Dingo’s Final Decline

Dingo

This thread follows Dingo from the loss of free-ranging life to fatal illness, grief, and burial.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

decreasing

Confinement in Paris Confinement in Paris from "Dingo". A Life Restricted Watchful Walks The narrator keeps Dingo at home and permits only brief, closely supervised outings after the dog’s attack in self-defense.

Confinement in Paris from "Dingo". A Life Restricted Watchful Walks The narrator keeps Dingo at home and permits only brief, closely supervised outings after the dog’s attack in self-defense.

A Life Restricted Watchful Walks The narrator keeps Dingo at home and permits only brief, closely supervised outings after the dog’s attack in self-defense. Declining Vitality Dingo eats little, sleeps constantly, and seems to surrender the energy that once animated his freedom.

A Forest Restored A Forest Restored from "Dingo". Returning to Open Country The Move The narrator rents a rural house near Fontainebleau, where an unfenced garden opens onto the forest.

A Forest Restored from "Dingo". Returning to Open Country The Move The narrator rents a rural house near Fontainebleau, where an unfenced garden opens onto the forest.

Returning to Open Country The Move The narrator rents a rural house near Fontainebleau, where an unfenced garden opens onto the forest. Temporary Renewal Dingo becomes lively again and spends long stretches ranging through the woods, returning with the smells of leaves, flowers, and earth.

The Vigil and Yellowing The Vigil and Yellowing from "Dingo". Devotion Becomes Stillness A Long Watch Dingo stays beside the injured woman for weeks, resisting food and exercise.

The Vigil and Yellowing from "Dingo". Devotion Becomes Stillness A Long Watch Dingo stays beside the injured woman for weeks, resisting food and exercise.

Devotion Becomes Stillness A Long Watch Dingo stays beside the injured woman for weeks, resisting food and exercise. Illness Emerges His eyes and mouth turn yellow and brown, he vomits blood, and the veterinarian describes a fatal jaundice with almost no chance of survival.

Death on the Seventeenth Day Death on the Seventeenth Day from "Dingo". The Final Approach Care at Night The narrator washes Dingo’s infected mouth and remains beside him while the household sleeps.

Death on the Seventeenth Day from "Dingo". The Final Approach Care at Night The narrator washes Dingo’s infected mouth and remains beside him while the household sleeps.

The Final Approach Care at Night The narrator washes Dingo’s infected mouth and remains beside him while the household sleeps. A Last Embrace Dingo rises with great effort, reaches toward the narrator, and dies with his head on the narrator’s knees.

Burial Beneath the Oak Burial Beneath the Oak from "Dingo". A Burial Without Payment Flamant’s Help The narrator asks Victor Flamant to help bury Dingo beneath an oak, and the poacher handles the body with tenderness.

Burial Beneath the Oak from "Dingo". A Burial Without Payment Flamant’s Help The narrator asks Victor Flamant to help bury Dingo beneath an oak, and the poacher handles the body with tenderness.

A Burial Without Payment Flamant’s Help The narrator asks Victor Flamant to help bury Dingo beneath an oak, and the poacher handles the body with tenderness. A Refused Reward Flamant returns the offered money, explaining that Dingo had been beautiful and had shown him kindness; the narrator is left with grief rather than consolation.

After Dingo’s attack on a dog thief

The spring after the European tour

After the narrator’s wife is injured

The seventeenth day of Dingo’s illness

The morning after Dingo dies