Dingoes as Pets
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Dingoes do make wonderful pets with the required 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 socialise when raised in human cohabitation. It takes special responsibility and
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tolerance to keep a dingo as a pet. With the correct attention required there are many wonderful testimonials that show having a dingo as a pet can be a rewarding challenge, for those people thinking of having a dingo 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 as a pet.
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 generally 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!
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Owning a dingo needs more thought than entering into a marriage!
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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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Jim Cotterill
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Stories about the Singing Dingo Dinky [ more]
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Sarah Fyffe
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My earliest memories of compassion towards animas stem back to living in a Veterinary clinic in a small country town. Mum and dad ran the practice and worked 24/7, my brothers and sisters were all much older and, at the age of around 3, I was pretty much left to occupy myself. My parents had little time for me and I quickly adopted the animals as my surrogate family. [ more]
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Yvonne Surtees
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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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We got Cinamon about 6 weeks ago. She was abandoned, injured and very hungry. She had minimal trust in humans and no respect for them. Cinamon is 19months old and desexed, so someone did love her in the begining. Cinamon and Mojin are great together and very similar in looks and in nature.
Mojin does alot of acting and public apperances and Cinamon is keen to learn, so she has begun her training for the same work. Cinamon has become a very loving companion for Mojin and our family.
She is a houdini. She can jump 7ft fences and loves to dig her way out of our back yard. Normal dingo behaviour.
Hopefully if all goes well, you might see her on TV aswell as Mojin
We all love our terrible twins (Mojin & Cinamon) dearly and could never imagine our lives without them.
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Jane Garnder
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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]
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Dann T Cassie
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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]
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Rob Evans
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Poem written by Rob
MY DINGOE MY FRIEND
MY DINGOE MY FRIEND, ASLEEP ON THE BED.
WHAT WILL I FIND, CHEWED UP INSTEAD.
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Nic Papalia
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Lindy - A Truly Wonderful Pet
Lindy is 1 year old; I paid $850 (Australian) for her when she was 3 weeks old. I bought her from a dingo farm. Dingoes come in shades of red, black and white. Lindy’s colour is red; she is originally from the alpine region of Australia. Her coat is very
soft and everyone comments on the softness of the coat. [ more]
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Tym Thurling
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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.
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