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Always had two at a time when i was growing up and it's a joke how clever they really are. My uncle had one and it used to open doors, he trained it to stand on it's hind legs and use the toilet flushing on it's way down. Thought he was having me on as i was a wee nipper but when i went to stay a weekend i found out it didn't close the door 
The only 'trick' we taught ours was to sit as the rest they just acted on our tone.
Left them up to 8 hours a day after a few months but there was always an age split of around 6 years with the eldest trusted to keep guard. My mum said they used to sleep next to my cot when i was a baby acting as if i was more theirs than hers. Great fun on a walk but selective deafness is a trait (biscuits help) so name it something you wont mind shouting a lot when out with it. They loved meeting people and other dogs but somehow knew to stay away from certain ones of both, they read people very well.
As someone else said with the smile n sneeze; i used to go up close, smile then fake sneeze just to get it going. 3 second smile wagging it's whole body from nose to tail, sneeze and repeat. Massive amount of fun
. Never experienced any aggression with the 3 i had growing up, nothing but fun, affection and loyalty. The day our last one was put down she was still like a puppy even with the amount of pain she must have been feeling, made it so much harder.
One thing i've not read from anyone else yet is how ridiculously powerful their tails are, don't keep anything fragile around that height (babies head) because they seem to have zero feeling in it.
No dog i've ever come across has been able to cheer me up the way seemingly all dalmatians know how to. You may want to throw out all your black clothes though.
The only 'trick' we taught ours was to sit as the rest they just acted on our tone. Left them up to 8 hours a day after a few months but there was always an age split of around 6 years with the eldest trusted to keep guard. My mum said they used to sleep next to my cot when i was a baby acting as if i was more theirs than hers. Great fun on a walk but selective deafness is a trait (biscuits help) so name it something you wont mind shouting a lot when out with it. They loved meeting people and other dogs but somehow knew to stay away from certain ones of both, they read people very well.
As someone else said with the smile n sneeze; i used to go up close, smile then fake sneeze just to get it going. 3 second smile wagging it's whole body from nose to tail, sneeze and repeat. Massive amount of fun
. Never experienced any aggression with the 3 i had growing up, nothing but fun, affection and loyalty. The day our last one was put down she was still like a puppy even with the amount of pain she must have been feeling, made it so much harder.One thing i've not read from anyone else yet is how ridiculously powerful their tails are, don't keep anything fragile around that height (babies head) because they seem to have zero feeling in it.
No dog i've ever come across has been able to cheer me up the way seemingly all dalmatians know how to. You may want to throw out all your black clothes though.
Having been monitoring what has been coming into the local rescue kennels for the last few months 3 Dalmatians have came and gone in that time. They are FIT dogs and if I'm right were coach dogs, being able to keep up with horses pulling carts, wagons etc and were later used in competions to this end too. They're not known as being an easy breed but with you working form home the training 'could' work.
My sister is a dally breeder, and is good with advice should you need some further to the great advice peeps have already written on this thread. Her website is www.popspride.co.uk , and pheebs is due to give birth in 3 weeks too!
Edited by PaulG40 on Wednesday 22 June 07:53
Edited by PaulG40 on Wednesday 22 June 07:53
PaulG40 said:
My sister is a dally breeder, and is good with advice should you need some further to the great advice peeps have already written on this thread. Her website is www.popspride.co.uk , and pheebs is due to give birth in 3 weeks too!
Thats so funny. I was at your sisters house yesterday. We have decided to go for a dalmatian, feedback has been useful. So I met the dogs on saturday, not as big as I thought but certainly very strong dogs. Very nice pooches!!Edited by PaulG40 on Wednesday 22 June 07:53
Edited by PaulG40 on Wednesday 22 June 07:53
Hehe, yeah they are certainly strong! Took 4 of us to pin pheebs and then Fraser down to trim their nails last time I was down!
Gow3r said:
Thats so funny. I was at your sisters house yesterday. We have decided to go for a dalmatian, feedback has been useful. So I met the dogs on saturday, not as big as I thought but certainly very strong dogs. Very nice pooches!!
Our dally is now 11, great great company, my 11 and 4 year old lads dote on her, they are prone to deafness so make sure you buy from a recognised breeder.
They love to play and need plenty of exercise as boredom will lead to naughtiness.
As a pup they can be prone to escaping, we were going to rename our's houdini at one point.
They love to play and need plenty of exercise as boredom will lead to naughtiness.
As a pup they can be prone to escaping, we were going to rename our's houdini at one point.
JakesterUK said:
Our dally is now 11, great great company, my 11 and 4 year old lads dote on her, they are prone to deafness so make sure you buy from a recognised breeder.
They love to play and need plenty of exercise as boredom will lead to naughtiness.
As a pup they can be prone to escaping, we were going to rename our's houdini at one point.
Was this master illusion from within the confines of a secure garden etc?They love to play and need plenty of exercise as boredom will lead to naughtiness.
As a pup they can be prone to escaping, we were going to rename our's houdini at one point.
Because im mightily impressed if that is so! You think they would be easy to 'spot'
Gow3r said:
Was this master illusion from within the confines of a secure garden etc?
Because im mightily impressed if that is so! You think they would be easy to 'spot'
Secure yes, but as we have a farm its not fort knox or all 6 ft fence panels and bonnie as a pup was guaranteed to always find a new gap in the wire fencing or shrubsBecause im mightily impressed if that is so! You think they would be easy to 'spot'
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