How to Provide Adequate Housing for a Pet Dingo

By eHow Pets Editor

Instructions

Things You’ll Need:

Large yard with fencing
Child-proof safety locks

Know How to Provide Adequate Housing for a Pet Dingo

Step 1:
Be aware that many people who adopt a dingo for a pet may have the best intentions, but when they discover that they cannot provide adequate housing they tend to blame the animal, which often ends up in a shelter. Please assess your housing situation carefully before you consider adopting a dingo as a pet.
Step 2:
Take a good look at the space available in your home and yard. Make sure you can comfortably accommodate a pet dingo in the house, as well as the humans living there.
Step 3:
Recognize that when a dingo is afoot, your house may not always look its best. In fact, it doesn't pay to invest in quality furnishings while housebreaking a dingo. For instance, a dingo can become easily bored without sufficient interaction and stimulation. This means your pet dingo is likely to amuse himself with whatever else may be available, such as the stuffing of your couch, or pulling items off of shelves.
Step 4:
Buy plenty of child safety locks--and use them. Believe it or not, dingos are extremely clever and agile and have been known to help themselves to the contents of closets, kitchen cabinets and even the refrigerator.
Step 5:
Understand that every dingo is a master escape artist. It's simply in their "blueprint" to wander and hunt. Therefore, plan to provide an escape proof outdoor enclosure with adequate room to run. In fact, some parts of Australia require efforts to inhibit escape from your property to meet government permit standards.
Step 6:
Pay attention to the exits of your house. Dingos are equally adept at escaping from unlatched doors indoors as they are from outdoor pens. Every exit door of your home that isn't being used should be kept locked. Frequently used doors should have an outer door (best if it's not screened on the bottom half) with a latch on it.

Tips & Warnings

Taking adequate measures to prevent your pet dingo from escaping your house or property cannot be stressed enough. It's a sad fact that the intent of a wandering dingo may be misunderstood, sometimes with fatal results.

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