Wild dog dingo (lat. Canis lupus dingo) (English

In Russia, the image of the wild dog Dingo is often romanticized due to the literary glorification of the Australian guest. At the same time, in places where the dingo is distributed, where people know about the animal firsthand, the idea of ​​the dog is less rosy.

The story of the Dingo dog

There is a known hypothesis that the dingo dog arrived in Australia 4000 years ago along with settlers from Asia. Another version: dingoes are direct descendants of the domestic one, which appeared on the continent 6000 years ago. It is likely that the ancestors of dingoes were Indian wolves and Pario dogs.

For a long time it was believed that the first dingo dogs were brought to the continent by ancient aborigines 40-50 thousand years ago. The theory later fell apart like a house of cards when a skull identical to that of a dingo was found in a burial site estimated by scientists to be 55,000 years old. The burial was in... Vietnam! Since its discovery, two additional theories have emerged.

• The first is from those who remembered that separate continents did not exist before. There was a single landmass, surrounded by the World Ocean. Until one day an event occurred that split the land into continents that spread across the surface of the planet. Proponents of the hypothesis argued that since the oldest dingo skull was found in Asia, this means that there is evidence that Australia and Asia were once a single whole, the dogs simply crossed overland.
• The second theory is more credible: the dogs were transported by immigrants from Asian countries to Australia. There, having no competition, having discovered a lot of food in the form of small marsupials, they quickly multiplied and firmly took root.

The dingo is considered a re-feral dog, whose ancestor, the Indian wolf, was domesticated by humans and then returned to the wild. On the other hand, there are known facts indicating that the dingo was originally domestic, and later, as a result of wild crossings, acquired a rebellious disposition.

Farmers in Australia call a mean and cowardly person a “dingo.” This is not surprising; over the long history of Australian livestock farming, dingoes have been considered worst enemies farmers. During the night the flock was reduced by 20 seconds extra goals sheep as a result of a "late supper" of a dingo family consisting of 4-12 dogs. Dingoes were subjected to brutal and uncompromising extermination.

Farmers staged raids to exterminate wild dogs in areas bordering their own property. Gradually, the number of dogs increased so much that the dogs began to cause significant damage farming. It was not possible to stop the attack by shooting; people decided to build a fence. Its length was equal to a third of the length of the Great Wall of China. To this day, fragments of a fence across a third of the continent have been preserved.

Later, environmental organizations became involved and it turned out that the dingo occupies an important position in the life of the Australian fauna. Having exterminated the main competitors of marsupial wolves and marsupial devils, wild dogs firmly occupied the niche of regulating the number of animals, especially the rabbit - a terrible scourge for Australian farmers.

IN last years people decided to tame Dingo again. The Dingo dog breed was partially formed, but did not receive official recognition. In most countries you cannot keep Dingoes at home.

Description of the predator

There are a number of species of dingoes that live in their part of the world, Australia and Asia. List of countries where dingoes live in wildlife:

• Australia;
• Thailand;
• Myanmar;
• China;
• Laos;
• Malaysia;
• Indonesia;
• Borneo;
• Philippines;
• New Guinea.

Description of Dingo is not recognized by international canine unions! Defined external characteristics Wild dog Dingo:

• Wide, massive head. The forehead is slightly divided by a groove originating from the brow ridges.
• A sharp muzzle, similar to a fox's, but wider.
• Erect ears are triangular in shape.
• Powerful jaws form a regular scissor bite and long canines.
• Relatively flat skull with prominent nuchal lines.
• The neck is medium size, dry and muscular. The neck is framed by a light collar made of fluffy wool.
• The back is straight and strong. The loin is short, tapering relative to the back.
• The sternum is deep.
• The saber-shaped tail is densely covered with hair.
• The forelimbs are represented by strong bones. When viewed from the front, the legs are parallel and straight. Hind limbs with developed hock joints. Strong and muscular. Allows you to quickly push off when running.
• Medium size eyes.
• The weight of an adult animal ranges from 10-19 kg.
• Height at withers 47-67 cm.

The size of males exceeds the size of females. It has been noted that Australian dingoes are larger than their Asian relatives.

• The animal's fur is short and thick.
• The color is predominantly red. Moreover, the belly and muzzle are lighter than the main tone. There are individuals with black coat color, belonging to dingo hybrids (presumably with).
• Eye color varies between pale yellow and deep brown.

wild dog dingo is an animal with interesting feature: A purebred breed never barks, only capable of howling and growling.

Thick fur protects the dog from heat and cold. Any colors other than red are considered a sign of admixture. Dingoes easily interbreed with domestic dogs and yard dogs. It is believed that purebred Dingoes can only be found today in nature reserves.

Animal character

In the wild, dogs, like wolves, live in packs. 4 - 12 dogs become members of the pack. The dominant couple is considered the main one. A hierarchy is built around the chosen ones. Only specified dogs breed. If puppies in a pack are born from another bitch, the dominant bitch kills the offspring. Discipline and subordination in the pack are developed according to the principle of strength. Dogs that allow themselves a lot will certainly encounter aggression from the alpha male.

The whole pack takes care of the puppies born to the main bitch: they protect them and feed them regurgitated food until the pups get stronger and begin to hunt on their own. In the wild, Dingo avoids humans and rarely tries to cross paths with them. Long years extermination and hatred left their mark. Only once was the public shocked by the news that a wild dog had kidnapped a one-year-old child from its parents.

Exotic lovers are happy to tame dingoes. Often dingoes live next to humans. This is possible if a dingo fell into the hands of a person as a tiny puppy. Growing up, he accepts only one person as his owner. A change of owner is impossible for an adult dingo.

• Representatives of the breed have a playful character.
• Smart dog, loves fun.
• For sleeping they choose burrows, holes - secluded places.

Dingo dog lifestyle

Dingo is a nocturnal animal. They live mainly on the edges of forests and in dry thickets of eucalyptus trees. Dogs' dens are often located in caves or mountains. A prerequisite is the location of a nearby body of water.

The enemies of dingoes are dogs and jackals brought by Europeans. Large birds of prey hunt puppies.

In family flocks the number of animals ranges from 12 individuals. There is a strict hierarchy. The building principle is fights and a feeling of fear.

One pair is considered dominant and reproduces. Dingoes breed once a year. There are up to 8 puppies in a litter. The offspring are looked after by the mother and father. All members of the pack bring food to the mature puppies.

Training and education

It is extremely difficult to tame an adult Dingo. People are treated with suspicion. The character is extremely complex, one cannot expect loyalty. Usually dogs agree to cooperate with their owners, but there are exceptions to any rule.

To tame wild beast, you will need to pick up the baby from its parents at puppyhood. The puppies respond well to training. But training is beyond the power of a beginner. It will take skills and patience. Raising a Dingo puppy involves teaching:

1. Getting used to the collar and leash. It is difficult to put accessories on an adult dog; the puppy will also begin to resist. It is better to first offer him accessories like toys. When the baby chews and bites, he will understand that there is nothing to be afraid of and will allow him to put it on.
2. Obedience and leadership. The breed has extremely strong pack instincts; the young dog will need to be put in its place. From childhood, the puppy is encouraged to communicate with people and play. If the upbringing is successful, a devoted and loving family friend will grow up.
3. Security training. Watchman – best destination for Dingo. You need to take a special training course.

Dingo training is a labor-intensive process. Considering that animals are distrustful of people, raise them in adult dog devotion and love is almost impossible! If you take home a puppy, you will get a playful pet that starts running, playing, and digging with great pleasure. However, the animal remains an unpredictable and dangerous predator.

Dingo at home

It is usually not customary to keep dogs at home. In Asia, dingo meat is eaten. But those who want to have such a pet remain. The dog does not need special care. It is unpretentious in food, resistant to diseases, and gets along with other breeds of dogs.

If we draw an analogy with domesticated wolves, the Australian dingo dog is a pet of one owner. If the owner changes, the dog will not tolerate this, will run away, wither or die. Dingo becomes attached to its owner with all its heart. Remember about the ancient strongest hunting instinct. The cattle breeder will not risk leaving a dog near the sheep.

If you feel ready to get a Dingo puppy, the desire to stand out with an outlandish dog has won, know:

• eat any food;
• Make sure your dog gets the right amount of vitamins, minerals and essential trace elements to stay strong and healthy

Strong immunity is considered strong point. Unfortunately, the wild dog Dingo will never be completely domesticated. It hardly deserves complete trust.

The dog will take care of the rest on its own. This guard dog, not a home companion.

Basic information about the breed

The Australian Dingo is a breed of wild dog in Australia. These dogs are often called wild Dingo dogs. They can be considered as representatives of the dog subspecies and the wolf subspecies. Interestingly, Dingo can “sing”. Their special ability to howl is called singing. Representatives of this breed produce vibrating sounds and change tone, which in the musical world is called portamento. International Canine Federation (FIC) this breed is not recognized as a dog breed. Only a few breed these dogs at home. Some succeed in taming feral dingoes.

Main Feature Australian dingo is that these dogs have become feral again. They came to the Australian continent from Asia along with settlers. Here, for some reason, they did not live with people and went wild. As a result, it was born new breed. Experts suggest that this happened due to the fact that before them there were no other species of wolves, jackals, dogs, etc. on the Australian continent. If they were, then the dingo, mixing with them, would disappear as a breed. And dingoes here became a unique breed and then came back to the Asian region.

By now, the Australian dingo has spread throughout the continent. It can also be found in southeast Asia in countries such as Malaysia, New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo Islands, and the Philippines. Populations of this breed are also found in Laos and China (southeastern part). Dogs like to live in deserts, plains, wooded areas, and mountains. They need a hot climate. Dingoes often live near people and feed on food waste. On the Australian continent this dog is a threat to farmers. Sheep and rabbits become the objects of hunting for dingoes. The dog population here has grown greatly and now they are causing serious damage to farming.

Basic breed data

• Color – red, reddish, sandy (sometimes white);
• The coat is thick, short, hard;
• Height – from 25 to 60 cm;
• Weight - from 9 to 24 kg;
• Life expectancy is from 8 to 14 kg.

History and characteristics of the breed

At first, Australian dingoes were considered an indigenous species of the Australian continent. In fact, the dingo is the only predatory mammal of its size here. The researchers then noticed that the dog lacked marsupialism, which is present in many Australian species. As a result, they were able to prove that the Australian dingo is just a species that came from outside. Australia itself has no indigenous carnivorous mammals. It was possible to establish that dingoes were brought to Australia by settlers from Asia about 4 thousand years ago. The Indian gray wolf is considered to be the ancestor of these dogs.

In Australia, dingoes went wild and multiplied quite quickly. This was facilitated by favorable conditions for them: the absence of predators, plenty of food and habitats not occupied by people. And Australian dingoes short time spread throughout the continent. Time passed and farmers began raising livestock on an industrial scale. From that moment on, dingoes turned into enemies of humans. It was not possible to domesticate the dogs again. In addition, semi-domesticated dogs lost their fear of humans and continued to attack livestock. As a result, a 1,000-kilometer-long fence was built to separate wild dingo habitat from sheep farming land (in the southeast of the continent).

There is another problem posed by the Australian dingo. With the growth of farm production in Australia, the population of some rare animal species on the continent has begun to decline. To preserve them, animals began to be placed in special natural parks. The wild dingoes really liked this and now they are destroying the marsupials there. In New Guinea in the 58th year of the last century, a species of Australian dingo was found. They were smaller. When they began to do research, it turned out that this breed lives in many parts of Southeast Asia. In addition, the local population here willingly breeds these dogs for food. For people in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia, dingo meat is one of the few sources of proteins. In Australia it is prohibited to breed these dogs, but there are still breeders. Only they breed them not for food, but as watchdogs.

External signs of the breed

This is a medium sized dog with excellent build. Dingoes have a slender body and strong muscular limbs. The dogs' heads are proportional in size, the ears are erect, the muzzle is square, and the jaws have large fangs. The fluffy, saber-shaped tail is long. It can be around 28-36 centimeters. Dingo eyes Brown. The height at the withers ranges from 25-60 centimeters, and the weight is from 9 to 24 kilograms. The Australian dingo has a thick, short and coarse coat. If this type Lives in the mountains, where their wool is thicker.

The most common colors of dingoes are reddish, sandy and tan. On the face and belly the coat color is lighter shades. Much less common are Australian dingoes with a white color. Hybrids may have black fur and limbs light color. In fact, there are no clear established standards for this breed, and basically, if a dog is not red, then it is considered a hybrid.

Character

The Australian dingo has a wild character and is quite complex. Dingoes look at people with suspicion, do not like them and have no loyalty. There can only be some cooperation in the domestication process. However, there are exceptions to the rules.

Training and taming

The Australian dingo cannot be trained. Parenting requires enormous endurance. It is worth saying that this should be done by professionals. Until a year old, dingo dogs experience some attachment to their owner and parents. After this age, the dog ceases to perceive both owners and parents.

These dogs are in good health, they do not need human care and live in the open air. During natural selection In the dingo population, the healthiest and strongest survive.

Australian dingo food

Dogs of this breed are omnivores and can eat almost anything. If possible, dogs most often hunt wallabies and kangaroos. When this food is not available, they hunt birds, rabbits, and rodents. In case of drought or lack of food, dingo dogs begin to attack sheep and cows. They cope well with this task using the method of hunting in a pack. Dingoes living in Asia often feed on human food scraps. They live next to a person, near settlements, landfills, etc. They eat fish, rice, crabs, fruits and other foods. Dingoes in Asia do not have enough protein in their diet and for this reason they are noticeably smaller in size than the Australian dingo.

Uses of the Australian dingo

With proper professional training, they make good watchmen.

I would advise anyone who is looking for not just a friend, but also an undistorted character, to get a dog of a completely different type. I myself prefer dogs that are relatively close to wild forms.
Konrad Lorenz. "A Man Finds a Friend"

Did you read the statement above? Now, I’m not an expert at all, but somehow I very much agree with him and I think that, if necessary, I will strive for this in my choice. But let's talk about our hero.

The wild Australian dog dingo is considered one of the oldest breeds. In many zoology textbooks it is even distinguished as a special subspecies - “Canis dingo”.

The famous zoologist and writer, Professor Bernhard Grzimek, having visited Australia, wrote in his book “Four-legged Australians”: “There has been incessant debate about dingoes for a hundred years now. What are they? Are these true wild dogs, like the wolves of the Northern Hemisphere, or are they akin to the beautiful, bold, spotted hyena dogs of Africa? Or maybe these are just descendants of feral domestic dogs? ... Based on the structure of the teeth and bones, dingoes cannot be distinguished from ordinary domestic dogs; There are no other morphological features that distinguish these animals from dogs.”

The dingo's pedigree is truly full of mysteries. According to latest research geneticists, this dog cannot be native to Australia. Some scientists believe that it arrived on the Australian continent with the first Asian settlers about 4,000 years ago. In remote areas of Indonesia, a local form of wild dog, the ancestor of the dingo, still lives. Others argue that the dingo's ancestors were Chinese domestic dogs, which arrived in Australia with people migrating from southern China about 6,000 years ago. Still others suggest that the dingo descended from Indian wolves and Pariah dogs, since according to physical features very similar to them. He probably came to the green continent together with sailors from India.

Wild dog Dingo (lat. Canis lupus dingo)- one of unique breeds dogs that were once domesticated and then turned wild again. At the moment, this breed of dog is the only placental predator that lives in Australia. The name of this dog breed comes from the word “tingo”, which the locals used to call dogs.

Dingo dogs, which were pets of the Australian Aborigines, at some point ran away from them or were abandoned by their owners. Thus, life forced them to return to the wild way of life and move to a new habitat for them.

Here, in the rich Australian environment, they found everything they needed to survive. This a large number of game, as well as almost complete absence any dangers (dingoes have practically no competitors in this food environment). Feral dingoes have occupied almost the entire territory of Australia, as well as the closest islands, except Tasmania.

The main advantage of dingoes, which makes them the strongest over their closest competitors in this natural environment, is the ability to hunt in organized groups, or packs. In this regard, they are ahead of even the largest marsupial predator on the continent - the marsupial wolf.

India in the photo?

In the scientific world, two points of view are accepted about dingoes. The first one states that it is separate species, which has its own name Canis dingo. The second point of view distinguishes these dogs as a species of domestic dog, based on the theory of its origin from purebred domesticated Indian wolves.

Dingo is a dog average size with strong muscular body red-brown in color, with a pointed head, short ears and a bushy tail. Some have erect ears, others have floppy ears; The tail is bent differently. Occasionally there are individuals of black, dark brown, white and spotted.

Wild dogs make their dens in caves, pits or among the roots of large trees. Both parents care for the offspring. The mother feeds the babies milk for four months. At five months he begins to teach them to hunt small rodents and rabbits. A one-year-old dingo already takes part in hunting large mammals on a par with adult dogs.

The main diet of dingo dogs consists of small animals - rabbits, wallabies, and less often - small kangaroos. Sometimes dogs have to eat birds, snakes, lizards or even insects. IN exceptional cases Dingoes feed on carrion.

Intelligent, cautious, agile, with excellent eyesight and hearing, dingoes prefer to live in families or small groups. Each group occupies and guards its own carefully marked territory. But sometimes dogs team up to help each other hunt kangaroos.

Male dingo dogs at a young age They are not inclined to form flocks; they try to stay separate from each other. Dingo packs form only when it is necessary to start hunting large animals or a herd. During the mating season, dingoes create their own flocks-families, in which up to 12 individuals can live. In its structure, a pack of dingo dogs is similar to a wolf pack, where it has its own leader and division by territory. Each pair is obliged to protect the territory allocated to it from attacks by the main enemies of dingoes - jackals and dogs of other breeds.

Large flocks cause damage to farms.

In Australia, the dingo is the enemy of all sheep farmers. He is persecuted and mercilessly exterminated. And along with him they “grab” an innocent red-brown shepherd dog, very similar to a dingo. IN late XIX century, at the request of desperate farmers, a gigantic, 5,531-kilometer-long fence was built around the pastures of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia. The need for this anti-ding barrier is highly contested today, as predators still find ways to get around the obstacle. In addition, farmers themselves suffer from the huge costs of repairing this giant “Chinese wall”, since wolves, kangaroos and emus constantly tear at the wire fence.

Farmers' campaign against dingoes with poisons, guns, traps and gases has shocked Australian nature lovers. The campaign they launched put the dingo in the spotlight. Many scientists have started talking about the importance of the ecological niche of the wild Australian dog: if the dingo is destroyed, the kangaroos will devastate all pastures and cause irreparable damage to sheep farming. Zoologists estimate that sheep make up only seven percent of the dingo's diet. The main food of these dogs is bush kangaroos, rats, marsupial mice, opossums and marsupial badgers.

In France and Spain, the dingo participates in exhibitions and wins over other representatives of the canine family. Already developed in Switzerland official standard for an Australian dog.

In Australia, nurseries have appeared where they raise puppies for those wishing to “adopt” a wild dog. Although the dingo is quite easy to tame and the tamed dog looks quite friendly (tirelessly shows respect and obedience to the owner, becomes attached to him with all his soul and even protects the house and children from possible danger), however, not a single cattle breeder would risk leaving a tame dingo overnight in the same pen with sheep. After all, the ancient hunting instinct can awaken in a dog at any moment, and then trouble cannot be avoided!

Many Australians use dingoes to breed (by crossing with the Scottish Shepherd Collie) purely Australian herding dogs- kelpie, heeler.

A cheerful, mischievous, intelligent dingo does not require complex care. Unpretentious in food and resistant to disease, he gets along well in the company of other dogs. Distinctive feature dingo - lack of the usual loud bark. He can only howl and growl. Like domesticated wolves, it is a “one-master dog.” Fundamentally, he cannot tolerate changes in ownership. Runs away, withers or dies. With prolonged absence of human contact, the dingo, like other dogs, goes wild.

The Dingo Fence in Australia is a long fence that extends from Jimbur in the Darling Hills near Dalby and leads through thousands of kilometers of barren land, west of the Eyre Peninsula on the cliffs of the Nullarbor Plain. The fence was built in the early 1900s to keep wild dingoes away from the relatively fertile southeastern part of the continent, where sheep and cattle. At 5,614 kilometers long it is one of the longest structures, and the longest fence in the world.

The fence was originally built in the 1880s by state governments to stop the spread of rabbit plague across state lines. This proved to be a wasted effort and the fences fell into disrepair until the early 1900s when they were restored to keep out dingoes and protect flocks of sheep. In 1930 approximately 32,000 km of grid were used in Queensland alone. In the 1940s, the fences were combined to form one continuous structure, which was recorded as the longest fence in the world. Before 1980, the fence was 8,614 kilometers long, but was later shortened to 5,614 kilometers.

The fence has been largely successful over the years, although dingoes can still be found in parts of the southern states. The fence is maintained by each state at a cost of about $10 million annually. Some parts of the structure are illuminated at night using solar panels. The average height of a fence is approximately 180 cm, and consists of thousands of miles of chicken wire stretched between timber posts. There is also a restricted area of ​​approximately 5 meters on both sides, which is cleared of vegetation and used as a guard area.

Although Dingo fencing has helped reduce sheep loss and saves millions of dollars each year, its impact on environment hotly debated. Basically, the fence has created two ecological universes - one with dingoes and one without, contributing to the extinction of some native animals and the threat to many others. Control of dingoes has increased the populations of rabbits, kangaroos and emus, while the native rodents have partially disappeared.

On top of this, there is also a debate on the classification of Dingoes. Many believe that the Dingo is not native to Australia, but was introduced approximately 4,000 years ago from South-East Asia. Therefore, it can be classified as a pest such as rabbit, camel, buffalo and wild pig. In fact, in most parts of the country, legislation forces the destruction of wild dogs, including dingoes. According to Dr Mike Letnick from the University of Sydney, dingoes, as Australia's top predator, have an important role in maintaining the balance of nature across an area of ​​2 million square kilometres.

The lifestyle of dingo dogs is mainly nocturnal. The most convenient habitat for them was the edges of humid Australian forests, thickets of eucalyptus trees, as well as semi-deserts located in the interior of the continent. Dingoes do not make holes on their own, but prefer to settle either in abandoned holes or in caves. They choose burrows near bodies of water, hidden from prying eyes under trees or in the roots. Asian dingoes have settled in close proximity to people's homes.

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In this article you can find information on the topic: wild dog Dingo. Are you wondering how Dingoes came to be? What is their character? Is it possible to keep her at home?

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Local residents living in Port Jackson called the dogs living nearby in the wild “tingo”, not dingoes.

The remains of animals were examined and dogs came to Australian territory from Asia - the Southeast region or from the Malay Archipelago. The oldest remains dated to 3450.

The first dingoes were formerly domestic dogs. Some of them got lost, others ran away, and others were abandoned and they perfectly adapted to hunt in a pack in the warm Australian climate. Dogs also settled on the islands. We just couldn’t get to Tasmania.

Pack hunting gave dingoes an advantage over other predators living in Australia. Scientists say that dingoes displaced marsupial wolves or thylacines and occupied their niche.

Wild Indian wolves are found in Balochistan and Hindustan. It is believed that dingoes are their descendants, who were tamed by humans, and then they went wild again.

Many people are looking for something exotic and dream of purchasing a dingo puppy as a pet. Unfortunately, these dogs, like wolves, are difficult to tame and keeping them as pets is prohibited in Australia. The fact is that dingoes can behave aggressively and unpredictably.

Appearance

Wild dog Dingo at the withers comes in different shapes size from 25 to 60 cm.

Their body is long from 90 to 120 cm and dogs weigh from 9 to 24 kg.

The dogs are harmoniously built, slender and lean dogs. They are similar in build to hounds. Their body is muscular and fit. Pets have long legs.

Head The dingo has a long muzzle and a size proportional to the body. Dogs have a flat skull, and the back of the head is slightly prominent. The dog has erect small ears that stand at an average distance from each other. Dingoes have bent ears and this is not considered a fault.

Eyes The dog has brown or a lighter shade. The tail is approximately 35 cm long and well furred. Most often it is straight, but there are individuals with tails curled towards the back. Pets have thick fur and undercoat.

Most often, dogs are brown or red, but cream and white are also common. Sometimes dingoes are piebald or black. The fur on the belly or face will be lighter than on the rest of the body. Some individuals have white spots on the forehead, and there are “socks” on the paws.

Dingoes have forgotten how to bark. They can squeal, growl and howl like wolves.

Character

Dogs of this breed need to exercise a lot. Take a long leash and walk your pet around the neighborhood in your area as much as possible. Let your walks last at least 2-4 hours a day. Play ball with the dog, throw him a stick, a frisbee. He will be happy playing with you.

He will also really enjoy exploring a new area. Come up with different routes. Explore the surrounding area. Don't let your dog play on his own. He can run away, sensing a female in heat, and the girl can feel the call of blood and the desire to travel. After all, this breed is considered feral.

If the dog is nervous, he tries to somehow relieve the tension and will dig holes in your garden. He does this for a long time and with pleasure. Dog handlers recommend surrounding your house with a fence, at least 50 cm deep into the ground, so that the dingo does not dig it up and go traveling.

In addition to digging, he is capable of jumping over a fence and going to sniff the area. Therefore, many owners tie the dog or keep it in a spacious enclosure, letting it out under supervision for a walk around the house or a ghoul on a leash.

Your pet will be happy to run on slides and jump over obstacles. Dingoes are clean. No from them strong smell dogs. The pet sheds heavily in spring and autumn. During this period, it is enough to comb the undercoat thoroughly with a brush with steel teeth.

Lifestyle

Dingoes are game hunters. They hunt down prey mainly at night as a whole flock. Dogs run along forest edges and love to run through eucalyptus thickets.

Dingoes can make dens in gorges or caves. The main thing is that a stream, river or lake is nearby.

The flock includes 12 or more individuals. 1 main pair dominates over others.

Dingoes are very smart. They found themselves in new conditions and not only adapted perfectly, but also exterminated several species of competitors. These were marsupial wolves with devils.

Dingoes are hunted, but they are difficult to catch. They feel where the traps are and skillfully avoid them. The main enemies of dingoes today are jackals with large dogs different breeds, mestizos. Large birds of prey hunt puppies.

The dogs became wild and stopped barking, since barking is also communication with people. Now dingoes growl and howl terribly at night.

Each flock has its own territory, which they regularly walk around, looking for prey, and mark. They hunt kangaroos and other animals of the area where they live. If the dogs unite in a large flock, they can attack flocks of sheep. They will take enough prey for the shepherds and herd owners to feel the damage.

How is hierarchy built in a dog pack? Males often fight, figuring out who is stronger, and therefore has more rights in the community. Dingoes are aggressive, but they feel fear of a stronger opponent.

Puppies are born by a dominant couple. If they appear in another female, the dominant one will kill them. There are an average of 8 puppies in a litter. They are taken care of and fed when the father and mother and all members of the pack grow up.

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Dingo - secondarily feral domestic dog, a representative of the Canidae family from the genus of wolves. The dingo is one of Australia's most famous animals. The dingo dog has a mysterious origin and is highly intelligent. In this article you can see photos and descriptions of dingoes and learn a lot of new and interesting things about the life of this wild dog of Australia.

Dingo looks like ordinary dog with a good physique. But a wide head, erect ears, a fluffy long tail and large fangs distinguish the dingo animal from an ordinary dog. The physique of this wild dog of Australia resembles a hound, so the dingo looks very athletic.

The dingo appears to be a robust, medium-sized dog. The height at the withers of the Australian dingo varies between 50-70 cm, with a weight from 10 to 25 kg. The length of the body, including the head, is from 90 to 120 cm, and the length of the tail is 25-40 cm. Females are smaller than males. The Australian dingo looks much larger than the Asian one.

Dingo looks quite fluffy, because its short fur is very thick. Usually the dingo dog has a red or reddish-brown color, but its muzzle and belly are always much lighter.

Occasionally, almost black, white or spotted dingoes can be seen. In addition, the dingo animal often interbreeds with domestic dogs, but such individuals are considered hybrids. In addition, purebred individuals cannot bark, but can only howl and growl like a wolf.

Where does the dingo live?

The dingo dog lives in Australia; it is widespread throughout almost the entire continent. The largest numbers of these animals are found in the northern, western and central parts of Australia. The dingo dog also lives in small quantities in Southeast Asia (Thailand, Myanmar, Philippines, Laos, Borneo, Indonesia, Southeast China, Malaysia and New Guinea).

The dingo is an Australian animal that primarily leads night look life. In Australia, the dingo lives mainly in eucalyptus thickets, semi-deserts and forests. The dingo dog lives in a den, which it usually makes in a cave, tree roots, empty holes, and most often not far from a pond. In Asia, the dingo lives close to humans, as it feeds on waste.

What does a dingo eat and how does a dingo dog live?

The dingo feeds primarily on small mammals, including rabbits, but also preys on kangaroos and wallabies. In addition, the dingo feeds on birds, reptiles, insects and carrion. When mass cattle breeding began on the mainland, Australia's wild dog began to attack it.

Dingo raids on livestock caused farmers to begin exterminating dingoes. In Asia, dingoes feed on various food scraps. The Asian dingo also feeds on snakes, lizards and rats. By the way, in Asia people eat dingo meat.

The dingo dog most often lives alone, with the exception of the mating season. However, dingoes can gather in groups to hunt large prey. Typically, a dingo pack consists of 3-12 individuals, controlled by a dominant pair. The laws of a dingo pack are the same as those of wolves - a strict hierarchy is observed in the pack. Each flock has its own hunting area, which it carefully guards.

Dingo has excellent eyesight and hearing, and the dingo animal is very smart, dexterous and quick-witted. The most main feature The character of dingoes is extreme caution, which helps them successfully avoid traps and poisoned baits. Only jackals compete with this dog of Australia. The enemies of adult dingoes are crocodiles; for young dingoes they are pythons, monitor lizards and large birds of prey.

In a flock where dingoes live, only the dominant pair can produce offspring. When another female breeds pups, the dominant female kills them. All members of the pack take care of the cubs of the main pair. This Australian dog breeds puppies once a year. The dingo animal is monogamous. For Australian dingoes, the mating season begins in March-April, for Asian dingoes it occurs in August-September.

The dingo animal becomes capable of breeding offspring at the age of 1-3 years. The duration of pregnancy for this Australian dog is 3 months. Typically, the Australian dingo dog gives birth to 6-8 dingo puppies. Once born, dingo puppies are blind and covered with fur. Both parents look after the babies.

At the age of 1 month, dingo puppies already leave the den and soon the female stops feeding with milk. By the age of 2 months, dingo puppies finally leave the den and live with adults. Up to 3 months, the mother and other members of the pack help feed the puppies and bring them prey. By 4 months, dingo puppies are already independent and go hunting together with adults. In the wild, the dingo dog lives up to 10 years, in captivity up to 13 years.

In the wild, dingoes and domestic dogs often interbreed, so hybrids predominate in the wild. The only exceptions are those dingoes that live in protected areas in national parks Australia. Hybrids formed from crossing Australian dingoes and domestic dogs pose a greater threat as they are more aggressive. In addition, non-purebred dingoes breed 2 times a year, in contrast to purebred dingoes, in which breeding occurs once a year.

There are many versions and legends surrounding the origin of the dingo dog breed. Some argue that the dingo animal was brought to Australia by immigrants from Asia. Others believe that the wild dingo dog evolved from domestic Chinese dogs. And according to others, it is said that the Australian dingo is a descendant of Indian wolves. We also know the animal dingo from the story by R. Fraerman, entitled “The Wild Dog Dingo, or the Tale of First Love,” which was written in 1939.

The history of the dingo dog is full of mysteries and secrets. The most common version of the origin of the dingo dog breed is considered to be the one in which it was brought from Asia. The dingo dog was brought to the mainland in boats by fishermen who sailed from Asia more than 5 thousand years ago. The dingo dog breed spread very quickly and became a faithful assistant for the aborigines of Australia. Dingo dogs guarded a person's home and helped him hunt. However, over time, people abandoned their devoted dogs, and then they went wild.

When the owners abandoned the dingoes, they had no choice but to develop the territory of the mainland. The conditions for independent living turned out to be very favorable. Dingoes soon spread throughout the entire continent, including the adjacent islands. This dog of Australia is the mainland's main mammalian predator and plays an important role in the ecology of the continent. Australian dingoes regulate the continent's herbivores and rabbit populations.

In the 19th century, Australia began to actively develop sheep farming. Since dingoes hunted sheep and caused damage to the farm, they began to be shot, poisoned and caught in traps. But already in the 1880s, in order to fence off areas of sheep pastures and protect livestock from dingoes, the construction of a “dog fence” began. Later, individual sections of the fence were joined together to form a barrier that was only interrupted by the highway.

Now the fence is more than 5 km long and separates the arid part of Australia from the fertile one. The fence is maintained annually, and along it there are patrols that repair damage to the fence and destroy animals that have penetrated the fence.

It is believed that purebred dingoes do not attack people, but there are exceptions to any rule. Cases of an Australian dingo attacking a person are extremely rare. One such case in Australia in 1980 was the death of a nine-week-old girl who was dragged away by a dingo.

It is not customary to keep these dogs at home, and in some countries it is completely prohibited to keep dingoes as a pet. But some people still get these animals. They claim that the Australian dingo is an excellent and unpretentious dog that is loyal and gets along well with other dogs living in the house.

In captivity, the dingo animal does not take root well and often escapes, although some Australians manage to tame them. Of course, it is best to tame a dingo as a puppy; it is almost impossible to tame adults. It should always be remembered that this dog of Australia is primarily a wild predator and can be quite unpredictable.

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