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- From: primeaux@carlsberg.cs.utk.edu (David Primeaux)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
- Subject: RE: Dalmations
- Date: 1 Jan 1993 15:22:42 GMT
- Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Computer Science
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- Reply-To: primeaux@carlsberg.cs.utk.edu (David Primeaux)
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- In article <31DEC92.08153534@wums.wustl.edu>, trimpe_b@wums.wustl.edu writes:
- |> In a previous article, michaelq@tlaloc.sw.stratus.com (Michael Quicquaro) wrote:
- |> >My wife and I are thinking about getting a dalmation. However, I have heard
- |> >so many different negative stories about dalmations that I am confused and
- |> >unsure if it is the right dog for us. I was wondering if some people who have
- |> >dalmations would confirm or reject the follow things:
- |> >
- |> > 1) ...they are very high strung, hyper dogs.
- |> > 2) ...very clumsy. (not necessarily negative)
- |> > 3) ...they are unintelligent and very difficult to train.
- |> >
- |> >I have also heard that they are very lovable. Whats the real story?
- |> >Any info you can provide would be a great help and greatly appreciated.
- |>
- |> My co-worker breeds Dals and from him I've learned/observed the
- |> following...
- |> 1- they are NOT clumsy; actually just the opposite IMHO.
- |> 2- they are NOT dumb- possibly difficult to train- he says he's got
- |> a stubborn one but I think it's personality of the dog.
- |> 3- they ARE energetic. I don't know that high strug or hyper is the
- |> right description but a five mile run is nothing for his male. We ahve
- |> what I thought was an energetic labrador who after an hour with the Dals
- |> looks ( and feels) like a lumbering elephant:-)
- |> 4-They SHED all year round and black and white hairs.
- |> 5-They may have some diet requirements. If I've got this right
- |> Dals are the only dog with uric acid in their urine(as do humans) and
- |> might have kidney problems. I thnk it is rare but my co-worker feeeds
- |> his dals a homemade rice recipe gotton from some vet school doing reserarch on
- |> Dals.
-
- When people buy dog food, they sometimes simply look for the highest protein
- content and judge that the best for their dog (I am certainly not advocating
- this approach). My vet advised a low protein diet for our two dalmatians because
- of the dalmatian propensity for kidney problems.
-
- |> I hope I didn't focus on the negatives but we didn't get a Dalmation for
- |> some of the negative reasons listed above. You may be able to handle exercise
- |> requiremetns etc with less difficulty than us. They are sweet dogs though
- |> and not stupid!
-
- One of our dalmatians seems to be more intelligent than is the other. Both have
- proven easy to train, demand a lot of attention, crave affection, and are bundles
- of energy. They like us. We like them. As always, your mileage may vary.
-
- |> BT
-
- david
- primeaux@cs.utk.edu
-