The following are behaviors my family expects of Jindos.   Most of these are built on how we raise our dogs and might not be typical of all Jindo dogs raised in other ways.

The Good:

- Jindos will not counter surf.  They will also not steal food off of coffee tables or even the low floor tables.  It does not matter if the owner is in the same room or not.  (They might guard the food from other dogs though.)

-Jindos will not go through the trash can.  Even chicken carcasses and kalbi bones stay put.

-An adult Jindo will only reluctantly stay on furniture.   Even when invited onto a bed or couch, they jump off as soon as they are no longer being petted.

-A Jindo does not naturally jump on people.

-A Jindo should not be barking at known neighbors.   New neighbors should take less than three days to be accepted even when not personally introduced.

-Cleanliness.  Being house-broken should be a given.   Over the years, our dogs have also woken us up when they had very bad diarherra rather than soiling the house.  They've also tried to go outside when vomitting.

-Homing instinct?  Though I will never test this instinct fully out of my fear of permanently losing them, I have noticed our dogs knowing where they are when driving from state to state.   After 300+ miles of driving from San Diego to Phoenix, they get excited when within thirty miles from home.

-Hunting & Retriving.   With multiple dogs competing, we haven't had a opportunity to see this in the U.S., but my dad recounts stories of his old Jindo in Korea catching and killing mice overnight, putting them in a row, and waiting for his well-deserved praise in the morning.  A couple Jindo owners in the US, who own only one Jindo, have seen their Jindo catching/killing intruding animals (rats, gophers, rabbits, etc.), and bringing it to their owners.
 

The Bad:

- We never expect a Jindo to give up food/toys to another dog, even if the other dog is normally higher in rank.  Once something of high value is in their possession, they don't surrender to other dogs.   The closest exception I've seen is a male dog abandoning his food to pursue a female in heat or in courting the female.

- An off-leash Jindo might be in a stare contest with another off-leash dog.  If the owner approach to break it up, it's likely for the Jindo to take it as a cue to escalate the contest.  We think this is related to how a Jindo wouldn't stupidly attack dangerous or larger animals during a hunt unless the human hunter was nearby.

- Bite inhibition during a fight among Jindos?  No wounds inflicted?  Frankly, it's a novel concept to me.   Personally, I don't think that Jindos are more prone to fights than any other dominant dog, however, the damage inflicted seems to be greater once a fight does start.   A part of that might be due to the Jindo's drier skin, leading to more tears if a bite lands,  but another part is that once truly angered, a Jindo doesn't hold back.

- Balancing bonding without causing separation anxiety.  With Jindos bonding so tightly as they do, it's important that they still have the abilities and the opportunities to 'do their own thing' in a stress-free environment.