Playing dingo puppies and yearlings

[IARAMESSIAS]

Gostaria de vê - los de perto...São maravilhosos , como os lobos. Obrigada por este video. SAUDE e PROSPERIDADE , a voce e , aos Dingos 1

[k1ller2one]

they looks like a mix of fox and wolf

[HoneiiDiiva]

i wish i had one but i know its impossible cute anyways :-)

[tehkittehcat]

Looks like... A fox,Shiba Inu...Akita Inu XD very nice dog tho..im in love :D

[xBabyWolf]

awhhh adorable :D

[yashescooll]

ya i have a blue heeler (austrailian cattle dog) that was first originated when dingoes breed with shepherd dogs from britain

[GreenTeaHyuuga]

Ohhh, such big paws!!! ^^ I love dogs with big paws!! They're so beautiful. I wish I could meet one!

[tbert03]

...but a dingo ate my baby!

[tourck]

Stop being so gay!

[ibelieveintomorrow]

i like them

look so cute & nice !!!!

but i like white dingo more

i want have 1 dog like that ^^

[hebrideanwolfdogs]

paws of a dog though, do they have V-shaped chests and a pre-caudal gland? Are they your pets?

[nikicd]

What exactly makes their paws that of a dog in your opinion? I've found them to be actually quite unique: They're quite agile, able turn their wrists and grab objects such as eggs with a lot of precision. If you look carefully, you can see they all have a pre-caudal gland. Their chests are very narrow; Their head is actually the widest part of their body.

All the dingoes in my videos live at a sanctuary and research centre. They are not pets, and I would advise against keeping any as pets.

[hebrideanwolfdogs]

the paws of my dogs (male especially) are HUGE, its most likely an adaptation for running in snow and soft ground within the northern wolf subspecies. My female is part husky so she has small 'dog style' feet, I was just saying because most northern wolf subspecies have very big feet. Do you find they seek pack affiliation? or are they fine on their own?

[YurubiL240]

this is so cute! A Dingo looks a bit like a dog, but it kind of behaves like a wolf

[nikicd]

Yeah, their behaviour is actually very little different from other wolf species. I like to call dingoes the "wolf in dog' s clothing".

[jurgenmanfred]

gorgious animals

[wakeupandora]

its phenomenal how much the shiba inu resembles the dingo.

[nikicd]

wakeupandora: Nothing really remarkable.. It all depends on perspective. Shiba inus look quite different to me. Most people can't tell the difference between malamutes and gray wolves, yet they're quite different too.

[wakeupandora]

I guess living with Shibas my perspective is skewed in their favor - watching this I see a lot of them in the dingo.

Are these dingo domesticated in any way?

[nikicd]

wakeupandora: Dingoes are a species of wolf - a wild animal, not domestic dog, so they can't truly be "domesticated". They are used to people though. Still, they prefer to take the back seat when strangers are around. Wolves are very shy. These dingoes live in captivity at a conservation and research facility.

[tigercubkitten]

Actually, nikicd, you're quite wrong. Dingos are the feral descendents of primitive domesticated dogs. Granted, they're much more primitive than, say, shibas or laikas, but they're still closer to shibas (and other asian Spitzes) than they are wolves.

[nikicd]

tigercubkitten: Evidence please.

[nikicd]

The idea that dingoes or their ancestors were domesticated at any point, as opposed to having descended directly from a wolf species, is not much more than part of speculation as to how they migrated to Australia. There is no solid evidence for this, but plenty to rule out any significant domestication that would warrant labellings them "feral". Behaviourally and physically they're far more like their likely wild Asian relatives than any domestic dog.

[nikicd]

A true feral dog wouldn't last a week in the Australian wild. Domestication has rendered them too unfit to withstand the harshness of life in the wild.

As fully wild animals adapted to dry, low biomass environments, dingoes colonized the Australian continent relatively effortlessly, and bear no characteristics that can only be attributed to domestication.

[tigercubkitten]

As I said, there's a number of domesticated Asian dogs whose phenotypical similarity to the dingo is apparent to apparently everybody but you: the jindo, shiba, new guinea singing dog, etc.  Presumably if you go back before breeding for pleasing aesthetic traits became the primary concern of owners, these dogs were even more similar to the dingo in appearance.

Check out "Assessing the taxonomic status of dingoes Canis familiaris dingo for conservation" in Mammal Review, Volume 36, issue 2.

[nikicd]

tigercubkitten: New Guinea Singing Dogs are genuinely very dingo-like, possibly a result of interbreeding dingoes and some domestic dog breeds. This is yet to be investigated properly. But jindos, shibas and other Asian domestic breeds are a different story.. Yes, they look a bit alike, but when examined in detail are mentally and physically no less different from dingoes than malamutes/huskies are from gray wolves.

[nikicd]

I'm not disputing that some Asian domestic dog breeds share some traits with dingoes - Obviously they do, just like some northern domestic breeds share some traits with gray wolves. But this is not evidence that the dingoes in Australia are "feral descendants of primitive domestic dogs". By the logic you follow one may call gray wolves the same thing as well.

[nikicd]

As I've explained earlier, it's far more likely that primitive dogs descended from different wolf species including dingoes and gray wolves, rather than the other way around.

[Livster97]

they look like foxes! arent they supposed to be australian wolves?

[MonkeySharingan]

They look so cute! The pups look like foxes though.

[TailsWolf]

Aww soo cuties! :3

[Angietrauma]

Its amazing how alike my dog and the first yearling look. I have a shiba Inu dog and people always ask me if she is a dingo. Please tell me what makes them look different from each other?

[AverageLurker]

Shibas have curly tails, but dingoes don't, as far as I know. Plus, dingoes are generally bigger than shibas.

[vampirebatlord4ever]

if i hadn't known otherwise, at first glance the pup looked like a red fox pup XD

very adorable and i love how soft his fur looks^_^

[54spiritedwill54]

i have australian cattle dogs xD

[allydoll88]

its great to see them in such a happy manner. i know about the baby attack and that isnt right, but coyotees have done the same even more. i have owned one illegally when i was a child and he was great. alot of teaching though. just like any other stubborn type dog.....thank you for this video

[tomcue2]

For those folks in the US who think they would like the challenge of a Dingo, your best bet would be the New Guinea Singing Dog. I would however urge you to heed nik's warning.

Singers are essentually Dingos in most every way. They are noisy, extreme escape artists, and destructive at times. Unless raised from a pup and imprinted to humans, their instincts are strong and will hunt and kill other small animals that can include cats and other small dogs.

[missleonie]

I was just wondering - is it at all possible to reintroduce packs of dingoes from a sanctuary to the wild? They'd obviously have to be taught to fend for themselves, or rather, not taught to depend on people, but do you think it'd be possible?

[nikicd]

missleonie: Yes, they can fend for themselves quite easily. Their hunting drive is very strong; We've had an escapee the other week that returned with a belly full of rabbits within a couple hours. One of the purposes of this sanctuary is to make future reintroduction efforts possible. However, we'll breeds litter specially intended for this that are unexposed to humans. This will minimize encounters with humans and hence conflicts such as those we hear about every few years on Fraser Island.

[anthonyventrello]

LOL

I hope that one day I can come to Australia and study them in more detail. Any recommendations of some books on dingoes?

So, the Carolina dog is good for someone who likes the dingo look, but can't have a dingo?

[nikicd]

anthonyventrello: There are a few decent books such as Adam O'Neil's "Living with the dingo", but they don't cover in detail the topic of keeping them in captivity. However, the behaviour of dingoes is very little different from that of gray wolves, so if you familiarize yourself with the latter, you'll only need to learn a little more about the former.

Yes, there's also the Jindo and Shiba Inu. All three somewhat look like dingoes but are domesticated breeds much easier to deal with.

[anthonyventrello]

a beautiful animal. I hope and pray that one day the Australian government will allow them to be exported to the rest of the world.  I would love to have one.

[nikicd]

anthonyventrello: That wouldn't be in the best interest of dingoes. They're wild wolves, not domestic dogs, and exporting them to other countries to be kept as "pets" would end in disaster. Very few people seem to have any good idea of how much more time, effort and knowledge is required to successfully keep a dingo happy and safe in captivity. This problem is amplified by people (especially in America) confusing genuine dingoes with domestic dogs that merely look like them.

[anthonyventrello]

I'm still learning about them. I've heard some great success stories of people in Australia who have kept them. But I agree that something must be done to help protect them. It was human encroachment that caused the problem.

In America we have a dog called The Carolina Dog or American Dingo. These do have the potential to be good pets, if the owner is educated about proper treament.

[nikicd]

There are great success stories of people keeping lions.

Yes, I'm aware of the Carolina dog. It is merely a dingo look-alike. Comparing them to dingoes is like comparing huskies to gray wolves.

Exportation would have to be done when the animal is still very young to prevent trauma. If the relationship with his/her human carer fails (usually by the time they become sexually mature), there would be no appropriate place to go back to. It's simply too risky, and you can't learn it all from books.

[jOeLitOgUapO]

they kinda looklike foxes and wolfs at the same time

[bellm8]

dingos rule!!!!!

[explodingclay499]

i think shiba inus look liek dingos only smaller but..ther japenese not austrailian

[cm5783]

Beautiful animals! Nice watching.

[Mad0Killah]

i thought dingos were extinct

[nikicd]

Mad0Killah: They are thankfully not extinct yet, but in dire danger of becoming so thanks to being poisoned, shot and trapped - all allowed and even encouraged by the Australian government.

[punkimaster]

those remind me of my rotweiler when he was a pup he did things like that to me

[jurgenmanfred]

that is so nice

[glowe1716]

yeah I was askin because I've definitely seen pet dogs that are very similar to dingos but i know they couldnt have been a dingo exactly

[nikicd]

glowe1716: Yes, there are quite a few domestic dog breeds and mutts that resemble dingoes to the point where a lot of people find it difficult to differentiate them, despite significant biological differences. The same is true for gray wolves; Huskies and malamutes are often mistaken for gray wolves.

[glowe1716]

what's the closest thing you could get to a domesticated dingo?

[nikicd]

glowe1716: There really are no domesticated dingoes; Like other wolves, they may be tamed, but will remain a wild animal with traits most people refuse to tolerate in a "pet". If you're looking for a domestic dog that somewhat looks like a dingo, look for a jindo.

[theeunloved1]

lol

[pogi5]

what a great opening shot!

[PaigeSundanceMom]

The face reminds me of Japanese shiba inu... It is more like shiba than ACDs. Interesting!

[hummbug1]

I used to have a shiba inu they are great dogs playful and smart!

[radpick]

how cute.

[bellamuerte7]

i have australian cattle dogs, and wow, can you see the traits that they have from dingoes.

[mahnbytesband]

Just out of curiousity, is it possible to fully tame a dingo and keep them as "pets"?

[nikicd]

mahnbytesband: They are a wild type of wolf, not a domesticated dog that can easily be kept as a "pet". While captive dingoes are not generally aggressive, they are extremely hard to contain, socialise and keep happy otherwise. Most attempts to keep dingoes as "pets" end in disaster. The dingoes in my videos are not "pets"; They live at the Dingo Discovery Sanctuary and Research Centre.

[mahnbytesband]

I see. I don't personally think they should be kept as pets. I was just curious. But what if you got it as a very young pup?

[nikicd]

mahnbytesband: Getting a dingo at early age will help form a better bond between him/her and the carer, but the other countless problems that come with a very shy, destructive and energetic escape artist will remain. There can be complications both when the puppy is taken too early or too late from the mother.

[Corai]

Do they require more extensive facilities than for, say, Gray Wolves in North America?  Or would experience with N. American wolves give someone a good background to deal with dingoes?

[nikicd]

Corai: Being a type of wolf themselves, dingoes are remarkably like gray wolves. If you have the knowledge, experience and facilities for properly caring for a gray wolf, you can also deal with a dingo without much trouble, and vice-versa.

[elorejano]

Do they mostly have the same coat color? I ask because I only saw one puppy with an almost white coat. Are they the apex predator in Australia? Very nice video by the way.

[nikicd]

elorejano: Most dingoes have a ginger coat, as it blends into the environment in most places, but there are also some with black/tan and cream (white) coats. Take a look at my videos of Stormy and Snowgum. Yes, they are the apex predator of Australia, but sadly the government would rather have them dead in exchange of money from the poison companies and farmers lobby.

[dapadawan]

don't dingos eat babies

[nikicd]

dapadawan: A stupid myth. They didn't even touch the body of a man who had a heart attack on Fraser Island and was laying dead for many months.

[dapadawan]

oh

wild ones too

[nikicd]

dapadawan: Wild dingoes see humans as nothing more than something to be avoided. Dingoes have a strong instinct to fear people.

[bjjfighter35]

can u have them as pets?

[nikicd]

Australian state laws for keeping dingoes in captivity vary. At some places it's illegal, at some a permit is required. Whatever the laws may be, I strongly discourage most people from keeping dingoes as companions. They do NOT "make good pets". Most attempts to keep dingoes as "pets" end up leaving them homeless and consequently euthanized after their "owners" finally realise that they are not domestic dogs, but wild wolves that require much special attention, facilities and care.

[bjjfighter35]

really?? so dingoes aren't dogs, i've read about it, by the way im not from australia. what sorts or problems do they have that's soo hard to deal with? pure aggression and killing instinct and can hurt people?

[nikicd]

bjjfighter35: They're less aggressive than most domestic dogs. The problem is actually in keeping them safe and happy. Dingoes, like other types of wolves, have a strong instinct to fear humans that must be suppressed, by dedicating much time to habituating them to people, and are talented escape artists. Being extremely intelligent, they also get bored very easily and become destructive. One negative experience can easily permanently ruin their temperament and turn them into nervous wrecks.

[nat88008]

It's Great.

[Brickcitygirl87]

OMG 1:59-2:04 is the funniest. They're so cute

[1zhane1]

cute!!

[Euipoi]

how peaceful!

[AuCaDoMom]

The puppies are treated so lovingly with such patience and understanding. How could anyone kill such a truly amazing animal. I hope something is done before it's too late. PRESERVE THE DINGO.

[gr8estwolflover]

aww they are cute

[joeabro1]

their cool love them.

[nightmystery]

Beautiful :)

[tbd1000]

Is that an Alpine Dingo? Awesome video. Actually, freaking awesome :)  I love dingos. There is a place in NSW (Bargo) where you can go and play with dingos.

[nikicd]

tbd1000: Yes, and most dingoes at this facility are alpine. I'm well aware of the Bargo dingo sanctuary.

[tbd1000]

I thought the Alpine Dingos were endangered, is that correct? There are two (or used to be) white Alpine Dingos at Taronga Zoo, supplied from the Bargo Sanctuary. I had the opportunity to play around with them. Very friendly they were too :)

[nikicd]

tbd1000: All dingoes are endangered and nearing extinction in the wild thanks to our wonderful government, but especially alpines.

[nightmystery]

Beautiful :)

[lordseal92]

Another great video!

[CanisLupusSapien]

This is cool.

[jirdimaster]

Thats cute that little pup was wanting to play

[ebonlupus]

*wags*