Dingo Diary

Burra has little hope of catching Apani
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The risks involved with re homing a dingo.

This is one example of what we have had to endue .

You hope for and indeed expect honesty from those who attend your home, at the very least to show a degree
of respect and a willingness to accept advice.
Advice being essential when that person has had no previous experience .

Having been notified of interest in adopting a dingo
We spoke at length via written interaction .
We invited the interested party to visit.
No we do not send dingoes to unknown destination .

The arranged time of arrival was 11 am , however they did not arrive until well after 3pm.
Annoyed we were but still willing to accept their excuse, regardless of the inconvenience.

our time is important, we work to a strict routine .
The dingoes do not like that routine disrupted .

However we remain courteous.
We invite him in and at that time introduce him to our vet attending that day .
We offered coffee, show respect and in return we expect honesty

We have no reason to be suspicious or doubtful of your presentation .

You introduce yourself by name
We speak at length on the dingo
We are interested in your reasons for wanting a dingo , your ability to care for and committ .
The difficulties are well explained including the required needs of the dingo being a unique, special needs.
Security ,familiarity, stability
Patience, understanding is paramount , acceptance of his dingo.
A willingness to change your life style , the importance of a secure home .
The responsibility of living with a dingo.
You are informed of the hardship a majority of those here have endued .
You are informed our priority is the dingo .
This can not be a trial and error it must be taken seriously.
They are not as versatile to change as a dog
They are not forgiving when mistreated
They will retaliate with aggression if treated with aggression

All must be taken into consideration.

What expectations do you have ? how will you cope and manage the traits of our dingo ?.
Would you attempt to discipline if his behaviour is not to you acceptance?
What are your methods of discipline, do you believe in discipline are you prone to loosing patience .?

Your reasons for wanting a dingo as you stated ” I’ve always wanted to sleep with a dingo”
You want to get in touch with your culture .

Your house yard is not as large as the existing pens but you are considering moving .
Your fences are inadequate but you intend to create higher fenses
Your experience is your parents had a hybrid dog .

My concern is now becoming apparent.
I express my concern .
But still we continue to appease you
You have contradicted yourself on many issues

You are then introduced to the dingoes in our care .
We take careful assessment of the reaction between yourself and each dingo .
Whilst we walk I tell you the story of each dingo .
You show interest in Ceasar
Ceasar shows his disgruntlement and snarls .
My first point for concern
I now start to become wary .
All were increasingly agitated .

You were no longer interested in the out side dingoes
You then indicated your preference to the pups ( hybrids they are but high in dingo, )excruciatingly timid .
I expressed my concern regarding his insufficient knowledge on the dingo.
I am not willing to chance such a challenging high risk situation .
I explain the intense timidness of the two .
I am now fully aware they would not be able to accept such a challenge of two wild highly agitated fearful half grown pups .

Taking into consideration their reluctance to interact with any one and every one .
Their high anxiety when those interested entered the room .

The name they gave was of interest , purely due to the fact that I am familiar with the aboriginal family of that name.
I requested his relationship with that family

He was reluctant and hesitant to further proceed when I stated I knew that family and asked re their welfare .
He then informs me it is not his name he has a false face book page due to private reasons
Iam now fully aware I am not talking to a genuine person .
I am insulted to have introduced him to our vet whom I hold in high esteem .
I realise this is a farce and a ploy to decieve .
His address is not as he stated.

So I would ask how do you truly assess a person of such deception
What would have happened to a dingo had I been foolish enough to have entrusted the life of that dingo into the hands of such .
Was there any truth at all in his story , and just what was his agenda .

However I remained polite when I refused his request for a dingo .
Unfortunately he took offence and contacted a colleague, complaining and berating me .
Thankfully he was put in his place and informed due to his deception my colleague would have refused him as well .

You see I’m not desperate to place these dingoes in to homes , if there is any doubt of their wellbeing placed at risk .
I wonder at the motive .

I am sure there are others more than willing to oblige the whim of ego .

But none here will be the product of a wrongful decission .
None here will face a reinactment of their past misfortune .
None will have many homes further damaging them .
None will be put at risk of once again being impounded having been rescued from that terrifying experience.

Many here suffered being impounded on more than one occasion .
Many faced being euthanised .
They will never face that risk again .
They will never again endue the cruelty they once suffered .
Berate us for what its worth but the dingo is our priority .

Keeping an eye on the neighbours
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Why We Don’t Foster Dingoes

Fostering is a popular model used by domestic animal rescue organisations, the animals are usually collected by the rescue group and placed into a volunteers home, the volunteer then looks after the animal and tends to all of its vet appointments and training until the animal has been assessed and placed into a forever home. The associated costs are covered by the rescue. This takes pressure off the boarding facilities, staff and volunteers who maintain the animals housed at the rescue. Fostering affords the opportunity to assess an animal in a variety of situations that the rescue would not be able to expose the animal to. It creates a realistic experience of a potential new home environment for the animal, and the animal can be thoroughly assessed over an extended period. An ideal situation for a domestic pet.

Crossroads Dingo Rescue deals with dingoes. They are wild animals and require specialised care from wildlife carers with extensive experience looking after dingoes. The dingoes coming into our care are severely traumatised, psychologically and sometimes physically. It is not in a dingoes nature to be social and to move into new social groups, in the wild this would normally mean death, so their fear when being forced into a new home is an absolute fear for their lives. Dingoes do not lose that fear through exposing them to a situation repeatedly, desensitisation does not work when going against primal instincts. They may be suppressed in some cases, but never eliminated. I know this from working with dingoes for almost 50 years.

Dingoes are particularly sensitive to sudden changes. When they come into our care they have been ripped out of the only situation they have ever known and placed into an unknown environment with people and animals they have never met. It is terrifying for them. We will never put any dingo in our care through unnecessary stress, and placing that dingo into a foster home even for the shortest period would be a grave breach of our promise to always prioritise the wellbeing of that animal. It can take a dingo 12 months to trust a new person in their lives and become comfortable in new surroundings.

The second reason we don’t use foster homes is the extensive time resources required to train and vet potential wildlife carers. A business is only as strong as its weakest employee, this is true of any organisation, and in animal rescue this rule extends to every volunteer. Every person must be thoroughly vetted and trained in the very specific requirements of caring for dingoes. This training takes time, and must be fully supervised by an experienced wildlife carer. Few people have the time and dedication required to become confident in caring for the severely traumatised dingoes that come into our care, and for the safety of our dingoes and anyone who may come into contact with them we choose to limit their exposure to untrained carers.

Recently we have been alerted to the fact a dingo has been seriously mistreated in a foster situation and will likely ultimately be PTS because of it. Another example in the long list of why we stand by our methodology in running Crossroads. Fads come and go, new people become inspired and want to be the next big thing in saving the dingo. What has never changed is the dingo. Understanding and respecting the wild in the dingo, and letting him be as nature intended is why we are still going after over 40 years.

Only mering would think to grab what’s left of his teddy .
Put it on the arm of the lounge and use as his pillow
Funny boy he is .
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…and now….
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