Production crew: Hello~
PD: Is it here? Informant: Yes, look in there
He says that there is a dog in this beefarm
The informant goes further inside through the narrow gap
PD: Is she there? Informant: Yes, she’s in the corner
Informant: Go in there and see. Go inside
Step by step, walked into the corner
PD: There she is!
A yellow-furred dog is in the corner of a bee farm We could barely see her face, and she hid even deeper
Informant: I didn’t know she was there because she was hiding. I don’t go in there often
then one day, I saw a dog out here, then it went inside there upon seeing me
So what he’s saying is, a dog showed up out of the blue in this bee farm and she's been hiding in the corner ever since!
PD: How long has she been living here? Informant: About a month… I think, yeah. A month.
If I put out food like this, she only eats small amount. I think she feeds herself just enough to survive and no more.
For a month, she’s been hiding inside the corner, not eating properly
Something about this dog that bothers the informant…
Informant: She has a collar on. I think someone fed her before surely
She’s wearing a collar
Having a close look, she does have a collar on! This must mean that she has a guardian…
Then, how did she end up on this bee farm, living secretly for a month?
She came for fresh air for a bit
then went inside the bee farm soon again
As if there is a line she mustn’t cross, she turned back
and went inside the corner again
PD: Nureong~ (Yellow-furred dog)
As the PD approaches her, she growls
and tries to hide even deeper
Using her collar as a lead, we investigated around to find anyone who knows her
PD: Have you seen anyone who’s looking for a lost dog? Local: No
Local: The dog is lost? How pity
Local: I don’t think this dog lives in this town Local: I think this dog doesn’t live in this neighbourhood
There are no one who knows about the dog
The informant has been running the beefarm for 15 years, and this never happened
The informant is frustrated seeing her like this
Informant: Nureong, are you there? Are you okay?
Informant: Come out. I’ll give you snacks, huh?
She’s not even giving him a look
Informant: Let’s get along. Come out!
She doesn't seem to be mean, either. Some dogs growl, but she doesn’t.
I waited for her to open up to me one day, feeding her. She still doesn’t trust me
Ever since the informant found her, he’s been giving her food out of pity, but it’s not hard to gain trust from her
She doesn’t come out when people are around, so we gave her some space after placing the food
Soon, she comes out to eat
Informant: She’s coming out
It took so long for her to come outside. She walks toward the food bowl
She started gulping down the food in an awkward position
Informant: She’s eating! Why do you eat only when you’re alone?
What’s so scary that she can’t even eat in peace…
she finishes her meal fast and goes back into her corner
Why here?
This corner is blocked in all directions and she could move only a few steps
Why is she hiding in this corner
She spends another lonely night for a reason unknown to us
Informant: The guardian is not showing up and I can’t do anything to her yet. If she opens up to me after the food … then I’d raise her
The informant says that he’d raise her if she’d accept him!
Yet, she’s too wary of people…
We can’t forcefully pull her out
yet, we can’t let her live like this, too. We called the rescue team
After armed up with safety equipment just in case, the crew observes the surroundings first.
Rescue team: She’s hiding in between stuff, so we will use a rescue trap so it’s not too stressful for her
The plan is to set up a trap and lure her in. And once her guard is down, they will shut the door
After setting up the trap, we started waiting
After some time, she started moving
She moves toward the trap following the smell of the food
While she’s eating off guard…NOW!
The rescue went successfully
Normally, dogs would freak out in situation like this. But, she’s calm
She lets the rescue team handle stuff... Is she really the same dog who avoids people?
Informant: Nureong~ my gosh..!
Informant: It’s good that she came here and got rescued Madame: Come back to my house after getting the treatment!
What a calm and gentle one!
Vet: It doesn’t seem that she’s chipped
Vet: It seems like she’s given birth once. She looks young on the outside, but the test shows that she’s about 7-8 years old
Proceeded with detailed examination
Vet: Chemosis on the right eye is severe.
So I looked into the upper eye lid and I found an eye-worm.
Heart worm is tested positive but it doesn’t show severe symptoms
It’s possible to treat it
As she was living on the street, she was exposed and infected by an eye-worm and a heart-worm. But that can be treated
In order to find out how she ended up here, we’ve invited our favourite behaviorist
Lee Chan-Jong, Behaviorist: Hello Informant: Hello
Firstly, the behaviorist tries to read her character
Lee Chan-Jong, Behaviorist: Look, when I make a sound, her nose twitches
This is her exploring and gathering information.
If she’s stressed or anxious or scared, she wouldn’t have air-scanned like this. She’s doing it very well now
She doesn’t get anxious but explores the counterpart out of curiosity
She follows him well even when it’s the first time on the stroll together
Lee Chan-Jong, Behaviorist: How is it to take her on a walk? Informant: It’s great
Lee Chan-Jong, Behaviorist: Is it comfortable? Informant: Yes! We stroll as if she'd been my dog for years!
Lee Chan-Jong, Behaviorist: She knows that a stroll is good and enjoyable by experience. Though the mister is a stranger, she likes it a lot and wags her tail
Both look comfortable taking a walk together
Lee Chan-Jong, Behaviorist: I don’t think she had much negative memory of humans. She had many good memories and for a Jindo-dog, her sociability is very good
If she is social and can form a good relationship with humans, why has she been hiding in the corner of a bee farm?
Lee Chan-Jong: Jindo dog has a homing instinct. The reason why she couldn't return home is that, when she came out of the home, something happened that pushed her away.
So, she was lost and she wandered around and ended up here. I think there had been an event that made her lost
She’s lost not long ago, we asked around the village once again
Local: Let me see, does she have a collar? Go to the next village, a lady called me and said that a dog is in her farm. The dog doesn’t run away and just stays there.
I don’t know if that's the dog you’re looking for but she said it’s a big dog
Nureong was spotted from a village 3km away from the bee farm!
Perhaps, we can gather information about the guardian!
Local: Some people say they saw the dog PD: Really?
Local: Yes!
PD: They say they’ve seen the dog wandering around? Local: With a collar on, yes!
And.. a conclusive testimony!
Local: A couple came in a pick-up truck and asked if anyone’s seen a yellow-furred dog. I think the couple drove around looking for the dog
PD: Did they say they lost her? Local: Yes
PD: Did they say where they’re living or anything like that? Local: No
There is a couple who’s looking for the missing dog so, we put up the poster first.
Informant: Let's go!
Informant: This is your home~ Home is nice, isn’t it?
Until the guardian shows up, the informant decided to be her foster dad
Move-in special is provided!
Informant: You gotta eat well so you can stay healthy
As if she understands the mister, she’s eating very well
Informant: She’s an actress! She was so wary of me, and now…
She comes near madame and lets her pat her
Informant: If the guardian doesn’t show up, she can live with me at mine
The mister who was worried due to a random dog hiding inside the beehive decided to take care of her until the guardian shows up