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  • Asa Ae asks:

  • Hey!

  • Isn’t it about time you guys talk about having pets in Korea?

  • It does seem like it’s that time.

  • You know what, I think that this is about the perfect time to do so

  • According to my watch,

  • Which is covered in animals, and dogs,

  • Mine is covered in Lego pieces

  • Mine is covered in some kind of octopus.

  • Alright lets get something off our chests before we

  • Start talking about this one.

  • Hey commenters,

  • I know that youre probably going to say this

  • But don’t worry about it,

  • If youre going to bring your dog to Korea,

  • Don’t get this idea that Korean people walk around

  • With forks and knives and just

  • Stab random dogs and eat them

  • That does NOT happen.

  • Did you know that Canadians eat moose?

  • That is disgusting

  • I don’t know if we do eat moose actually.

  • I think there might be a moose meat shop

  • You know how you pluralize moose?

  • Mice?

  • Meese.

  • So weve been here for five years now

  • And in the past five years we have noticed

  • Quite a bit of a change in the attitudes towards

  • Pets in Korea.

  • Yeah, I know that when we first got Spudgy

  • Five years ago,

  • There were really almost no dogs in our neighborhood.

  • Right.

  • When we took him for a walk,

  • A lot of people were really afraid of him.

  • Its like they didn’t see a lot of dogs.

  • But by the time we left Bucheon,

  • Four years later,

  • There were like, impromptu dog parties,

  • At the park near our house.

  • Yeah! We did a video of a day in the life

  • Of us back in Bucheon, and you actually saw us

  • At one of these dog parties in the Bucheon park.

  • With lots of different breeds,

  • And we would meet dogs on like every corner.

  • So I feel like there’s been an increase in

  • Pet ownership in Korea in like the last five years.

  • It is a hip thing to do.

  • You should own a dog.

  • What we have noticed, however,

  • That hasn’t really changed,

  • Is that people still seem to be

  • A little bit afraid of cats.

  • Yeah, maybe the whole cat thing hasn’t really hit,

  • It’s hit Japan alright.

  • But, not Korea.

  • We even had a local coffee shop in Bucheon where

  • People had two cats walking around at Twelveda

  • Hi we miss you!

  • Some people would go in

  • and the girls would like FREAK,

  • Freeze in terror!

  • I mean they would be like,

  • AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  • And I mean like, it’s a cat in a café.

  • Do you think this cat would like a feral cat

  • That’s gonna like hunt you down in the wilderness?

  • Like if I was in the Savannah I would scream like a girl.

  • I’ll tell you one thing.

  • I know that back when I was in Canada

  • I was like the Ace Ventura of stray cats.

  • I could be like

  • COME TO ME, MY ANIMALS

  • And they would come up and purr and be friendly

  • In Korea I have not met

  • ONE

  • FRIENDLY

  • STRAY CAT

  • WHATSOEVER.

  • The point is that I don’t think people

  • Are as comfortable with pet cats yet.

  • Lets talk about pet stuff.

  • So, if you bring your pet to Korea,

  • What are you going to see pet-wise in Korea?

  • Well, within the past five years

  • Weve also seen an increase of pet stores.

  • Sprouting up everywhere.

  • I mean really, I feel like there’s a pet store

  • On every corner now.

  • Except the thing is

  • These pet stores are really small shops.

  • I haven’t actually seen any

  • Ginormous kind of

  • Wal-Mart-sized petsmart.

  • You know where they have

  • Aisles dedicated to just like

  • Iguana colostomy bags and what not

  • What the?!

  • There’s the iguana colostomy bag section at Petsmart!

  • Look, I’m not making this up.

  • He’s definitely making this up.

  • Now I know that Korea doesn’t have the land for making

  • These-sized Petsmart giant stores,

  • So all these little tiny pet shops

  • I’ve noticed

  • Pretty much sell the exact same thing over and over again.

  • Yeah.

  • So it’s not like you go to all these different pet stores

  • And this one has like, organic

  • And this one has something for you pet

  • I was going to say pet chicken.

  • I don’t know why that came into my mind.

  • Pet hamster.

  • We have a friend whose cat’s name is Chicken.

  • Its true, the name is Chicken.

  • I wouldn’t say they stock the same things

  • I complain because, Spudgy

  • You might think is a small dog,

  • But he’s actually not a small dog in Korea.

  • Right. The pet stores will all have like,

  • Small,

  • Medium”-sized clothing

  • or harnesses or crates,

  • but they don’t fit Spudgy, so.

  • Spudgy’s too big.

  • A lot of the dogs we find here,

  • Most of the time are just small toy dogs.

  • A lot of Yorkies here.

  • Yorkies, Maltese, Pekinese, Shi Tzu.

  • We rarely see giant dogs here.

  • I really want to see a big dog in Korea

  • It’s not really popular. No.

  • Not yet.

  • Weve seen like a German shepherd

  • Here and there

  • But that really horrifies people.

  • There are some bulldogs running around.

  • They have some dire wolves as well.

  • Yeah. That’s right a couple of those.

  • That’s why I think

  • A lot of small, very small-medium kind of clothing

  • And stuff so

  • If you do have a big dog and youre coming to Korea

  • Youre going to have to bring all that stuff with you

  • Including big size bones

  • Hold on. People actually put sweaters on giant dogs?

  • Yes.

  • People have different

  • Pet-sized bowls, pet sized stands, pet sized bones,

  • You can’t get any of that in Korea for a big dog.

  • I haven’t seen any giant bones for dogs.

  • Or crates.

  • So if youre travelling back and forth,

  • And you want a crate for your dog,

  • Youre not going to get that in Korea

  • So youre going to have to specially order it

  • Or bring it with you.

  • One big difference we did notice though

  • Is that the veterinarian costs in Korea

  • Are SO MUCH CHEAPER

  • Than what they are back in Canada

  • Like, HOLY SMOKES

  • I remember that when we were bringing Spudgy to Canada

  • We had to get paperwork for him

  • To say that he’s

  • Able to travel and whatnot,

  • That he’s healthy and rabies free and all that stuff

  • We brought him to the vet, the vet looked him over

  • Signed the paperwork, gave it to us

  • FOR

  • FREE!

  • But when we wanted to come back to Korea with Spudgy

  • We had to take him to the vet again,

  • And the vet

  • Just to LOOK at Spudgy

  • Cost 70 bucks!

  • Because theyre like, it’s your first time visiting our place,

  • SooooOoooooOoooOo

  • Let me look at your dog for 70 dollars

  • And let me give you those papers

  • That you got for free back in Korea

  • For another 70 dollars.

  • So it cost 140 bucks for something that is free here.

  • And what really confused me about it

  • Was that they

  • I thought they would do blood work or something

  • She looks at him, she touches him,

  • She’s like,

  • Youre good, youre so good

  • Let me give you this

  • GOLDEN SIGNATURE

  • Ok so if youre visiting a vet for the first time in Korea

  • They don’t have like that

  • Basic visiting fee,

  • Theyll charge you for whatever they do,

  • Blood work, and medicine, and stuff

  • But its not going to be like a base fee.

  • But it’s so cheap.

  • So Spudgy has had a couple of surgeries.

  • He dislocated his knee once

  • And they had to give him a surgery which

  • They shaved into his knee bone to give him a new groove

  • Because he had like rubbed off the groove

  • And it was a very extensive surgery

  • And here it cost like a few hundred bucks

  • Where when we told people that before

  • They said that their vet

  • When they got their dog to get the exact same surgery

  • Cost a few thousand.

  • Yeah. I mean I’ve heard stories about my friends spending

  • Thousands and thousands of dollars

  • On their cat or dog

  • Staying overnight at the vet

  • And about the medicine, and

  • For us?

  • Its like, Spudgy is on a lot of medicine,

  • And we spend around, 500 bucks a month?

  • 500 bucks a month we spend on Spudgy’s medicine

  • but we know that if this was back in Canada

  • we would be likeSpudgy I’m sorry but

  • we can’t afford you anymore, be free!

  • Got out into the wild! Spudgy be free!

  • Father a new pack of wild Spudgies!”

  • I wanna see a bunch of babies with blue stripes but

  • We can’t afford you anymore.

  • Yeah, were just joking.

  • So don’t be worried about vets in Korea.

  • Theyre always going to have a basic level of English

  • Up to like Super Awesome They Lived Overseas English

  • And youll be able to communicate with them

  • Weve never actually had any communication issues with our vets,

  • They have always been very clear and concise

  • So we understand

  • What they are going to be doing to Spudgy.

  • Yeah.

  • So the thing weve noticed that aren’t really changing yet about pets in Korea

  • Is that

  • In North America pets are kind of like this

  • Acknowledged extension of your family, you know

  • Your uglier, hairier child.

  • One time we were heading home with Spudgy

  • And he was in his little travel crate

  • And we got into the taxi

  • And the taxi driver wanted to put Spudgy

  • IN THE TRUNK!

  • Oh yeah, just put your dog in the trunk.

  • And were like, no, were not going to put our dog in the trunk.

  • No. Would you put your child in the trunk?

  • That would just,

  • Nnnnneeeeeeevvvvvveeeerrrr

  • Happen in North America.

  • So things like, doggy day care,

  • And like personal trainer,

  • That kind of thing isn’t quite happening in Korea yet.

  • Not yet.

  • I think that theyre working their way

  • Towards it

  • But I think that at the moment

  • Its still not super pet friendly yet.

  • Yeah. I’ve definitely seen more demands now

  • For like, doggy day care.

  • And they like do have dog trainers

  • But it’s mostly for the like really bad dogs.

  • In turn, weve met a lot of

  • Poorly trained dogs.

  • Very yippy, very barky,

  • They don’t know how to interact with

  • Other dogs very well,

  • Like I want to see more people walk up to their dog,

  • And be like,

  • ANJA!”

  • and the dogs like sitting down

  • like, waiting at the lights

  • all the dogs are like

  • I see so many people who are just like,

  • “I don’t know what to do with my dog!”

  • Like a fire hose.

  • Stop barking! Stop! Uhh!”

  • Spudgy is very well trained, he’s like

  • Were like,

  • sit,

  • stop,

  • come here,

  • follow us,

  • he knows how to obey where

  • other dogs we don’t really see that kind of

  • level of communication between master and dog.

  • Weve also has some problems where dogs

  • Are like, off the leash,

  • And coming at Spudgy, like violently,

  • And I am like,

  • I am going to kick your dog across the field

  • If you don’t keep that dog on a leash.

  • If you have a violent angry dog,

  • You should probably get that fixed.

  • But the owner was just like,

  • Ha! Ha ha…..”

  • And I’m like it’s not funny.

  • It’s actually not funny that your dog is like that.

  • Also!

  • People don’t really pick up their poop!

  • They don’t pick up the poop!

  • I haven’t seen people

  • Pick up their dog’s poop

  • After their dog pooped,

  • We have cute little blue bags.

  • I’m not really sure how cute they are

  • Because theyre poop bags

  • Theyre covered in doggy bones!

  • We have poop bags,

  • To pick up Spudgy’s poop

  • And we don’t see people pick of their dog’s poop here!

  • We have seen some

  • Korean people pick up their dog’s poop with like

  • Layers of tissue paper?

  • And I’m like,

  • You can buy stuff for that. Theyre call poop bags.

  • But it’s not that common

  • So some dogs will like

  • Curl it out on the sidewalk

  • And youre like, that is not ok.

  • So,

  • I’m hoping that this is going to change over time.

  • So the last thing we want to say is that,

  • Unfortunately, there are a lot of puppy-mill

  • Pet stores in Korea

  • So, youll see these little dogs

  • In these little class cubes

  • And theyre all like stacked in a window

  • With the sun shining down on them

  • And it’s so heartbreaking.

  • Every time I pass by I want to buy

  • All of the animals and take care of them.

  • Whatever you do

  • Please don’t buy animals from there.

  • Youre just only feeding into the economy of puppy mills

  • Adopt a dog instead.

  • Animal Rescue Korea.

  • Go to them, get a

  • Adopted dog

  • But don’t support the puppy mill industry here, please.

  • Yeah, and a lot of foreigners come to Korea

  • And theyre lonely, and they want a cat or dog

  • And they see them in the window.

  • But guys, seriously

  • There are so many abandoned dogs and cats

  • At these shelters.

  • AND

  • They could be the next Spudgy.

  • Spudgy was adopted, that’s right.

  • And look at him,

  • He’s a super star now.

  • That’s right bitches!

  • Also, theyre already older

  • So you know their personality

  • You don’t have worry about getting a puppy

  • Not knowing how to train it

  • And have it like, you know

  • Pee and poop all over your house

  • And then you hate it

  • Woo! Woo! Woo!

  • Ima puppy! Ima puppy!

  • And then you hate it

  • And then you give it away

  • And just start the cycle all over again.

  • Which weve heard of people doing before.

  • Yes. A lot of people come to Korea,

  • And they stay for like a year

  • And then they just leave their dog or cat

  • So if you want more information on specialized pets

  • Like iguanas and whatnot

  • Or if you want to know more about

  • Like dog food and cat food costs in Korea

  • Were going to talk about that more in our blog post

  • In more detail,

  • So make sure you click on the link here, and follow that.

  • Was the link over there?

  • It was right here underneath me.

  • Woo!

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  • Can a get a shirt that says that?

  • Or

  • Old

  • Dogs

  • Rock?

  • Or like

  • Old dogs are the best?

  • And then people think I’m talking about

  • Dog the Bounty Hunter, which I’m not.

  • Is he around anymore?

  • Do you know about him?

  • Whoa.

  • Youre like,

  • On point with your clever jokes today.

  • Boo ya! Snap.

  • The weather is making me crazy you guys!

  • Crazy! I haven’t seen sunshine in two weeks.

  • I’m gonna leave.

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