Freckle, a dingo bitch, bark-howling at some visitors

[SlyClay117]

My Aussie Cattle Dog does this, and now I know why! It is part of his Dingo heritage!

[RebeccaBonita]

Hello,

I come from Denmark and for a couple of month ago, I met a man and a woman, and they told, their dog has some Dingo in her.

Is that really possible, so long away from Australia???

Beautiful animals with very big personallity- I love them....

Yours sincerelly,

Rebecca Bonita Toft.

[cannibalion]

Just shows how tenuous the human/domestic animal relationship is. They are descended from tame dogs yet now they are completely wild like a coyote or wolf.

[nikicd]

It is ASSUMED by some that they probably descended from somewhat domesticated dogs, but there's no solid evidence for this. I would argue that for the dingo to have been able to colonize the Australian continent so effectively and quickly, they had to have been subjected to very little or no domestication. The wild Australian environment is extremely harsh and demanding, and domestic dogs quickly perish due to very reduced "fitness" as a result of no selection pressure for survival traits.

[TheBeatfox]

Actually, comparisons of mtDNA from dingoes, dogs around the world, Eurasian wolves, and pre-European fossils of Polynesian dogs have shown that dingoes did in fact descend from a small number of domestic dogs that lived in East Asia around 4000 years ago.

[nikicd]

TheBeatfox: All that study really showed was that certain south east Asian domestic dogs share certain mtDNA markers with dingoes, and hence a relatively recent common ancestor. This doesn't necessarily mean that dingoes descended from domestic dogs, but the authors of the study favoured only that one of many different possibilities.

[TheBeatfox]

It makes sense that seafarers would have transported domestic dogs from the mainland through Southeast Asia to Australia (and elsewhere in the Pacific region), as opposed to wild wolves which would have been unmanageable and of little practical use to humans.

Canis lupus, even the domesticated kind, can be surprisingly hardy!

[nikicd]

TheBeatfox: There is no solid evidence that seafarers were responsible for the arrival of ancestral dingoes to Australia. It's little more than speculation which has been repeated often enough to be accepted as fact.

Assuming that it was somehow proven, this still doesn't discount the possibility that they transported wild wolves. Puppies are quite easily managed, and it is well known that south east Asian people of that time utilized canines as a food source on long sea journeys.

[nikicd]

Ever wonder why no feral dogs have ever established themselves in Tasmania or New Zealand, despite ample opportunity?The idea of domestic dogs as we know them today removing themselves from reliance on human civilization and successfully living independently in the wild seems rather absurd, considering how even for wild animals such as dingoes, gray wolves, coyotes, etc.,with their many survival traits, it's still a big struggle just to make it to their first year. Feral dogs are likely a myth.

[nikicd]

Many people point to Indian street/village dogs as an example of feral dogs, but those animals still depend on humans to survive by scavenging from their rubbish and receiving hand outs. They may not have one "owner", but they are still not truly feral.

[yountca3]

Hello. I live in the U.S.A. I have a Dog, (izzi, female, 8 years old). My step-mother and father bought me this dog from a man for $1200-$1400 when it was a puppy. Izzi looks dead on a Dingo, bark/howels like a dingo. The other thing is, she is incredibly smart. I was wanting to know your advise on her. I could def email you photos of her.

thanks chris

[nikicd]

yountca3: Over the years I've received literally hundreds of e-mails from people in the US that think their dogs are dingoes... when in fact all just have dogs that slightly resemble dingoes. The biased eye of the owner always sees far more dingo in them than there really is. Dingoes are a species of wolf, not domestic dogs, and quite difficult to manage in a domestic environment. Anyway, feel free to send me the pictures; As unlikely as it may seem, one day an exception might pop up.

[hack85footy]

i have a dog which i think is half dingo he has the same color fur of a dingo including the belly hair how ever it is a fine fur not bushy. He has two types of barks a normal bark and a high pitched whiny bark. does he have dingo in him

[nikicd]

hack85footy: Too little information to establish something like that. I can give you my opinion though if you e-mail me some photos of the dog.

[jurgenmanfred]

nice

[TRAMPKING9]

hahaahha at the comment below me.

Bitch = Female dog.

Dingo = Canine

LOL

made my day =]

[Garric1]

Why do you need to call her a bitch? That is unneccesary and anti-animal.

[nikicd]

Garric1: It's sad when people forget (or never even learn) the original meanings of words because of slang connotations. I suppose you'd tell me that calling male chicken a cock is "unneccesary and anti-animal" (sp) too? Please look "bitch" up in a dictionary.

[Musclebe]

SHUT UP YOU DINGO BITCH!!!

[abc1080]

nikicd: i would like to ask a question.. do you owna dingo? and did you do studies about non domesticated dogs?

[nikicd]

abc1080: No, most of the dingoes featured in my videos live at the Australian Dingo Foundation's sanctuary. At this time I myself don't have the proper facilities for keeping a dingo.

I have and still do study wild canids, especially dingoes, although I'm not producing any official papers yet. However, the foundation does provide scientists with access to the sanctuary for non-invasive research.

[jurgenmanfred]

beautiful...sweet

[gum1masticator]

so...even though its not recommended that we have them as a pet...can we still have one as a pet?

[nikicd]

gum1masticator: Depends on state laws. In Victoria a permit is required, in Queensland it's banned. If you're not in Australia, you'll find it virtually impossible to obtain a dingo... And once you do and aren't experienced enough with them, you're unlikely to have him/her for very long; The dingo usually ends up escaping and getting run over by a car. Don't underestimate the immense amount of work, patience and experience required to properly care for a wild animal. Get a jindo dog instead.

[gobackto82]

do they bark alot?

i have a tarantula scorpon nd hamsters

[nikicd]

gobackto82: Adult dingoes may cough and bark-howl when scared, but don't bark like domestic dogs.

[gobackto82]

ok.

[Rachel225566]

i know someone who has one as a pet. its in his backyard with his labs

[nikicd]

Rachel225566: It's not something I would recommend for most people. Living with a dingo is not like living with a domestic dog... Dingoes are very difficult to habituate to people, are accomplished escape artists, like to chew on just about anything within reach and will kill and eat any strange cats.

[nikicd]

Most attempts to keep dingoes as "pets" utterly fail and usually end with the dingo on the euthanasia table. Re-homing is almost impossible. Look at my videos of Yaouk and Coyote - They're a lucky few who survived.

[smibp001]

Hi. I have recently been on Fraser Island observing wild dingoes and notice the snuff bark. this is especially the case with pups, where they look like they sneeze. What purpose do you think the snuff serves?

[nikicd]

smibp001: The semi-barking, bark-howling, sneezing, coughing and puffing/"snuffing" noises all serve to warn other dingoes of potential danger. Think of it as the dingoes yelling "Watch out!" to each other. On Fraser Island the pups are especially afraid of people because they haven't yet had experience of being fed by humans as much as the adults.

[nikicd]

smibp001: Dingoes and other types of wolves have an instinctive (and quite useful) fear of humans that takes a lot of work to override. Unfortunately people on Fraser Island have managed to do it to some extent through regular hand-feeding. I call this unfortunate because now there are incidents of unafraid juvenile dingoes trying to play with children, and these are most often misinterpreted as "attacks". They usually result in the dingo being shot and killed.

[nikicd]

smibp001: The decrease in fear of humans has also led to some rare incidents of dingoes defending themselves aggressively against people they feel threatened by. The sensationalist media though is very quick to claim that the incidents are "unprovoked".

[nikicd]

Pups also feel much more vulnerable.

[AnimalLoverLizzy]

Very beautiful dingoe!

[gr8estwolflover]

this video is very educaional with the subtitles and it is a good idea to write your name in the corner as there are loads of people copying youtube videos. very nice dingo. she is beautiful

[nikicd]

gr8estwolflover: It's actually already happened. Someone uploaded two of my videos on LiveVideo and removed all references to dingoes. I sent a DMCA notice and had them taken down. The copyright inset will simply make the process of proving copyright infringement easier. People should just link to the videos so viewers can still have access to up-to-date information about the plight of dingoes.

[gr8estwolflover]

oh my god i hate it when people do that. I will keep and eye out and see if anyone copies your videos. If i do see one i will tell you imidiatley and try to report them for copyright.

[WrathofCanis]

The tail between the legs gives the emotion of fear away.

[SilverWolfKitten]

poor freckle she seemed pretty scared

[lupinesoul]

Man too many ppl say that dingoes evolved from domestic dogs. What a load of shit, everything about them is wolf! Okay maybe not a gray wolf but a yellow one! It only makes sense they adapted to australia.

[katrinatecxidor]

aww what a beautiful dingo!

[lupinesoul]

Poor Freckle. Ive seen this bark howling in timber wolves, I think theres a video of it somewhere on my hard drive! Maybe I can upload it,.

[lupinesoul]

I found it and its uploading now :)

[nikicd]

Thanks for that, lupinesoul. I'll make this a video response to it.