The following blogpost has been making its rounds on Facebook. I think it a very simple but clear illustration of temperament/behavior and so I recommend reading it in its entirety.
http://paws4udogs.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/its-all-in-how-theyre-raised/
I like it so much because it parallels my outlook on temperament & behavior in Jindos.
The following is not an ideal situation in my book:
I don't think it normal for a Jindo to be so fearful that it takes a huge amount of work to have the dog behave reasonably. I do not believe that requiring hundreds of hours with a behaviorist or thousands of dollars in paying in a trainer should become the norm for a Jindo.
Kudos to the owner for sticking with the dog and putting in so much effort into the dog, but for a Jindo breeder, this is not an ideal situation at all.
My memory of Jindo dogs are more of the below scale:
Dogs who are bold and not well-socialized are still known as "smart" dogs who don't require a lot of effort on the part of the human. Since most Koreans don't commit heavily to socialization and training, dogs are still good family dogs but not reaching their maximum potential.
The occasional Korean that does do the socialization and training of the bold dogs are rewarded with dogs of exceptional talents. ie. the ones known as being as smart as a human child, reading minds, and so forth.
I hope I produce dogs like this so that more people can enjoy what the hype about Jindos is all about.
