Hey!

「嘿!

Isn’t it about time you guys talk about having pets in Korea?

你們該來介紹一下韓國的寵物文化了吧?」

It does seem like it’s that time.

的確該是時候

You know what, I think that this is about the perfect time to do so

我認為正是時候

According to my watch,

根據我的錶

Which is covered in animals, and dogs,

我的動物和狗狗造型錶

Mine is covered in Lego pieces

我的是樂高組合錶

Mine is covered in some kind of octopus.

我的是某種章魚的圖案

Alright lets get something off our chests before we

好了 在討論開始前

Start talking about this one.

我們先來說真心話

Hey commenters,

嘿 鄉民們

I know that you’re probably going to say this

我知道你想說什麼

But don’t worry about it,

但別擔心

If you’re going to bring your dog to Korea,

如果你要帶狗狗來韓國

Don’t get this idea that Korean people walk around

不要以為韓國人沒事手上都拿著刀叉

With forks and knives and just

到處晃來晃去

Stab random dogs and eat them

見到狗就叉 然後吃了牠們

That does NOT happen.

這並不會發生

Did you know that Canadians eat moose?

你知道加拿大人會吃麋鹿嗎?

That is disgusting

太噁了吧

I don’t know if we do eat moose actually.

我不確定我們加拿大人是否真的吃麋鹿

I think there might be a moose meat shop

但我覺得應該有賣麋鹿肉的店

You know how you pluralize moose?

你知道moose(麋鹿)的複數怎麼說嗎?

Mice?

Mice? (→老鼠mouse的複數)

Meese.

是meese

So we’ve been here for five years now

我們來韓國已經五年了

And in the past five years we have noticed

我們發現在這五年裡

Quite a bit of a change in the attitudes towards

韓國人對養寵物的看法

Pets in Korea.

有不小的變化

Yeah, I know that when we first got Spudgy

對啊 五年前我們剛養Spudgy

Five years ago,

的時候

There were really almost no dogs in our neighborhood.

在我們住的附近幾乎沒看過狗

Right.

沒錯

When we took him for a walk,

我們帶牠出去散步的時候

A lot of people were really afraid of him.

很多人非常懼怕牠

Its like they didn’t see a lot of dogs.

他們好像很少看到狗

But by the time we left Bucheon,

但四年後

Four years later,

我們離開富川市

There were like, impromptu dog parties,

在我們家附近的公園

At the park near our house.

隨時都有狗狗趴踢

Yeah! We did a video of a day in the life

對啊 我們還製作了一段富川一日生活影片

Of us back in Bucheon, and you actually saw us

影片裡可以看到我們

At one of these dog parties in the Bucheon park.

參加在富川公園舉辦的狗狗趴踢

With lots of different breeds,

有很多不同的品種

And we would meet dogs on like every corner.

不管走到哪都是狗狗

So I feel like there’s been an increase in

這五年來 韓國養寵物的人

Pet ownership in Korea in like the last five years.

一直在增加

It is a hip thing to do.

正是養寵物潮

You should own a dog.

你該養隻狗

What we have noticed, however,

不過 依我們觀察

That hasn’t really changed,

不變的是

Is that people still seem to be

他們似乎還是

A little bit afraid of cats.

有點怕貓

Yeah, maybe the whole cat thing hasn’t really hit,

對 大概喵喵旋風還不夠強

It’s hit Japan alright.

在日本就能創造喵喵風潮

But, not Korea.

但韓國不行

We even had a local coffee shop in Bucheon where

在富川那有間咖啡廳

People had two cats walking around at Twelveda

養了兩隻貓 在Twelveda閒晃

Hi we miss you!

我們想念你們!

Some people would go in

一群人進去

and the girls would like FREAK,

然後女生就像被嚇瘋

Freeze in terror!

被驚呆

I mean they would be like,

她們就

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

啊~~~~~~

And I mean like, it’s a cat in a café.

只是一隻 在咖啡廳的貓

Do you think this cat would like a feral cat

妳覺得是一隻兇猛的野獸嗎?

That’s gonna like hunt you down in the wilderness?

那種會在荒野中獵捕妳的野獸?

Like if I was in the Savannah I would scream like a girl.

如果我在大草原遇上我會大尖叫

I’ll tell you one thing.

我跟你說

I know that back when I was in Canada

以前在加拿大的時候

I was like the Ace Ventura of stray cats.

我就像流浪貓界的王牌威龍一樣

I could be like

我只要說

“COME TO ME, MY ANIMALS”

「來吧，我動物界的朋友們」

And they would come up and purr and be friendly

他們就會乖乖地貼上來咕嚕咕嚕叫

In Korea I have not met

在韓國我從來不曾看過

ONE

任何

FRIENDLY

一隻

STRAY CAT

親人的

WHATSOEVER.

流浪貓

The point is that I don’t think people

我認為主要原因是

Are as comfortable with pet cats yet.

這裡的人還不會把貓當寵物養

Lets talk about pet stuff.

我們來說說寵物用品

So, if you bring your pet to Korea,

假設你帶寵物來韓國

What are you going to see pet-wise in Korea?

你要去哪找寵物用品?

Well, within the past five years

最近這五年

We’ve also seen an increase of pet stores.

我們看到寵物店在增加

Sprouting up everywhere.

像種子發芽一樣到處開

I mean really, I feel like there’s a pet store

我說真的 現在四處可見寵物店

On every corner now.

滿街開

Except the thing is

只是

These pet stores are really small shops.

這些寵物店都很小間

I haven’t actually seen any

我沒看過

Ginormous kind of

像沃爾瑪

Wal-Mart-sized pets’ mart.

那麼大的寵物商場

You know where they have

就是那種

Aisles dedicated to just like

用走道分區的 例如

Iguana colostomy bags and what not

鬣蜥結腸造口術的造口袋區 諸如此類

What the?!

說啥?!

There’s the iguana colostomy bag section at Pet ‘smart!

PetSmart就有這個區啊!

Look, I’m not making this up.

我不是在瞎掰

He’s definitely making this up.

他絕對是在瞎掰

Now I know that Korea doesn’t have the land for making

韓國沒有這麼大的地方

These-sized Pet ‘smart giant stores,

可以開像PetSmart那麼大的店

So all these little tiny pet shops

所以在這些小寵物店

I’ve noticed

我發現

Pretty much sell the exact same thing over and over again.

賣的幾乎都是重複的商品

Yeah.

是的

So it’s not like you go to all these different pet stores

所以你並不會去光顧所有寵物店

And this one has like, organic

這家賣有機的

And this one has something for you pet

那家賣你要買給寵物

I was going to say pet chicken.

我本來要說寵物雞

I don’t know why that came into my mind.

不知道為什麼會想到雞

Pet hamster.

倉鼠

We have a friend whose cat’s name is Chicken.

我們有個朋友的貓叫Chicken(雞)

Its true, the name is Chicken.

牠真的叫Chicken

I wouldn’t say they stock the same things

我不是說他們都進一樣的貨

I complain because, Spudgy

我抱怨是因為

You might think is a small dog,

你們可能覺得Spudgy是小型犬

But he’s actually not a small dog in Korea.

但事實上 牠在韓國並不算小型犬

Right. The pet stores will all have like,

對 這裡的寵物店都只有

Small,

小號

“Medium”-sized clothing

「中」號的衣服

or harnesses or crates,

遛狗繩和籠子

but they don’t fit Spudgy, so.

但Spudgy都不適用

Spudgy’s too big.

牠太大了

A lot of the dogs we find here,

我們在這看到的很多狗裡面

Most of the time are just small toy dogs.

大部分是小型玩賞犬

A lot of Yorkies here.

很多約克夏

Yorkies, Maltese, Pekinese, Shi Tzu.

約克夏 馬爾濟斯 北京犬 西施

We rarely see giant dogs here.

這裡很難看到巨型犬

I really want to see a big dog in Korea

我很希望能在這裡看到大狗

It’s not really popular. No.

但真不常見

Not yet.

還不普遍

We’ve seen like a German shepherd

我們看過德國狼犬

Here and there

在各地都看過

But that really horrifies people.

這裡的人真的非常懼怕牠們

There are some bulldogs running around.

有鬥牛犬跑來跑去

They have some dire wolves as well.

還有可怕的狼

Yeah. That’s right a couple of those.

的確是有幾隻

That’s why I think

這就是為什麼

A lot of small, very small-medium kind of clothing

很多店賣小 中小尺寸的衣服

And stuff so

和用品

If you do have a big dog and you’re coming to Korea

如果你養大狗 而且想來韓國

You’re going to have to bring all that stuff with you

就必須把狗狗的用品一併帶上

Including big size bones—

包含大骨頭

Hold on. People actually put sweaters on giant dogs?

等等 我們會幫大狗狗穿衣服嗎?

Yes.

會

People have different

大家會買不同尺寸的

Pet-sized bowls, pet sized stands, pet sized bones,

寵物碗 碗架 骨頭

You can’t get any of that in Korea for a big dog.

在韓國根本買不到大狗狗專用的尺寸

I haven’t seen any giant bones for dogs.

我從來沒看過大狗骨頭

Or crates.

或外出籠

So if you’re travelling back and forth,

所以 如果你會經常出門

And you want a crate for your dog,

想要買個外出籠的話

You’re not going to get that in Korea

在韓國你是買不到的

So you’re going to have to specially order it

你需要去訂做一個

Or bring it with you.

或自己帶來

One big difference we did notice though

我們還有一項重大發現

Is that the veterinarian costs in Korea

就是在韓國看獸醫的費用

Are SO MUCH CHEAPER

比加拿大便宜太多了

Than what they are back in Canada

在加拿大的獸醫診療費用

Like, HOLY SMOKES

天哪

I remember that when we were bringing Spudgy to Canada

我記得我們要帶Spudgy回加拿大的時候

We had to get paperwork for him

我們要幫牠申請相關文件

To say that he’s

證明牠

Able to travel and whatnot,

可以搭飛機等等的

That he’s healthy and rabies free and all that stuff

牠很健康 沒有狂犬病等檢疫

We brought him to the vet, the vet looked him over

我們帶牠到動物醫院 獸醫幫牠做檢查

Signed the paperwork, gave it to us

簽署證明文件交給我們

FOR

免

FREE!

錢!

But when we wanted to come back to Korea with Spudgy

可是我們要帶Spudgy回韓國的時候

We had to take him to the vet again,

必須再帶牠去看一次獸醫

And the vet

那個獸醫

Just to LOOK at Spudgy

光看著Spudgy

Cost 70 bucks!

就要70加幣!

Because they’re like, it’s your first time visiting our place,

他們的意思就像在說 你們第一次來喔

SooooOoooooOoooOo

那

Let me look at your dog for 70 dollars

給我70加幣我來幫你們檢查狗狗

And let me give you those papers

然後把在韓國拿免錢

That you got for free back in Korea

的文件給你們

For another 70 dollars.

再收70加幣

So it cost 140 bucks for something that is free here.

總共要花140加幣取得在這裡免費的東西

And what really confused me about it

讓我非常疑惑的是

Was that they

他們

I thought they would do blood work or something

我以為他們會做血液檢查之類的

She looks at him, she touches him,

她看一看 摸一摸

She’s like,

就說

“You’re good, you’re so good”

「你很好 你很健康」

Let me give you this

讓我頒給你這張

GOLDEN SIGNATURE

黃金簽署證明

Ok so if you’re visiting a vet for the first time in Korea

你第一次到韓國的動物醫院

They don’t have like that

他們不收

Basic visiting fee,

基本費

They’ll charge you for whatever they do,

依做的檢查收費

Blood work, and medicine, and stuff

抽血檢查 藥品 等等

But its not going to be like a base fee.

但不會收基本費

But it’s so cheap.

真的很便宜

So Spudgy has had a couple of surgeries.

Spudgy做過幾次手術

He dislocated his knee once

牠曾經膝蓋脫臼

And they had to give him a surgery which

必須要開刀

They shaved into his knee bone to give him a new groove

他們幫牠做加深膝蓋溝槽的手術

Because he had like rubbed off the groove

因為牠膝關節經磨擦變太淺

And it was a very extensive surgery

是個非常大的手術

And here it cost like a few hundred bucks

這樣的手術費用在韓國大約幾百塊加幣

Where when we told people that before

之前我們跟朋友分享這件事

They said that their vet

他們說

When they got their dog to get the exact same surgery

他們的狗做相同的手術

Cost a few thousand.

費用要幾千塊加幣

Yeah. I mean I’ve heard stories about my friends spending

我聽過很多朋友花費

Thousands and thousands of dollars

上千元

On their cat or dog

在貓貓狗狗

Staying overnight at the vet

住院

And about the medicine, and

和醫藥費上

For us?

而我們呢

Its like, Spudgy is on a lot of medicine,

Spudgy需要服用很多藥物

And we spend around, 500 bucks a month?

我們每個月大約花500加幣

500 bucks a month we spend on Spudgy’s medicine

每月500加幣是Spudgy的醫藥費

but we know that if this was back in Canada

但在加拿大的話

we would be like “Spudgy I’m sorry but

我們只好跟Spudgy說「抱歉

we can’t afford you anymore, be free!

我們再也養不起你了 你自由了!

Got out into the wild! Spudgy be free!

我們將你放生! 你自由了Spudgy!

Father a new pack of wild Spudgies!”

生一群野生Spudgy吧!」

I wanna see a bunch of babies with blue stripes but

我也想看一群藍條紋寶寶不過

We can’t afford you anymore.

我們已經養不起你了

Yeah, were just joking.

開玩笑的啦

So don’t be worried about vets in Korea.

總之 不必擔心在韓國看獸醫

They’re always going to have a basic level of English

他們會基礎的英文

Up to like Super Awesome They Lived Overseas English

到超厲害的也有 在國外居住過的程度

And you’ll be able to communicate with them

你能順利和他們溝通

We’ve never actually had any communication issues with our vets,

我們和獸醫從來沒有溝通上的問題

They have always been very clear and concise

他們都非常言簡意賅

So we understand

讓我們能瞭解

What they are going to be doing to Spudgy.

他們要為Spudgy進行什麼療程

Yeah.

對

So the thing we’ve noticed that aren’t really changing yet about pets in Korea

我們注意到在韓國還沒改變的一點

Is that

就是

In North America pets are kind of like this

在北美 寵物算是

Acknowledged extension of your family, you know

家庭的一份子

Your uglier, hairier child.

醜一點 毛多一點的小孩

One time we were heading home with Spudgy

有一次我們要帶Spudgy回家

And he was in his little travel crate

牠在牠的小外出籠裡

And we got into the taxi

我們搭計程車

And the taxi driver wanted to put Spudgy

那計程車司機想把Spudgy

IN THE TRUNK!

放進後車廂!

Oh yeah, just put your dog in the trunk.

對 把你的狗放進後車廂就好

And we’re like, no, were not going to put our dog in the trunk.

我們的反應是 不 我們才不要把狗狗放進後車廂

No. Would you put your child in the trunk?

你會把你的小孩放進後車廂嗎?

That would just,

這

Nnnnneeeeeeevvvvvveeeerrrr

絕不會

Happen in North America.

發生在北美

So things like, doggy day care,

像狗狗照護

And like personal trainer,

狗狗教練這類

That kind of thing isn’t quite happening in Korea yet.

在韓國還沒有