Old girl today , she has been here 3 years and we have no idea how old she is , we took her from the pound , She was very unwell, on heat ,and suffering with excruciating growths in her ears ,she has been sterilised and has had 4 procedures on her ears her hips are now not good and her ear problems continue she is loosing her eye sight and having difficulty breathing she resides inside and with all her health issues She is I believed happy. She has a short tail vets believed this was cut off , she has a story to tell .although I see dingoes with short tails ?
Vet with Pindan and arana
Attended vet yesterday with Pindan and arana , we had hoped to take Pilbara as well , unfortunately Pilbara is very anxious and very fearful of change ,to remove him from his familiar safe environment creates such panic ,which in turn will result in very negative our come with his health and mental stability .Arana and Pilbara are wild born dingoes . Very different to domestic bred dingoes ,and our wild born do suffer greatly with stress and fear , however We crated arana and covered her crate but it doesn’t stop her high anxiety levels , we carried the crate into vet in an attempt to ease her distress , she is a little girl very typical of our Kimberly dingo weighing in at just over 12 kilos petite and almost fragile . So timid it is palpable .as is normal for our wild born dingo when under duress she lost control of body functions . She was quickly sedated so vet work could be carried out . It’s also very important when giving sedation to monitor very closely as their high stress levels pump up the adrenaline which counteracts the sedation , so keeping them calm and secure is of the utmost importance .also important to lower the dosage of sedation as they can easily go into shock so it is a very fine line when working with wild dingoes . Regardless of being hand reared they retain their wild . Once Arana was calm she was vaccinated and blood work was done general check and quickly put into security of her crate . Pindan now has an aversion to vets so his attitude is to snap and fight . Same applies we kept him calm albeit as stated domestic are not the same as wild so his attitude is to fight where arana is flight .pindan had hip x rays and blood work , he throws right hip , there is a slight change in right hip to left but not sufficient to cause him discomfort . Caesar has chronic hip dysphasia . Of all the dingoes we have noted with hip dysphasia and other defects we also note are originating from one line .We express our concerns on the dingoes in rescues in America . When first aware of illegal exportation we were informed it was to keep the dingo from extinction ( legal or not ) however expression of concern was made clear and prediction of the out come , today those predictions have come to fruition and I fail to see how our Australian Dingo can be preserved whilst now being regarded as an exotic keepsake in a foreign country , with the possibility of cross breeding with wolves and coyotes .i fear there is no where safe for our Australian Dingo . There will always be exploitation ego arrogance .
Brahmins on her purple blankie has been here close on 4 years she was 15 months old when she arrived. Jack is our big boy he has been here close to 5 years he was 7 months old to be destroyed at the pound . Karulundi thinks she is the prettiest kid on the block she now is 3. The ever handsome mulga 3 years he’s been here he was 15 months when he arrived now close to 4 . The Pilbara boy, hasn’t he come into his own wild born found in the wild. Pilbara keeps hurting his nose and constantly we have to stop infection .Caesar now close to 11 months old has severe hip dysphasia he has pain relief daily , lobo what a big boy he is now he too keeps damaging his nose so he has a purple nose, realise most here were pound dingoes all were to be destroyed , karulundi Brahmini Caesar lobo their families could not manage or in some incidences situations changed ,regardless all were abandoned .
full moon dingo walking
full moon dingo walking , is not something many should partake of. I took django for a 4k walk tonight , very difficult with one so strong now hyped up by full moon , returning home 7.30 I decided , well no,pindan decided he was walking, the moon had not risen, so it was very dark and cold and somewhat scary , I grabbed a torch and off we go, he is attempting to open the gate,and he is running on high adrenalin , he forgets I`m on the end of his lead ,the torch is throwing shadows , on the left of him is this huge shadow much like a large wolf , pindan ducks , not sure of this stranger , I turn the torch and now his shadow is in front and he keeps trying to grab the tail of this shadow dingo.
the moon is now facing us this great orange ball has made it like daylight , but its still scary.
pindan is incited and excited and his nocturnal hunting instincts are running high , more so for him , his mum being a wild born dingo so he hasnt been so manipulated and his nocturnal genes are working well , he is trying to catch little flying things and jumps high to catch , he sees little eyes in the grass and he has got to catch this, he thumps the ground , and digs furiously ,obviously expecting what ever is hidden will come running out , I hurry him along , its late and what are we doing walking the streets . He jumps he turns he is like an elastic band , Still forgetting I am not as agile as he and still I am attached to his lead .
curb side clean up is now his interest and he tries to carry as much as he can in his mouth , ive told him and others , Im not going to carry your stuff home,
we hit the highway , we have gone from brisk walk to fast walk , he has to stop and turn over every thing of interest , killing honky nuts is fun , sticking his nose in ants nests is not so fun , but the moon is bright and he can see every thing , cars are flying past at such a speed we think we may be blown off the road or worse, sucked under wheels , what the hell is the speed limit ?
now we figure we might do a slow trot , all good if you are in your 30s / 40s not so much fun when you are a good few years above that , but Pindan thinks this is a game, now he is on the run , me .. im scared, its dark in some areas , and cars are screaming past, some slow and that worries me , well come on its not that safe out there . .ive now gone from a slow jog to a trot , we covered 5 ks in a reasonably short time , happy to see the drive way , and hoping Pindan is now worn out , he has a second wind and starts racing round the house , he slids on his rump down the hall ,he is still learning to respect Bonnie , he constantly drops her down , tonight she yelled at him , he got such a shock he jumped back and bonked his head on the cupboard . not funny but lesson learned ,, for now .
I do get a bit cross with these kids
I do get a bit cross with these kids ( dingoes) those inside sometimes test the most tolerant and patient of any saint ( being myself ) so our Pindan whilst an amazing loveable kid ,funny and with a crazy sense of humour , he does push me to distraction, well the combination of him Mirrhi ,Arana ,burra and feral not to forget bonnie oh and the old girl all who reside in house , but Pini as he likes to be called , is by far the delinquent. Today as with most days the vocabulary in this house consists of , no , no , get down , don’t do that , ya can’t chew that , don’t open the cupboard , get off the sink ,get out of the sink , leave the pantry door closed stop ,trying to kill the cat , don’t climb that cupboard , oh for gods sake will ya listen to me ? All day every day , today I did my block and yelled at Pindan ( he knows he’s in strife when called by full name . Ears lay to the side , gets a forlorn look on his face , and I’m pointing my finger at him , shaking my finger in front of his nose telling him enough is enough and while I shake my finger his head is going up and down in time he then grabs my finger and starts sucking on it , looking cross eyed at me , thinking in his sweet dingo head that this is a great game ,oh there you go absolutely no point in telling them “no”it’s dingo way or no way and ya can’t change the dingo in the dingo . So he gets a hug and goes about climbing and jumping teasing the girls ,grabbing the cats paw under the door , demanding weetbix, demolishing 3 litres of milk left on cupboard swimming in the water dish and me running around with a mop and bucket still yelling Noooo . Of course if you would like to give our pini a good home and you have the patience and tolerance of a saint , he really is a love bear ( oops dingo ) young and really a good boy ( umm well he is if you understand dingo behaviour ) but you can’t growl at him cos he gets hurt feelings and you have to hug him lots , he loves his hugs . Don’t point your finger cos that’s to suck on .
Caesar attended vet today
Caesar attended vet today , he had his hips x-rayed , left hip shows muscle wasting and also hip dysplasia this has been diagnosed as genetic . he is on carprofen , he is 7 months old.
this will deteriorate with time ,so he is to be managed .
if re homed his new home will be informed of this problem and they too will need to be observant and manage his difficulties as they arrive . he can have surgery when it becomes worse, this will be to remove the hip .
be aware when purchasing dingoes, ask for hip test results . the breeders have to be held accountable , hips must be checked a certificate of clearance for parents and grandparents .
this problem is becoming more apparent with domestic bred dingoes . it is caused by breeding practises . no wild dingo would have these genetic problems .
Caesar was bred by Tania Hancock Arthur River .
make sure should you buy ,that all breeders have their breeding stock hip checked .
would you have noticed this boys hips ? or would you have put it down to his normal gait ?.
vet informs me many dingoes are coming in with this problem.
be observant don’t ignore the obvious .
breeders tell me this is normal they are able to dislocate hips and shoulders this is what the problem is , and i say “no its not !
the dingo is a finally tuned machine designed to survive the harsh terrains to endure , no weakness will ensure his survival and nothing but the fittest strongest survive, no wild born dingo will have the problems being noted within domestic bred dingoes , these problems are breeding problems .
