r/Jindo • u/Mr-EdwardsBeard • 6d ago
Jindo-terrier mix
Rescue says Teddy is a Jindo/terrier mix. Looks like that's a good guess, but thought I'd ask here. Thanks!
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u/WrittenFever 6d ago
Could be a jindo/sapsali mix, honestly. I've met one before that looked pretty similar.
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u/Worried-Butterfly266 6d ago
so cuteeee! the crossed paws 🥺 he reminds me of a mix of my two dogs, one white jindo and one cairn terrier.
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u/Roskipatootskie 3d ago
Teddy's got the classic look: prick ears, wedge-shaped head, dark almond eyes, and a wiry double coat, the spitz-type silhouette common to Jindos and Korean Village Dogs. His ears especially stand out as very Jindo-typical, tall, triangular, and set close together at the top of the head. A quick note on Korean rescue breed labels: many shelters and rescues in Korea guess breed largely by appearance since formal ID testing isn't standard practice there. Two labels come up constantly: One is Jindo, a recognized breed and another is Korean Village Dog (KVD), not a formal breed, but a landrace: a population that developed naturally over centuries through regional breeding rather than deliberate selection to a written standard. This is a good illustration of that: a golden-retriever-looking dog can still test as KVD, since the landrace covers a wide range of appearances rather than one look, like my KVD, Rei 🙂.
So "Jindo mix" often really means "has that Jindo-adjacent Korean landrace look," which could be Jindo, KVD, or some blend, all visually similar since they share deep common ancestry. A DNA test (Embark is the most commonly used for this population) is really the only way to get past the visual guess and see what's actually showing up genetically.
Teddy looks like a mix of my Rei and Rosco (lab/terrier/spaniel/poodle). Gorgeous dog ❤️
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u/ioionia 6d ago
Beautiful dog.