# Dingo — Just So Stories character guide

> Dingo in Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Yellow-Dog Dingo, The Dog

**First appearance:** 0005-the-singsong-of-old-man-kangaroo

## Who they are

A yellow dog who chases Old Man Kangaroo across Australia.

## Relationships

### [The Cat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_cat)

_rivalry_

Dingo and The Cat are natural adversaries, often depicted in conflict or competition within the stories.

### [Old Man Kangaroo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/old_man_kangaroo)

_rivalry_

Dingo pursues Old Man Kangaroo relentlessly, embodying a predator-prey rivalry in the Australian outback setting.

### [Old Man Kangaroo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/old_man_kangaroo)

_rivalry_

Dingo pursues Old Man Kangaroo relentlessly, embodying a predator-prey rivalry in the Australian outback setting.

### [Old Man Kangaroo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/old_man_kangaroo)

_rivalry_

Dingo pursues Old Man Kangaroo relentlessly, embodying a predator-prey rivalry in the Australian outback setting.

### [The Cat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_cat)

_rivalry_

Dingo and The Cat are natural adversaries, often depicted in conflict or competition within the stories.

### [The Cat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_cat)

_rivalry_

Dingo and The Cat are natural adversaries, often depicted in conflict or competition within the stories.

## In the story

### [How the Camel Got His Hump](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/how-the-camel-got-his-hump)

One of the three animals who asks the Camel to fetch and carry, and later joins the complaint to the Djinn.

### [The Singsong of Old Man Kangaroo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-singsong-of-old-man-kangaroo)

Yellow-Dog Dingo, always hungry, is commanded by Nqong to chase Kangaroo, driving the transformation.

### [The Cat That Walked by Himself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-cat-that-walked-by-himself)

The first wild animal to become tame, becoming the First Friend and servant to the Man and Woman.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/dingo
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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters