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Angietrauma (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Its amazing how alike my dog and the first yearling look. I have a shiba Inu dog and people always ask me if she is a dingo. Please tell me what makes them look different from each other?
vampirebatlord4ever (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
if i hadn't known otherwise, at first glance the pup looked like a red fox pup XDvery adorable and i love how soft his fur looks^_^
54spiritedwill54 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i have australian cattle dogs xD
allydoll88 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
its great to see them in such a happy manner. i know about the baby attack and that isnt right, but coyotees have done the same even more. i have owned one illegally when i was a child and he was great. alot of teaching though. just like any other stubborn type dog.....thank you for this video
tomcue2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
For those folks in the US who think they would like the challenge of a Dingo, your best bet would be the New Guinea Singing Dog. I would however urge you to heed nik's warning. Singers are essentually Dingos in most every way. They are noisy, extreme escape artists, and destructive at times. Unless raised from a pup and imprinted to humans, their instincts are strong and will hunt and kill other small animals that can include cats and other small dogs.
nikicd (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
missleonie: Yes, they can fend for themselves quite easily. Their hunting drive is very strong; We've had an escapee the other week that returned with a belly full of rabbits within a couple hours. One of the purposes of this sanctuary is to make future reintroduction efforts possible. However, we'll breeds litter specially intended for this that are unexposed to humans. This will minimize encounters with humans and hence conflicts such as those we hear about every few years on Fraser Island.
missleonie (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I was just wondering - is it at all possible to reintroduce packs of dingoes from a sanctuary to the wild? They'd obviously have to be taught to fend for themselves, or rather, not taught to depend on people, but do you think it'd be possible?
nikicd (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
anthonyventrello: There are a few decent books such as Adam O'Neil's "Living with the dingo", but they don't cover in detail the topic of keeping them in captivity. However, the behaviour of dingoes is very little different from that of gray wolves, so if you familiarize yourself with the latter, you'll only need to learn a little more about the former.Yes, there's also the Jindo and Shiba Inu. All three somewhat look like dingoes but are domesticated breeds much easier to deal with.
anthonyventrello (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
LOLI hope that one day I can come to Australia and study them in more detail. Any recommendations of some books on dingoes?So, the Carolina dog is good for someone who likes the dingo look, but can't have a dingo?
nikicd (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There are great success stories of people keeping lions.Yes, I'm aware of the Carolina dog. It is merely a dingo look-alike. Comparing them to dingoes is like comparing huskies to gray wolves.Exportation would have to be done when the animal is still very young to prevent trauma. If the relationship with his/her human carer fails (usually by the time they become sexually mature), there would be no appropriate place to go back to. It's simply too risky, and you can't learn it all from books. |
