering heat. The hanging rack was

put there deliberately in order to let them take a

rest in the shade.

 

The conventional type of Korean outdoor toilet that

used to be in the yard was covered and made into a

room for the dogs. We put a couch in the front space

before the main gate so that these kids can enjoy

taking a rest on it.

 

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Whenever Mrs Soo-young Hyun takes a seat there to

relax on the couch, these kids make a fuss and gather

around her in order to sit right beside her before any

one does.

 

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Narie is the most modest and quietest, so it is called

'Princess'. Narie is now held in Mother's arms. Long

ago, a hybrid miniature pinscher, named Shorty, was

abandoned in the hospital by his former owner for its

having thrown up roundworms and excreted bloody

stools. Now Shorty has grown enough to receive the

sterilization operation. Shorty is the youngest of all

the kids, so it still plays the baby.

 

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The good and smart retriever Gold. And a beagle 'Bebe'

who used to walk around, swollen in bruises all over

its body. Behind Gold is Tory who was abandoned under

a car when it was less than 2 months old. Tory is a

hybrid, now watching for an opportunity to become a

daring leader. Mrs. Soo-young Hyun said that she had

to move three times so far and adjust the arrangement

of her garden several times until everyone in her

family and her dogs felt easy being together. The

whole yard was plastered with cement and waterproof

urethane, so it was made easy to clean up their urine

and feces and wipe the floor using water. Therefore,

it was possible to keep the environment clean and tidy

all the time.

 

At first, she thought it would be better to have the

garden covered with earth to grow the grass and trees.

However, the trees became toothpicks for these kids

and the grass died before growing because of their

urine. People in the neighborhood kept advising her to

get rid of the dogs saying that it was all because of

them. But whenever she was told to do so, she told

herself endlessly that she would never abandon any one

of her family. Then, she covered her garden with grit

this time. But a cloud of dust rose heavily very often

and it was not easy to clean up their urine and feces.

Moreover it smelt bad. Finally she graveled her

garden. But the kids' feet looked painful to walk on

the gravel. And their urine flew down and pooled

somewhere under it. So eventually it got to stink. It

was no good after all.

 

Eventually she decided to cover her garden with cement

and urethane with her own hands. Although it was not

perfect, this was the least expensive and the most

convenient way in many other aspects that she had ever

tried up until then. She said she had experienced a

whole new happiness working in the garden with her

family all together.

 

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Jae-hyun liked animals even when he was very little.

He used to crawl under the car after a street cat

which ran under it to get away. Once when he visited

his relative living in the countryside, he disappeared

with one of the dogs. Everyone was made to search for

him in every corner of the village. Finally he was

found sound asleep in a dog house, together with the

dog in his arms. All her family were surprised and

amused to see him there. When the frog eggs hatch and

tadpoles come out, he would be pleased to let them in

the stream of water that flew down the mountain before

our house. His love toward life was endless. It is

said that half of the kids who are now living in his

house were brought by this boy.

 

 

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aapn , Cate <cateanna wrote:

>

> The KAPS site has an interesting story of how a family

> in Korea have adapted their compact garden/outside

> area to accommodate the 13 dogs they have adopted.

>

> To read the story and see the photos, go to the KAPS

> site and click on the second article listed under

> 'Animal Issue' on right hand side of page. It has the

> title 'Soo-Young Hyun's Happy Family'.

>

> http://www.koreananimals.or.kr/