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These two have just been told off.
No digging holes in the lounge .
No chewing up dingo papers from the archives.
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Still hoping for a home .
Dingo knowledge is important.
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Just brought the kids in , they have been out in the pen next to pindan for the last two hours
They not very happy .
They love pinnie , but where the hell is mum ?
Oh well trying to get them use to transition, on the off chance of getting more pens .
Very challenging attempting to change the routine for these dingo kids .

A friend brought over some kids play things . Plastic cars and plastic cubby type ( child care toys )
In theory perhaps a good idea for more stimulation in the exercise yard , something else to climb on hide in .
Probably took 2 hours to set the darn things up .
Bright colours of red, blue, yellow .
Nope that went down like a lead balloon .
Not one would go in the yard
And those who did spent the time wuffing and snuffing ,backing away .
Dingoes are not colour blind so perhaps the colours or something unfamiliar or the different smells , it turned into a night mare .
Pups balked at the gate, back tracking and behaving like the things are monsters
Oh well took another two hours to pull the lot down
Stack it, with no where to put it and still they won’t walk past it .

It is said one man’s rubbish is another man’s treasure .in this case its a pain in the butt ,no treasure to be had with that lot .

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this amazing boy, 5 years old (sterilized) is seeking a re home .
He is dearly loved and this decision is not an easy one .
If you feel you could offer him a home , please contact us .
We will forward your interest along to his family .
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This is lielo
She was found in remote out back area. She was rescued cared for and much loved .

I met lielo when she was very young ( a wild born pup ) found in remote area .

We were asked if we could take her but due to circumstances at that time and the difficulty we had with Pilbara.
It was impossible, we also had Burra being treated for mange and other injuries .

We had fought long and hard to keep Pilbara alive.
He was found in a rusted water tank, dehydrated emaciated full of mange .

However the request to take lielo was declined due to the above circumstances .

She was then taken to a wild life park where she progressively lost weight and was not adapting, becoming increasingly distressed .
The then owner decided to reclaim her .
Again we were asked if we could take her , our only option was to offer assistance and advice .

The day I met lielo her fear was absolute .
There was no doubt on her purity and the most amazing wild child .

She was laying on the floor of the car she arrived in .
Terrified of all and every thing .

She was handed to me and promptly excreted and urinated , as is normal for our wild kids, this fear response of releasing bodily fluids is seriously different inso far as odor .

Lielo came in and her and pilbara became fast friends
But I could not keep her .
The same problems then as today no financial backing no pens .

It them became a pattern. Lielo would stay here when her owner went away
She adapted reasonably well she had a bolt hole being the end bedroom where the door was open and she would dive under the bed or on the bed when feeling unsure, fearful, insecure .
Lielo would be here from a week to 10 days , sometimes more .
this was now a pattern .

When the owner returned she would take lielo home , now this was causing some issues . Whilst the owner was at work lielo was alone for many hours .
She was breaking walls windows , in short wrecking the house , and indeed causing mayhem and stress to the family .

She disliked the male of the house hold, which won her no points .
She had bonded with the then 12 year old female .

Due to work commitments lielo was left alone with no sense of security , her behaviour was increasingly erratic.

We loaned them a crate . Explaining how this would give a sense of protection and security .
However being left for days and many hours again was causing major issues and she was breaking out of the crate .

I am attempting to shorten along dialogue ).

I recieved a distress call on the wednesday evening .
Lielo was becoming aggressive .
Being left alone for hours on end she was excited when the bonded female returned from school this excitement resulted in butt nipping, calf nipping ( all normal dingo behaviour)
I was asked if this was play or prey . I attempted to explain this was normal she is seeking attention she is not a threat
However by now I realised lielo was being misunderstood .
my response was ” ok I’ll take her I’ll fit her in somewhere bring her here on the weekend .”

Now remember this girl had spent many weeks here on and off while I accommodated the lifestyle of her family .( no I received no financial support nor did I recieve payment for the 250$ crate, loaned and never returned .

To return to the story, it was agreed lielo would arrive on that weekend .

On the Friday i recieved a most distressing call .
Lielo was dead !

The story told was as follows
” I took.lielo out for a walk she was on a 30 meter line
Walking through the bush all of a sudden she jumped
I pulled her in and we continued on . She then exhibited signs of distress and I believed she had been bitten by a snake ”
I tried to reach you all Thursday night but no response ”
I took her to the vet and we couldn’t save her I wanted to know from you what I should do ” .

A compelling story, one so believable, one so heart reaching it devastated me , totally shocked yet also sympathetic, how unfair are the fates ?

Unfortunately things began to unravel, on that Thursday night I had taken two dingoes out for a walk . But my husband was at home ,seldom is no one here .
He reported no phone call much less a series of phone calls

Over the next few weeks of slow acceptance , we decided to do research on the number of dingoes put down and the reasons why .

Quite a few as told to us . But most distressing was to hear of the most recent one
That being ” Lielo ”
An 8 month old female dingo by the name of lielo belonging to as named .
Lielo was euthanised on the Wednesday night .
Reason for euthanasia was due to” Aggression and behaviour problems ”
No snake bite .

So there it was the truth of her death, a hard pill to swallow .
Particularly myself being stupid enough to trust and believe .

This i guess is just a badly written story of one such ending for a beautiful wild child misunderstood paying the ultimate price .

Of course once realising the truth it was impossible to face the deciever

How would I have reacted if told ” I’m sorry I just could not cope and I believed it in her best interest to euthanise her”
Perhaps acceptance of honesty may have been more appreciated.

The upsetting part was the description of lielo’s suffering the seizures and frothing .( having witnessed such a result of snake bite I had no reason to doubt the story ,and well told it was .

All of which was fabricated to deflect from admitting the inability to cope with a wild born dingo .

Although the above story will no doubt receive criticism
Lielo’s story is one of many .

Did I learn any thing from all that
Obviously not still having to deal with those who with visious intent still attempt to discredit .
Those once trusted now retaliating due to their own short comings, again attempting to deflect their failure by transferral of negative attention .

However this is one such out come .many a similar story I could tell .
It explains my reasons for apprehension of our wild dingo pups being put into domestic situations. believing all will survive and accept a forced alien life not as nature intended .
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Over the last few months and prior to the arrival of mering and maliki we were requested to accept two litters of dingo pups
We declined on both occasion
One litter showed brindle dingo pups ( hybrids ) they were sent over East .
A few short weeks later brindle dingo pups were advertised on Gum Tree for $3000 ea
Coincidence perhaps, same litter ?
However this proves the never ending demand for what now appears to be a trend
Brindle dingoes . This interest became apparent shortly after photographs of ( alleged) brindle dingoes were shown in Mount Kosiosco.
It also proves the demand for wild born dingo pups inciting pilfering from dens
Not discounting those found left to die due to loss of parents

However based on the amount of calls we get to assist with domestic bred dingoes now with assumed and indeed behavior issues or change in circumstances
I fear the general domestic market is not well prepared for the wild dingo

It was well stated by the then Department of agriculture and a wise author , and prior to the lifting of and change of laws during the late 70s early 80s ” the general public is not ready to keep a wild animal such as the dingo as a pet ”

I have learned a lot since that time , I may well have scoffed at that statement , today truer words were not written
The public got what they wanted and chose to abuse the privilege.
Believing in most cases its a right

The breeding then became rampant and now we have an over abundance of unwanted dingoes

How long before the wild dingo pup now an adult with his full instincts will require rehome ?
Will the suppliers take responsibility ?

How many will be bred and cross-bred? how will this be controlled ?
Are they really being given a chance of survival if that survival consists of restriction containment ?
Too many are taken out and shot due to inability to control
Many are dumped in rural areas and remote areas .
With no learned skills their hope of survival is slim .

Perhaps thinking they have a chance whilst in domestic situations.
one must wonder if this only prolongs the inevidable ..