DINGOES IN A DOMESTIC SITUATION

                                                                                  

Dingoes do make wonderful companion animals with the care that is needed and required for these pariah animals.

Dingoes by nature are gentle, timid and shy creatures. They are somewhat a paradox, they can be very friendly and aloof!

They love to play and socialize when raised in human cohabitation. It takes special responsibility and 

tolerance to keep a dingo in the home. With the correct attention required there are many wonderful testimonials that show having a dingo as a companion can be a rewarding challenge, for those people thinking of becoming a dingo guardian please read thoroughly the pamphlet [Dingo Carer's Handbook] (PDF/1.69 MB) on attaining a dingo read the brochure thoroughly before making this big decision.

Dingoes generally don't bark, although in association with domestic dogs they can and do at times simulate a copy bark. The dingo is a southern wolf and howls, although generally they are a quiet animal in solitary cohabitation with humans.

Dingoes SMILE to show their joy. Their face screws up and their eyes tightly squint and their mouth folds round in a broad and definite smile!

Dingoes are amazing at jumping high fences so it is paramount to have a high fence system in place for the safety enclosure of your dingo. Exercise is a necessity with attention given every day!

Dingoes coats are very soft. A dingo only comes into season once a year instead of twice like the domestic dog.
Dingoes are neutral in body odour and don't have the irritant that makes some people allergic to dogs!

Owning a dingo needs more thought than entering into a marriage!

Its important to be 100% sure that your in it for better or worse, unlike marriage , you cant divorce your dingo. The majority of dingoes up for re - homing get put to sleep. They don’t relocate well at all.

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DINGOES AS PETS

STORIES FROM DINGO PETS

Jim Cotterill

Stories about the Singing Dingo Dinky [more]

Yvonne Surtees

Hi I'm Yvonne and I have a 15month old desexed male dingo. Dingo's are wonderful animals to have barring you don't want fly screens, trampolines, sheds and your neighbours love them too.

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Jane Garnder

About a year ago, I was in a bad way. I was in the process of leaving my job working as doctor, counsellor, bodyworker, in a clinic for street kids with addiction and abuse issues. I didn't really know how I could manage without a wage, but I was totally worn out, and so tired, sometimes I couldn't even speak to my kids when I got home. One rainy, dark Friday night, I went to pick up my daughter from a riding lesson. She begged me to get out of the car, because she wanted to show me something. [more]

Dann T Cassie

Growing up like many Australians, dingo was a dirty word as my family had a relationship to the land although not in the dingo’s territory but a pest is a pest.

Deep down I have always had an attraction toward the dingo more so after the Chamberlain affair at Ayres rock. Living in Victoria it was illegal to own a dingo until the good work of the late Bruce Jacob and a couple of good friends made it possible to own a dingo legally, albeit under a permit which I fully support, as it has many advantages for the dingo. [more]

Rob Evans

Poem written by Rob

MY DINGO MY FRIEND

MY DINGO MY FRIEND, ASLEEP ON THE BED.

WHAT WILL I FIND, CHEWED UP INSTEAD.

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Tym Thurling

Amber

 

I think that I have never cried as much as I did when amber died. All I could do is cry and cry and cry, I still do when I think of him. But that is getting ahead in this story.

His full name is Prince Electric Amber Cutesy Pie Cuddly Bear. He was a prince because his mother was Princess. His coloring is amber and so that was how he got that name. [more]

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