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- From: primeaux@carlsberg.cs.utk.edu (David Primeaux)
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- Subject: Re: Dalmations
- Date: 1 Jan 1993 15:25:36 GMT
- Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Computer Science
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- In article <1992Dec31.160209.21081@athena.mit.edu>, mondol@mtl.mit.edu (mark k. mondol) writes:
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- |> > 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.
- |> Opinions vary on this, the ones I have seen I think of being a little
- |> on the dull side, my wife attributes the same behaviour to stubborness
- |> or even smartness. Oh well , no accounting for tastes.
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- |> > 4-They SHED all year round and black and white hairs.
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- |> Very true, my wife (whose parents own a dalmation) dresses
- |> completely in either black or white - most of the time; has
- |> definitely noticed this. It is a no win situation for her. Of course
- |> the fact that she generally ends up having a tug of war with the
- |> dog , with both of them on all fours, may have something to do with
- |> the fact that she ends up covered in hair.
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- And they shed a lot. Frequent brushing (I recommend it be done out-of-doors)
- helps, though.
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- |> > 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.
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- |> This is supposed to be true, it is also supposed to be true that it means
- |> that their pee spots don't turn your lawn brown. This was a great added
- |> bounus that my father-in-law did not know about when getting the dog. He
- |> is a fanatic when it comes to his garden and was extremely pleased that
- |> he did not have to teach the dog to pee in one particular spot only.
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- |> I would also add that they seem to make good protectors of the home.
- |> At least in the case of the parents in-law. They wanted a dog that
- |> would warn of strange people. The dog is absolutely perfect with all
- |> relatives, most all friends, but wants to go for most all of the
- |> tradesmen that come to the door (not the tradeswomen though).
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- |> Your mileage may vary.
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- |> Regards,
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- |> Mark K. Mondol
- |> mondol@mtl.mit.edu
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