The Dixie Dingo

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[blam]

"The Dixie Dingo"

"The Native American Dog" "The American Dingo" " Southern Aboriginal Dog" "The Indian's Dog"

Still living Wild in the bottom land swamps and forests of the Southeastern United States.

Genetic (mitochondrial DNA) testing being performed at the University of South Carolina, College of Science and Mathematics, indicates that these dogs, related to the earliest domesticated dogs, are the remnant descendants of the feral pariah canids who came across the Bering land mass 8,000 to 11,000 years ago as hunting companions to the ancestors of the Native Americans.

However, their future in the wild looks bleak. Loss of habitat and competition from introduced species such as the coyote are driving these unique dogs to the brink of extinction.

The Carolina Dogs make gentle pets, winning show dogs, and good hunting/hiking companions - even when wild caught. They are willing, smart and never aggressive towards humans - alerting you to possible danger by standing at a distance and sounding a warning bark.

The same characteristics that have allowed them to survive for centuries in the wild are the same traits that make them perfect house pets: intelligent with a strong "pack" mentality that makes them biddable and submissive to their human "leader of the pack", healthy, clean (easily house broken with a desire to keep their denning area free of odor) with minimal scent (lack of smell ensured successful hunting and lack of discovery by larger predators).

Read on and see how you can participate in saving these unique dogs by becoming a member of the Carolina Dog Association, by contributing to the USC DNA research fund, or, if your circumstances permit, by owning a member of this great breed.

[Tribune7]

ping

[dtel]

Pretty cool dogs, it seems.
We recently got an aussie shepherd, hope she turns out as well as these guys.

[dtel]

Let's go ahead and bump this up and get some freeper input.
I am raising Longhorn cattle and seem to have a bit of a coyote problem.
One of my fancy little heifers lost the end of her tail to the bastards, a couple of evenings ago.
I have an Australian Shepherd pup (8 weeks) and am looking for a cur-type dog to help her make her rounds.
Does anyone know of a special type of dog for this job?
BTW I am in NE Texas.

[dtel]

Coyote killer bump!

[blam]

Looking for some doggie input.

[Mercat]

I have a red heeler (Australian Cattle Dog) which have Dingos as one of the foundation breeds and he is totally into greating rituals and has the most amazing teeth and although very shy and spooky, has the first impulse to attack and rip out one's throat. I had an intruder once and he chased him out with one lunge and noise, not a bark, more like a hummmmppppphhhh and then hid for the next 24 hours because he had scared himself.

[FreedomPoster]

I strive to be half the person my dogs think I am.

On the topic of dogs and ice cream:

My son and I were at the local Brewsters early last summer. Typical Brewsters scene, lots of folks, mostly with kids, standing around eating ice cream, lines at the windows, all of that. Guy shows up with this *HUGE* black mastiff. Really a friendly cuss, but who would want to get near him, for he knew he was getting an ice cream, and he was salivating and drooling up a river! I mean what seemed like *gallons* of drool, all over the pavement and concrete. LOL

[FreedomPoster]

I just realized that this is an older resurrected thread, so VC and blam and going to be wondering where this came from. In any case, I'm glad this one came to light.

[FreedomPoster]

Here's an interesting link that I found on Jerry Pournelle's web site earlier this evening. If you liked this thread, this is worth reading:

When People Fled Hyenas - Oversized Hyenas May Have Delayed Human Arrival in North America

[stainlessbanner]

I'll preserve anything for Dixie - including dawgs! Where do I sign up?

[blam]

"....and then hid for the next 24 hours because he had scared himself."

LOL. Bad dog!!

[blam]

"I just realized that this is an older resurrected thread, so VC and blam and going to be wondering where this came from. In any case, I'm glad this one came to light."

I post a thread on this about once a year.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Thanks for the ping, FreedomPoster.

Sadly, Buddy passed away last Sunday morning. He died in his sleep. He was 5 years old.

I'll miss him dearly. He was a very good dog.

[FreedomPoster]

Wow, I'm really sorry to hear that. I know you are in mourning.

[yarddog]

Clicked on your name and noted the dogs.

At present we only own one dog. Found her under the van one morning. I am always surprised how good some of these throw-away dogs can be (although I am sure there are some real bad ones too). I live in Florida although a little North and East of you.

The last one before this also turned out to be a good one.

I wish I owned as much land as you as we only have 40 acres, although in a way it doesn't matter as relatives own literally thousands of acres in this area. It is nice to be able to roam the woods and shoot all you want without asking someone's permission.

Like you I no longer hunt, although I have nothing against it.

[CWRWinger]

Thanks for the informative post. I am going to try to get one of those dogs.

[blam]

"Sadly, Buddy passed away last Sunday morning. He died in his sleep. He was 5 years old."

Sorry to hear that. What was wrong with him?

[blam]

"I am always surprised how good some of these throw-away dogs can be (although I am sure there are some real bad ones too)."

Yes, the solid black one is a throw-away that I saved. Good dog.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"Sorry to hear that. What was wrong with him?"

We're guessing heart problems. We had been to the mountains that day and he seemed normal. We woke to a dead Buddy the next morning. He was blue around the lips.

He never got sick or anything like that and no poision showed up in the blood tests.

I guess if he had to go, this way was better than others.

[Ditter]

We watched this on one of the cable channels & found it facinating. We have seen these dogs all over Texas & Mexico & have always called them Mexican yellow dogs. They certainly seem to be survivors. If they are as smart as they say, I wouldn't mind having one.