#sapsali

[thelazypetowner]

Obligatory bluebonnet photo! I got a few others, but obviously I had to spend too much time making One Good Edit. ™️

[genderselkies]

it/its lesbian sapsali dog and it/its gay norwegian elkhound

[patchoulol]

Well I'll absolutely still brush your hair in my lap that just makes it way more master and pet coded.

I'll brush your hair if you'll brush my hair?

i don't understand how to brush hair :c

[grison-in-space]

thinking about dog breeds marketed as being a piece of history, I keep getting caught up in dog breeds for whom the real, verifiable, documented history is legitimately a story of resistance and survival.

I had half a post the other day about the well documented fact that indigenous breeds of livestock tend to not survive much past colonial occupation, right? This is especially true if the animals are an important part of indigenous culture, specifically because slaughtering all the animals or forcing indigenous people to cross them to 'improved' colonial strains is an almost ubiquitous piece of the colonialist occupier handbook. Often, after a long period of time, a member of the occupying colonizing culture will come in, scrape up whatever minimal pieces are left, outcross to a bunch of other strains, and start using the unstoppable, tragic story of loss to market the animals they now consider "theirs" to their fellows, generally without input from the living descendants of the strain's original creators. Sometimes, as with the American Indian Dog people, no obvious single breed or landrace actually even existed and they merge a whole bunch of cultures' animals together into a homogeneous mash-up!

Once the story is set, these storytellers will start breeding their animals according to their own fashions and values, because the story is only important insofar as it provides an exotic origin; it's not important in terms of creating cultural connection to the people who are mentioned in those origins. Often, when genetic tests are done and compared to pre-contact animals, it turns out that there's almost no trace of the originating strain left in any case. Often there are just no animals left after the one-two punch of decimation and drowning in modern genomes, and reconstruction can do as it will.

This is the story of the Appaloosa horse, the Araucana chicken, the Samoyed, the Alaskan Malamute, the Carolina Dog, basically every generic American Indian Dog project I am aware of, the Chihuahua, and a number of others. I am not familiar enough with with the history of Peruvian Orchid or Xolo to say there offhand, but I wouldn't be surprised.

(Sometimes a similar phenomenon occurs without the directed slaughter and forcible removal of indigenous control over their native animals, as with Saluki, Arabian horses, Basenji, and Afghan Hounds. This is more likely if the indigenous animals are not especially valued by the indigenous culture, as with Basenji, or if local colonization is not especially preoccupied with eradicating and assimilating local culture, as with British occupation of the Middle East.)

In recent decades, I've noted Saluki, Basenji, and Arabian breeders beginning to do more reaching out to cultures of origin and incorporating at least their modern dogs into the pedigree gene pools, as well as sometimes incorporating the actual opinions of those cultures on dog selection and breeding. This is awesome. More of that, please.

But there are also indigenous breeds and landraces out there that have survived colonization within the hands of their originating people!

Take the Sapsali of South Korea. During the Japanese colonial period, these dogs were slaughtered in huge numbers to make coats for Japanese soldiers and as a way of subjugating Korean culture. But very few survived, and they are in the process of being carefully managed by South Korean breeders to bring them back as a larger population. (The Jindo was the only South Korean dog breed to escape deliberate Japanese attempts at eradication, because it resembles Japan's own indigenous dog breeds and this was felt to be a plus. This doesn't mean that they weren't also slaughtered in huge numbers to be turned into coats; it just means that Japanese colonial efforts weren't actively trying to exterminate them.)

Greenland Dogs and Canadian Inuit Dogs hold a similar story of survival despite pressure to give the dogs up (including dog seizures and killings by the RCMP in the case of the Canadian dogs).

There are also reconstruction projects being undertaken by colonized peoples who are cheerfully agnostic about retaining unbroken genetic connection to their ancestral animals.

The Nez Perce horse, for example, is a Nez Perce-owned and managed effort to recreate their original horses--at the time renowned as long distance, fast endurance animals--using Akhal-Teke crosses to restore the original phenotype, away from the more common Quarter-Horse-like stock horses that characterize many of the animals currently registered as Appaloosas.

There are also some murmurings about potentially attempting to recreate the extinct Salish Woolly Dog with or without genomic assistance from preserved hides. That would be wild and incredibly cool, reconstruction or not.

[sylunisart]

I’m still very art blocked so have these doodles of Lisa, my two rescue corps ocs, and my hocotate and koppai captain ocs

I hc Karut to be a cultural melting pot so there’s a decent amount of hybrids living there, which is why Lisa’s ears are round, she has partial koppai heritage.

Lily and Saph are half sisters, same mom different fathers, they’re both from Karut aswell but their mom has Giya heritage, Lily’s father has Ohri heritage and Saph’s father is of an unknown carnivore species. Oh and they’re both based on Sapsali dogs. They’re meant to be a part of two player mode(Lily is player 1 while Saph is player 2) while Lisa is single player mode.

Lily is the younger sister. She fit in rather quickly with the rescue corps since she has a more extroverted personality and is very confident in getting the job done. However, she is also a chaos gremlin who lacks impulse control so she often gets into trouble while on the job.

Saph is the older sister. She is a very skilled sharpshooter and an excellent strategist, but she is very much on the shyer side and is not as confident as Lily. Due to heritage, she has a second pair of eyes that she keeps closed at all times, only opening them in private or when she’s around the people she trusts the most.

Momo is a hocotate freight employee and the assistant of President Sacho. Out of all the employees, Momo is probably the most stressed person there, having to deal with her boss’s and Louie’s antics. Olimar thankfully helps ease her stress a bit and because of it he’s the only person there whom Momo can tolerate. Olimar and Louie are supposedly based on Mario and Luigi so in this case Momo would be based on Peach hence her name.

Emily is a rookie koppaite ranger. She is very outgoing and friendly but is a bit clumsy due to her lack of experience as a ranger. Much like Alph, she greatly looks up to Charlie. The Koppaite captains go by A B C naming and D already exists via a scrapped character so Emily in this case would be the letter E.

[jamescanningauthor]

I Asked AI to Show Me Different Rare Dog Breeds, Here's What It Came Up With

Airedale Terrier

5/10 weird patterns

Barak Hound (Bosnian Rough-haired Hound)

1/10 what is this, this is not a Barak Hound

Clumber Spaniel

7/10 weird looking but it got the basics

Danish Spitz

10/10 hauntingly unearthly beautiful. Not even remotely a Danish Spitz, what am I looking at, that is barely even a dog

English Setter

6/10 great image, not even remotely an English Setter

Fila Brasileiro

-305839/10 NO. What is this? Not even remotely the same kind of dog, what am I looking at, stop!!

Greek Shepherd

6/10 majestic and adorable, not even SLIGHTLY a Greek Shepherd

Hygen Hound

7/10 GORGEOUS. Not even A LITTLE BIT Hygen Hound

Ibizan Hound

19/10 that is an Ibizan Hound. Lovely.

Japanese Chin Dog

4/10 the patterns are close enough, but that is not a Chin whatsoever otherwise

Karelian Bear Dog

8/10 one of them is surprisingly accurate

Leonberger Dog

-99/10 NO

Maneto Dog

5/10 for once they're in an interesting location in one of these, that is 0.0% Maneto

Neapolitan Mastiff

6848577647/10 YES. Double nose and all.

Otterhound

6/10 close enough

Pharaoh Hound

9/10 Those eyes are huge and terrifying. Otherwise fine.

Rhodesian Ridgeback

8/10 hilarious would be perfect if the image were cropped. Is she half dachshund?

Sapsali Dog

7/10 not even close but that sure is a Creature

Tibetan Terrier

6/10 a bit. Very interesting animal here.

Viszla Dog

937983585899/10 LMFAO yes. 2 collars. 4 ears.

Whippet Dog

2/10 that is anything but a Whippet

Xoloitzcuintle Dog

-666/10 HORRIFYING.

Yakutian Laika

6/10 cool dog, not any kind of Laika

Zerdava Dog

5/10 not even a little bit, bonus points for double tail and adorable backpack/saddle thing

[mustela28nivalis]

Hetalia characters as dog breeds

America - Alaskan malamute

Nyo!America - American pit bull terrier

Canada - Labrador retriever

Russia - Samoyed

Prussia - Doberman

Nyo!Prussia - Schafpudel

Germany - German shepherd

Nyo!Germany - Hovawart

China - Chow chow

Korea - Sapsali

Japan - Shiba inu

Wales - Welsh corgi pembroke

England - Parson russell terrier

Scotland - Gordon setter

Italy - lagotto romagnolo

Romano - Italian greyhound

Romania - Romanian mioritic shepherd

Bulgaria - Karakachan dog

Austria - Austrian pinscher

Hungary - Pumi

France - French spaniel

Sweden - Swedish lapphund

Finland - Finnish lapphund

Denmark - Danish spitz

Norway - Lundehund

[historicalasiandramas]

Omg Naksu backstory! Apparently, she was the daughter of a constellation recorder mage at Cheonbugwan. Lookit how cute and happy they were :')

The Four Families of Daeho killed everyone there for a reason that I'm sure will be revealed later. A woman rescues bb!Naksu and says that if she sees her father, she must run away. After placing the child in a shed, the woman is immediately killed. And then we see a closeup of her father, who attacks Uncle (his name is Lord Park Jin! I finally looked it up!) and is also killed. She's found afterwards by Jin Mu, who promises her power if Naksu comes with him.

She agrees and is raised in a shack in the mountains, hidden away from the rest of the world. She learned how to survive on her own. And now that Naksu is dead, Mudeok has returned to the place she was trained. Unfortunately, Jang Uk is a spoiled young master and complains the entire time.

She takes him to the shack where she grew up, but is shocked to smell chicken cooking and signs of life. Mudeok clearly remembers the shack destroyed when she tried to return before. As she inspects the hanging clothes to determine who lives here now, Sapsali appears! And since his job is to sniff out soul shifters, he's in full attack dog mode when he sees her.

Sapsali lunges for Mudeok, but Jang Uk intervenes and commands the dog to sit. The spirit dog remembers that Jang Uk shattered his previous host, and immediately obeys. Jang Uk asks Sapsali to go fetch his master, and he takes off. But he seems to have the wrong idea about why he was brought here. He jokes that there's enough room for two or three kids, but Mudeok insists that it was just for training.

Mudeok does not take the joke well and storms off. Being left alone with his thoughts makes Jang Uk remember what Park Jin said before he left: if he had stayed a clueless young master, he would've been protected. He mutters that he'd rather live here than live like that.

Back in the city, Lord Park has called a meeting of the best mages across Daeho, which is translated as the Unanimous Assembly.

So there are 11 total mage families in the country. Interesting! But still no sign of Uk's father. The mages have gathered to decide if they should accept the CP's duel. Even the CP himself doesn't understand why Jin Mu & the king are making such a big deal about it, but apparently the last duel was hundreds of years ago. There's always been bad blood between the mages and the royal family. I WONDER WHY! (Lookin at you, previous king who fucked Jang Gang's wife)

The mages ask if Lord Park agreed that if Uk doesn't show up to the duel, he forfeits his right to become the next Gwanju. Lord Park says that this is true, as he has someone else in mind for the job anyway. (OH???) Every mage at the table has been Uk's teacher at one point, and they all think of him as an embarrassment to mages. One of the mages suggest disqualifying Uk of his rights as a mage. Apparently, this would remove his power. Since Jang Gang had previously sealed Uk's energy gate, the rest of the mages agree this course of action would be best.

Lord Park calls out everyone at the table and says that it was Songrim who accepted the duel and they will accept whatever disgrace may occur. The others agree with this, but they can't help but wonder at Jang Uk's progress. Was he taught by someone at Songrim? Lord Park shuts this notion down and says that no matter where Uk goes, he will not find a master. Little does he know ;)

Back in the mountains, Uk emerges from the bath to find a sleeping Mudeok. He chastises her for pushing herself when Mudeok's body didn't have the same training that Naksu did. He's shocked to find how heavy their supplies are and that she was able to shoulder it by herself. As he settles into bed, he feels guilty seeing her sleep on the floor. He tells himself as her master, it's only right that he sleep on the bed. But he eventually caves and puts Mudeok on the bed.

While the two are passed out, Mystery Man appears. He's not blind, but he is still a soul shifter hunter. He thanks Sapsali for leading him to her, because "her soul holds no malice," so he wouldn't have been able to tell otherwise.

Mystery Man is about to kill Mudeok, but recognizes that a powerful soul has inhabited this body. Given the disparate levels of power between Naksu's soul and Mudeok's body, how has she maintained control? He checks on her power level, but he's unable to find any.

All this has woken Uk, and he's ready to fight to protect Mudeok - even to the point of taking off the binding bracelet! Even with just a wooden staff, Mystery Man is able to block Uk's wild attacks. They take the fight outside and Uk is quickly bested. But the hunter recognizes that sword.

He demands to know who Jang Uk is and why he's with a soul shifter, but instead Uk yells at Mudeok to run. However, she's in a deep sleep. She is face-to-face with the original Mudeok, but it almost seems like Naksu's soul is being imprisoned.

When she first attempted to shift to the maid in ep 1, Naksu was surprised to see Mudeok instead. Could the original Mudeok be powerful enough to force a soul shift? That's SO delicious to think about! She wakes up alone and goes outside to find Uk and Mystery Man eating together. She asks who he is and Uk says "the man you saw last night."

Mudeok notices a mark on Uk's neck but has no memory of seeing this man. It looks like she was sleepwalking and Uk protected her. The man introduces himself as Master Lee. He says they can stay and immediately assumes they're married by the way they bicker. Not yet, but they will be :3

Switch to Yul & Dang-gu eating together at the brothel, and Jo Wol asks if Mudeok & Jang Uk went to Danhyanggok, since that's where Mudeok went to set off fireworks last time. Dang-gu corrects her and says that they're in Sari Village, Mudeok's hometown. Yul remembers that name: he kept his pet bird there and also broke his foot there once.

Master Lee seems to be a powerful mage and is not hiding it. He chops wood with his hands, can use his energy to control fire, and easily removes water from his clothes. Jang Uk realizes that he could've been killed in their fight. Master Lee catches Uk drinking tea and is aghast. Apparently it's brewed with herbs that disconnect a man from his sexual desire so that he can focus on training.

Mudeok has heard of a man who only wears hemp clothing and adheres to this kind of training. He's called Hemp Master Lee. He finds it strange that a maid would know such things. She's in awe of being in the presence of such a powerful mage and immediately bows to show her respect. However, Uk is still freaking out about drinking an entire pot of "chaste" herbs. He is only focused on that, while Mudeok has not even considered that not having a libido would be a problem.

Surely such a powerful mage could help Uk control his arm, right? He agrees, but only if Uk will follow his rules: drink the chaste tea and forsake libido. Seems reasonable to Mudeok, but Jang Uk freaks out about it. They discuss the benefits of this training and in an outburst, Uk accidentally uses ryusu to fling a cup at Mudeok's head. She's bleeding, but delighted at the progress in her pupil's strength. Her glee at getting hurt unsettles Uk.

We see Lord Park at Cheonbugwan, checking their astronomical records. He recalls Jang Gang saying that the real record of Do-hwa's death & Jang Uk's birth has been replaced with a fake. Jin Mu approaches and mentions the Unanimous Assembly meeting. Uncle says that Jin Mu should start his own family, and if he receives a unanimous vote, he could join the elite mage families. Jin Mu laughs and then asks why Uncle is at Cheonbugwan.

Lord Park tells him of the soul shifter double agent case: the petrified man they caught was a constellation recorder mage for Cheonbugwan and they need to investigate. Jin Mu wants to know what they're investigating, but Lord Park only laughs.

Jin Mu claims he has nothing to hide and the mages are welcome to investigate anytime. Good, cuz they're already here! Headed by Yul and Dang-gu, they pour into the room. A mage tells Yul that the suspect's job was to continuously maintain the right energy. The section he was in charge of looks like it has an armillary sphere:

During the investigation Jin Mu's Right Hand Man secretly reports that there's a dead body in the secret room in Cheonbugwan. I was wondering what he did with that guy Eunuch Kim slurped up! Yul reports that the soul shifter was warned for sneaking a peak at the constellation plates. Dang-gu then appears to report that a large number of officials have suddenly disappeared.

Lord Park goes to Jin Mu and thanks him for his cooperation. And then requests a favor.

There is no corpse when he arrives, ofc. Right Hand Man used a secret tunnel to transport the corpse out of Cheonbugwan. Good thing the boys were sent to spy! Yul & Dang-gu intercept the wagon and ask to see what's inside. They can't let Songrim mages find out about the corpse, so Jin Mu's men attack while Right Hand Man rides off with the wagon. Dang-gu acts as a distraction while urging Yul to follow the cart. Even a mage can't outrun a horse, so Yul finds the cart abandoned. When he opens the floorboard he finds something curious: a spirit plaque!

When Dang-gu catches up, Yul shows him what he found. It was planted there on purpose, so that they'd lose the trail. Eunuch Kim apologizes to Jin Mu, who grabs him by the throat and berates him for absorbing a person in the middle of the street. Jin Mu shifted this guy's soul into a person of power so he could be useful. Which means that Jin Mu probably has shifters amongst the court officials, too.

Despite this failure, Jin Mu tasks Eunuch Kim with delivering a chest. As soon as he's gone, Jin Mu tells Right Hand Man that Eunuch Kim will have to be discarded soon. Jin Mu orders RHM to find another eunuch so that he can switch RHM's soul into the body. RHM seems alarmed by this, but submits. Jin Mu asks if RHM still carries around his soul ejector.

That looks like the bead Naksu was holding when she shifted!

JIN MU WHAT DOES THIS MEAN. Her Majesty the QUEEN??? I was wondering why we hadn't seen her yet! So he's working for her, huh?

Back at Songrim, the boys present what they found. Since Songrim's spirit plaque was found at Cheonbugwan in a suspicious wagon, they can't really do anything about it without making themselves look bad. Lord Park wants to find out whose plaque it is, and Dang-gu says he's sure it's Uk's. Lord Park orders the boys to find Uk and ask him where and how he lost his spirit plaque. OH?!? So Lord Park knew all along where Uk was?

And now we finally see the queen. Her intro is very interesting. We see her pour a cup of wine (tea?) for CP, but the camera doesn't show her entire face right away. CP turns to the queen and as she comes into focus, only half of her face is visible. IS SHE A SHIFTER TOO?! Eunuch Kim arrives with his delivery, and the king is curious about it.

We all agree that it's not herbs in the chest, right? I'm so curious what her deal is and why Jin Mu is working for her...

In Danhyanggok, it seems like Uk is not learning the things Mudeok wants him to. He's digging up herbs, going fishing, and learning to cook. They can survive on their own now! She threatens to kill Uk for being useless but he says that she's no longer Naksu. But Naksu's training was harsh and she wasn't created for this kind of life.

Jang Uk is running away from his destiny and says that he's happy here. If only Uncle could hear him! Mudeok calls him a coward and a jerk for trying to make her be the one to break of their contract.

Back at the Jang estate, Madam Jin proposes a way for Uk to avoid the duel and still become Gwanju: a marriage alliance.

If Jang Uk marries into the family, he will be considered a Jin and granted the same protection. Head Maid Kim said that they've already broken off their engagement once but Cho Yeon says she still has feelings for Uk.

On the mountain, Master Lee says that Uk should reconsider becoming his pupil. If he doesn't learn to control his arm, it will become a problem. He offers to cut off Uk's energy so that he could live as a normal man, but Sapsali interrupts. He saw the dead body floating in the river and Master Lee needs to investigate. He asks if Uk wants to come with him, but he declines and says he must cook for Mudeok.

But Mudeok went down the mountain and is back in the city, spreading rumours that Uk has mastered ryusu in preparation for his duel with the CP. Her courtesan unni says that Mudeok should leave because Cheonbugwan officials are at the inn. A high-ranking official has paid a visit, it seems. Mudeok exits through the front door, and is stopped by RHM. He thinks that there's no way that Naksu would shift into such a weak body, but he's still suspicious.

Even when his lackey grabs her and pulls her collar, there's no blue mark on her. How can that be? They still want to question her, but fortunately the CP is there! Mudeok immediately prostrates herself and asks if he remembers her. "I'm Poodeok, remember?" CP likes having his ego stroked so it's easy enough to get him to send the Cheonbugwan dogs away.

CP is curious what Jang Uk is up to, and Mudeok continues the bit. CP is loving it ofc.

Mudeok begs him to do something to prevent the men from Cheonbugwan dragging her away again and he tosses her his sachet.

She sniffs it and immediately gags. She apparently can't stand the scent of cinnamon but lies when questioned. CP then makes her drink cinnamon and ginger wine. That sounds terrible :D

Uk & Master Lee are in town now, and Master Lee is still mystified by their relationship. What kind of maid gets mad at her master and runs away? Uk says that she's no ordinary maid: she's like an egg that must be embraced. SIR,,, DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE. There's no time for that though, because the townsfolk are in a tizzy due to the shifter corpse that has drifted down the river. Master Lee says the corpse isn't a shifter but the man did die because of one.

Uk learns what happens when a shifter loses control and begins to worry about Mudeok. He asks if all shifters eventually lose control and Master Lee says, "not if they've mastered Hwansu." Uk wonders if that's even possible for a human and Master Lee replies that it is. Cheonbugwan officials arrive to inspect the corpse and Uk has to take his leave before they see him.

As they're loading the corpse up, a rainbow appears and RHM turns to look with the townsfolk. When he turns around, the cart and the corpse are gone. Master Lee conjured the rainbow so CLEARLY he must have mastered hwansu! Back at Chwiseonru, Uk finds out that Mudeok was almost dragged away by Cheonbugwan men but was saved by the CP. She's now drunk, as she accepted every cup of wine he offered her. SHE'S ABSOLUTELY WASTED, and angry that this body can't even handle liquor.

In ep 1, we saw Naksu hesitant to eat chicken because as an assassin, she's sensitive to the smell of blood. But Mudeok's senses didn't react the same way. I wonder if Naksu would react similarly to cinnamon since it's so strong, or if it's Mudeok's body that can't stand it?

Yul & Dang-gu have arrived in Danhyanggok and we get to see how Yul & Naksu met. They run into the drunken Mudeok and Uk. Mudeok loses her footing and falls - you guessed it! - directly into Yul's arms.

He & Dang-gu get to see where Mudeok and Uk have been staying and Yul reminisces about the time he broke his leg and came to "see the birds" (Naksu). He said he "really liked them" (her). :)) Uk notices that Mudeok is awake and staring at Yul as he talks. His face screams, "she can't actually have feelings for him, right??" He is beginning to feel some jealousy :D

Deep in the forest, Master Lee is seen opening some kind of magic gate and walks through with the corpse wagon and Sapsali in tow.

Yul & Dang-gu begin interrogating Uk about the spirit plaque, but he pretends he can't remember where and when he "lost" it. Yul senses he's hiding something and says that this matter is important and dangerous. Mudeok seems to have finally passed out. Will he tell them that it was to help her?

Master Heo, Head Maid Kim, and Lord Park are discussing Uk's marriage when they're interrupted. Someone has entered Songrim. It's Master Lee! Apparently his only pupil before was Master Heo (Yeom), whom he calls by name. Master Heo tells everyone to put down their swords and addresses him as his teacher, much to Lord Park shock.

The episode closes on a sunset with Mudeok looking at the tree she used to stand on top of when she was Naksu. As Mudeok, she can no longer do that. Uk says that he wasn't motivated before, but he thinks he could get to the top of the tree.

He asks if she wants to see the moon, but Mudeok protests and says that only one who has mastered chisu can stand at the top. There are no branches up there and you must use your own energy to create a foothold. Uk is nowhere near that level. He asks again if she wants to go to the top of the tree and this time she says yes.

The show has repeatedly said and shown us that Uk is a fast learner. Anything he puts his mind to, he can do. On the boat back to Danhyanggok, Uk tells a sleeping Mudeok that he wanted to do nothing but something keeps bothering him.

New motivation unlocked: DO IT FOR HER. :D

[iicraft505]

Sapsali

[asterwild]

I just really needed to start another thing that involved drawing more grayscale dog heads

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[cyanocoraxx]

lesser-known dog breeds

majorca shepherd (spanish herding/guard dog), greek harehound (greek scenthound), carea leonés (spanish sheep herding dog), cane di oropa (italian cattle/sheep herding dog), donggyeongi (korean breed), sapsali (korean breed, believed to dispel ghosts and evil spirits), cão de castro laboreiro (portuguese livestock guardian), liangshan (chinese generalist hunting dog), xiasi hound (chinese guard, hunting and boar-baiting dog)

[thelazypetowner]

One of the Facebook groups I'm in features a breed every month, and August 2024 is sapasree month. I thought I would share my posts here so we can spread some awareness and education since information is very difficult to find (in English especially, but also still in Korean).

Day one is just basic information.

Sapsalgae 삽살개, affectionately called sapasree 삽사리/sapsali 삽살이 and occasionally shortened to sapsal 삽살, is an indigenous dog (토종개) from South Korea. The name originally derives from Hanja (Chinese characters in Korean language) 煞 (evil spirit) and 揷 (to stop), and in Hangeul, the name becomes 삽사 (chase evil spirits) where 개, gae, means dog. Thus, the sapsaree's literal name means to chase or ward off evil spirits, and as such, sapsarees are often seen as guardians or protectors that bring good luck and peace.

Sapsarees have lived in South Korea for thousands of years, but exactly how long is unknown. The history of sapsarees are largely known through oral stories, folktales, paintings, songs, and writings. Potential evidence suggests they have been around since at least the Silla Dynasty (57 BCE – 935 CE), and for some time, they were typically kept by royalty. They were largely kept as companions, but they were sometimes used as military dogs (specifics of both of these purposes are unknown but likely along the lines of a general purpose companion, watch dog, and hunter). It wasn't until the Koryo Dynasty (918–1392) that commoners started owning sapsarees. During Japan's occupation of Korea, Japan issued Ordinance No. 26 in 1940 to kill dogs for fur to use as military resources. Sapsarees were largely targeted for their long hair, and an estimated 1.5 million sapsarees were killed during this period. Sapsarees came dangerously close to extinction, and in 1969, professors from the Kyungpook National University began searching for sapsarees. Of the dogs believed to be pure by appearance and behavior, only about 30 were found by 1972 when research began.

The true dedication to preserve sapsarees began in 1989 when Professor Ji-hong Ha committed to getting sapsarees recognized as a national monument (designations to animals, plants, formations, etc. that highlight and represent Korea's heritage), and in 1992, the Korean Sapsaree Foundation was founded and sapsarees were designated as National monument #368. From the original ~30 dogs saved, only 8 remained, and from those, the breed was carefully bred for preservation and protection. In 1999, sapsarees became available to the general public, and more recently, have become available to international buyers. Today, the Korean Sapsaree Foundation permanently houses approximately 500 sapsarees for preservation, breeding, and research, and sapsarees now number in the several thousands.

As sapsarees have always been companions, their strength comes from their qualities and behavior with their family. They are most well known for their loyalty and loving nature, but they are also characteristically gentle, obedient, and sociable within their circle. They are said to love with their whole body with their people. They are not known to be a vocal breed, but they are very watchful and may alert bark at strangers. In doing so, they are characteristically fearless and loud. As current priority is toward health and genetic diversity, specific traits on individuals are less selected for or against. As such, traits like prey drive, energy level, food drive, toy drive, and social friendliness with other dogs may vary. Sapsarees are a smart breed, but they are not bred specifically for work or sport, and sometimes motivating them can take time. Uniquely without being selected for, sapsarees generally seem to enjoy water and are generally very clean dogs (ie, not crate dirty and may hold their bladder for long periods). Weak character and nervousness is a fault, and excessive aggressiveness is a disqualifying fault.

Appearance-wise, sapsarees are known for their rectangular shape, large head, large ankles, and shaggy (furnished) fur. Combined with their watchful nature, they are sometimes called "lion dogs" but generally have a amiable appearance. While they are known for their shaggy fur, approximately 3% of sapsarees have what is called "short fur" (unfurnished). In Korean, the short hair sapsarees are sometimes called Goryegae 고려개 (a term coined by Professor Ha), but they are genetically the same. In Korea, sapsarees are considered large dogs. However, they are generally a medium-sized dog at about 52-63 cm tall and 20-30 kg (20-24 in tall and 44-66 lb). They have floppy ears and are generally moderate and well balanced dogs in all aspects due to lack of specific breed purpose and trait selection. Because of their near extinction, priority has been placed on health and genetic diversity. While some selection toward appearance is considered, there remains some variation in appearance in regards to subtleties and specifics. Per the foundation, sapsarees are considered blue or yellow, or variations of blue or yellow, or spotted. Genetically, sapsarees appear to be able to be black, brown/liver, blue, various intensities of red (including a very light cream), and piebald. Various markings and variations appear as sable, agouti, masks, minor ticking on noses and paws (more ticking may be noted on piebald dogs), tan point, and residual white on the chest, paws, and nose. Erect ears are a disqualifying fault.

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Deeper Examination of The Mystery Surrounding The Lost Daughter of the Jin Family

Here on my blog I like to think through things in many different ways. Solving mysteries and coming up with new theories is always so much fun! Now, one of the biggest enigmas in AOS is who is the lost daughter of the Jin family. Our top two candidates are Naksu and Mu Deok. I have proposed various theories which argue it can be either parties. Today I would like to present another theory: Naksu is Bu Yeon and has returned to her original body or what we know as Mu Deok’s body. Mind blown yet?

As crazy as it may sound, Naksu and Mu Deok may have swapped souls when they were just children by Jin Mu. Just hear me out! First, the soul shifting blue marks are like bruises which means they do eventually disappear over time. One can hasten this process by applying various treatments such as eye droplets. If Naksu and Mu Deok were swapped as children then their blue marks would’ve disappeared by the time they were teenagers or adults.

Now let's play devil’s advocate. What if the body Naksu was in, was not actually her real body? What if the body she is now aka Mu Deok’s body was her original body. This would mean that the body we have come to know as Naksu’s body was actually Mu Deok’s. Does this make sense? As crazy as this theory may be, it could explain a lot of things. 

Maybe the real reason why when Naksu casted the spell it chose Mu Deok was because it was trying to return her to her original body aka Mu Deok’s body. Think about it for a second. One knows that one must cast the Alchemy of Souls spell twice in order to return to one’s original body.

For example, the case of the King and Jang Gang. The first time the spell was casted, it swapped the souls of the King and Jang Gang. The second time it was casted, each party returned to their respective bodies. If the spell was casted when Naksu and Mu Deok were children and then again when they were adults then it would make sense why the spell chose Mu Deok’s body over that bar maid’s body. It was because it was returning Naksu back to her original body. 

Side note, I did mention that I believed the soul ejector was only needed when one was stuck in a non mage body. If both bodies involved are mage bodies then the soul ejector would not be needed to reverse the soul swap. One would simply only need to cast the spell to return to one's body. Hope this makes sense.

Something else to point out is the gap between one's soul and the body one inhabits. We know Sapsali is able to detect the "evil" energy that leaks out between this gap. So why is there a gap if Naksu was returning to her original body? Two potential explanations. The first is that Mu Deok's soul did not leave. Since their souls were switched when they were babies, they both were probably unaware of what had occurred in the first place. So maybe Mu Deok's soul did not want to forfeit her body because she truly thought it was hers to began with. The gap would probably dissipate once Mu Deok gives up control. Or it could be that Sapsali was detecting Mu Deok's soul as the one being the soul shifter. Again, this gap would go away once Mu Deok's soul disappears. Anyways, the second explanation is that too much time has passed since Naksu's soul was back in her original body. Therefore her body might not be able recognize its' original soul.

Jin Mu is truly an evil and twisted man. He wanted to ensure that his stepsister could never find her daughter. It's hard enough to find a person, but could you imagine also having to find their soul? That’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack! It's nearly impossible because one would not even know where to began searching! Even if Mama Jin and Daddy Jin had recognized their daughter as an adult, how would they be able to find her soul? Jin Mu had planned for every possible outcome!

Jin Mu kept Bu Yeon’s soul close to him by making her one of his minions and then tossed her body out into the streets to wonder. As a final fuck you Jin family, he sealed the core energy in her body. This would make her body so weak that even if Naksu/Bu Yeon was able to cast the Alchemy of Souls spell and return to her original body, she could never come after him because she would not have the power to do so.

The only way she would be able to assess her energy/powers is if there was a great mage who could unseal it for her. However, it was like Jang Uk pointed out, no one would be willing to help Naksu/Bu Yeon because the world hated her. Jin Mu made sure of that when he made her an assassin. There are just some things he did not account for, Naksu/Bu Yeon was extremely strong/had killer survival instincts and there was a mage who might be willing to unseal it for her….Master Lee. It would be nice if it were Jang Uk, but let's be real here....that boy is still learning how to walk. However, it still could be that it is Jang Uk is the one who will unseal her gate of energy.

Additionally, because he made her soul strong by turning her into one of his assassins and her body weak by having her gate of energy sealed, she would face the problem of running wild and becoming petrified even if she were able to return to it.

Ultimately what I feel is going to happen is Naksu/Bu Yeon and Mu Deok will have like a one on one chat with each other and figure things out. Once that happens, Mu Deok will relinquish control of the body and simply disappear to be with her real family in the afterlife if such a thing even exists in the world of AOS.

At this point, the body and soul of Naksu/Bu Yeon will finally become one or in unison. This is when the real shit really goes down. Naksu will come after Jin Mu with everything she’s got. Maybe the big epic battle in AOS will be Jin Mu and his army of soul shifters (remember that Dang Gu said a lot of officials have been disappearing...maybe Jin Mu is creating an army) vs Naksu and the four families….WOW!!! If this is where season 1 ends then it would definitely be a huge cliffhanger! Season 2 has been confirmed to be 10 episodes long and is currently being filmed now. This means in total AOS will be 30 episodes long! So maybe in season 2, it will show the outcome of the battle, Naksu being reunited with her family, and weddings! I can't wait!

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Les races de chiens rares dont vous ne connaissiez même pas l'existence.

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🐹: What hairstyle is Chae Hyungwon even aiming for?

🐢: At this point I have no idea what I want to do with my hair.

🐹: I think he aims for sapsali style (a shaggy south korean dog breed)

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But I’m actually really loving Hyungwon’s long hair tbh 😍😍😍