Guardian: Kkongji. Kkongji!
A man is looking for 'Kkongji' desperately
PD: Mister, who is Kkongji that you're looking for? Guardian: She's my daughter
PD: Your daughter? Guardian: Yes, my... my dog daughter
I'm looking for her becasue she hasn't come back home for a few days now. I'm worried.
(Kkongji's house)
One day, Kkongji broke the steel collar and left
Guardian: At first I took it lightly, thinking she'd be back soon.
but she did not come back for few days, not even for food
Now she comes here to eat. The problem is that I have no idea where she's going
Firstly, we decided to wait for Kkongji to come home to eat
Guardian: There, that's her!
This one here, who's walking towards the mister care-free, is Kkongji!
Guardian: Come here~
Huh?
She doesn't seem like a naughty girl who'd cause troubles!
Guardian: Kkongji, lay down! Bang!
What a lovely girl!
It just looks like she went for a short walk
(Kkongji: Oh, a camera?)
(Nom nom)
Guardian: This one is a mother. She gave birth outside so I can't tie her up and keep her here
One day, Kkongji left home and gave birth to puppies outside
and she's parenting secretely from somewhere nobody knows
Guardian: She wouldn't let me know where the puppies are. Why do you think I called you? I couldn't find them!
Kkongji...tell us where your pups are!!
Guardian: Around the corner, there is a mountain. I walk her around there
one day, I was coming down here and and I heard puppies howling from the mountain
The guardian guesses that she must've given birth somewhere in the mountain
The next day
Guardian: Why isn't she coming home.. PD: She hasn't showed up today? / No
Guardian: Kkongji!
She hasn't come back since she left yesterday
Guardian: I don't know if something happened to the pups... the mother dog isn't showing up so...
The guardian is worried something bad had happened
Guardian: She must be starving. She really should be here...
The guardian waits for her nervously
Kkongji showed up!
Guardian: Kkongji! You rascal, where have you been? Look at the state of you!
Kkongji is covered in dirt..
Guardian: Where have you been? I was worried sick!
What's Kkonji's secret?
To unveil Kkongji's secret, we called a vet
Vet: Puppies each have a nipple they suck on Look, here and here, have been all sucked on
At least 4, 4-5. I think she gave birth to many puppies
Vet: I see that you and Kkongji have a great relationship Guardian: Oh yes
Vet: What I don't get is Kkongji giving birth outside in the mountain. Was there any changes to him recently? A small change even, perhaps?
Vet: After I got a job here, I brought him after a month and a half
Could the sudden move of residence be the reason?
Vet: First of all, dogs are pregnant for 60 days.
but from 40th days onwards, the bump starts to show and they start to lactate. They are getting ready for birth
Kkopngji must have made a nice home for her puppies already in the previous home.
She must have been confused at the change of environment .
She must have hidden the puppies securely. But, only in her perspective. Maybe it's enough for her but still they can be exposed to many dangerous factors
Kkongji's puppies may be exposed to danger!
We taged a GPS tracker on Kkongji's neck collar
and waited until she moves back to her secret spot
Kkongji's on the move!
There! Kkongji roams around one particular spot frequently
There must be where the puppies are!
No time to dilly dally
We got on with the rescue right away!!
(Following the spots the tracker showed us)
Rescue team: Kkongji!
The team searched the spot thoroughly
Guardian: I see a hole here PD: Sorry?
Guardian: A hole, here PD: A hole?!
Under a tree, there is a big hole
Bringing in a camera to look inside... and...!
Rescue team: Oh, there they are!!!
Kkongji and her puppies, BUSTED!
You guys were hiding HERE?!
Rescue team: 1,2,3,4,5,...6. There are 6 Rescue team 2: 6 puppies?!
In this dirty hole, Kkongji has been taking care of her puppies..!
The rescue team starts harvesting them one by one
Rescue team: Oh, so CUTE!!!😍
Starting with this one that look exactly like Kkongji
the rest of the puppies are coming out from the hole!
Each of them are so adorably chubby😍
Rescue team: Huh? There were 7
7 puppies!!!
Kkongji's family is all rescued!
Back to home
The vet is going to check the puppies' health conditions
Are they all okay?
Vet: Wow, they may weigh almost 2kg now! They are all over 1kg. At this age!
They look very healthy!
Vet: Usually, they'd get respiratory diseases or skin diseases but they seem to be all clean. the environment wasn't great but
I think the mother dog took really good care of their puppies. There seems to be no health problem at all.
Guardian: Kkongji.. well done, hmm? Atta girl
Thanks to Kkongji's care and affection, all the puppies are healthy!
Vet: You must be pretty surprised when she gave birth outside, right?
Guardian: Yes!
Vet: This could happen again. So I think it's good to micro-chip her as a preventive meausre
Vet: In fact, you have to register her, legally Guardian: Oh, really?
Vet: You will be fined if you don't
Decided to micro-chip Kkongji!
Vet: See her registration numbers here!
Kkonji has a identity number now!
Guardian is building a house for Kkongji's family
so that Kkongji can focus on parenting!
Kkongji and the puppers enter~
Puppers seem to like it (editor note: Aren't they so so so adorable?)
Guardian: You've done so well.
papa's sorry for not knowing your mind
Don't leave home now, let's live here with papa, okay? Good girl~