It’s been a full on few days , took Pindan for a walk last night and this water board truck pulls up next to us and the guy says ” that’s a very handsome dingo ” and of course Pindan was very enthused by this compliment giving his best smile , then he sits puts his paw over his face wipes his eyes and looks up as if to say ” yeah I just noz Iz a handsome dingo ” brought a smile to the mans face . We haven’t made a big fuss about Pindan and his heritage his breeder and supplier ( as yet ) but he was flown down from Derby being an in mate of shire pound . He has been with us for over 6 weeks now, he is now 9 months old , we sterilised him within a week of arriving due to his very high sexual drive , which causes concern due to the fact that 2 brothers were sent ( Pindan being one of them ) to remote area one would be concerned re the breeding with feral dogs .also the fact both dingo pups were sent to uneducated people . Burra gave me a bit of a scare this morning teaches me not to become to complacent , I have been putting Burra in the exercise yard , by no means dingo proof , but he has been happy to hang out with bonnie who is his very best friend , today I left them in the yard thinking Burra has no interest in climbing or digging , I was out the back when feral ( Jedda ) stands to attention and who is trotting up the veranda seemingly somewhat stressed by his own escape yep our Burra he even ran past the cat straight to the back door , have to say I was in a state of panic and then amazement , he is such a truly timid boy very very fearful yet he beat his own fear to get back to the house , he could have so easily bolted , so lesson learned for me but real proud of our boy , one that had been so mis treated and scared of his own shadow now feels very much at home enough to ensure he doesn’t run , not that I would put that to the test again . Arana has been here 2 years little wild born girl from the Kimberly ,I was sure when she arrived via flight that she was 6 – 8 weeks old ,I realise now she may well have been over 3 months old ,being so small was deceptive , she has been very elusive very timid not stopping for a pat rebuking any attempt at physical interaction , and now 2 years later she decides she loves her mum coming for hugs and wanting attention , just like that, she flicks a switch , absolute little sweetie she is , but of course she remains painfully timid of any thing and every thing. I notice of late she is starting to tell Mirrhi off , things are changing Mirrhi is no longer permitted to get away with her bossiness , other than that, just busy walking dingoes cleaning pens. All dingoes here are rescue dingoes , many could have been re home ,sadly for many it may be too late .but too. one has to accept there are other forces at work that prevent homes being offered for our dingoes at Crossroads .
Dingo Diary
Burra is a lovely boy
Burra is a lovely boy but very timid ,shame no one wanted to offer him a home ,after 3 years perhaps to late now . I’m thinking all that are here are permanent residences and all that may come shall remain as well
Old girl today
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 .
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 .
