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Old November 14th 04, 10:43 PM
Aimee Nicole Schantz
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I can't find much info on this breed. I just noticed that there are a couple
of them at the local shelter, littermates I'd guess.

http://www.oregonhumane.com/dogs/det...AnimalID=23897

http://www.oregonhumane.com/dogs/det...AnimalID=23896

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Old November 14th 04, 11:21 PM
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Aimee Nicole Schantz wrote:
I can't find much info on this breed.


I was wondering if this was a Mi-Ki/Labradoodle sort of scam
so Googled on them. To my surprise it's an actual Korean breed,
and a national monument. See http://www.sapsaree.org/ - there's
a link for information in English at the bottom of the page.

The entymology of the breed name is a little weird from a
western perspective:

"'Sapsaree' is an original Korean word used from long ago.
The first syllable,'sap', means to dig out, and the second,
'sar', means a ghost. Therefore, 'Sapsaree' literally means
'a dog that roots out evil spirits.' Even those who don't
know the origin of the name do know that wherever the
Sapsaree watches, there are no evil spirits. This explains
the old sayings 'A sapsaree drives away ghosts' and 'Even
a ghost dare not appear where there's a sapsaree around.'"
(ibid.)

The dogs on the Oregon Humane Society's page are adorable...
doesn't anyone out there need some ghosts driven away?

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Old November 15th 04, 04:45 PM
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My understanding -- not that I am any expert -- is that Sapsaree are not
very common in Korea, much less the United States, so I would be
surprised if these are really purebred Sapsaree


Actually, these two make three that I have seen on shelter sites. Could be
that they will become like the Jindo, not quite so uncommon to see in shelters.
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Old November 16th 04, 07:34 PM
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Considering what purebred Sapsaree look like, it could also be that they
become a default breed ID for anything shaggy and floppy that comes into
a shelter in any area with a Korean immigrant population


That could be too, it happens all the time and I'm sure it will happen again.

However, the three dogs I have seen on the shelter sites look too much alike to
just be randomly attributed that breed name. Not to mention, you don't find
many books that have that breed listed; many of the local shelters I know pick
their "breed of the week" out of a breed book. JMO of course
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Old November 18th 04, 12:52 AM
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Considering what purebred Sapsaree look like, it could also be that they
become a default breed ID for anything shaggy and floppy that comes into
a shelter in any area with a Korean immigrant population



If it were anywhere but Oregon, I would tend to agree. I would hope
with an adoption fee of $400 that these dogs are really sapsaree dogs
with KSA papers.

I think it was around last year that an article was printed in a
Korean newspaper about the Sapsaree. A yellow pair in Oregon had
produced a litter of puppies. It was a large litter of puppies, maybe
eight or ten. (I'll have to look it up to be sure.) These dogs were
the only sapsaree dogs in the US.

Supposedly, the dogs were to be trained as Therapy dogs for the Delta
Society. I don't know who the breeder was or know how to contact
them. I did an online search and didn't find much breeder info. I
did find out that these two dogs will be the second and third sighting
of Sapsarees at the Oregon Humane Society. A previous dog name Lucy
was at the shelter around Oct. 26, 2004.



-Ann
 




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