Dalmatian Nation

@OhPenYin (289)
United States
December 31, 2006 4:42pm CST
How many people have dalmatians out there? I have one and he's as dumb as a rock. I hear that some of them have really bad hearing. Do you have a smart dalmatian? Can he hear? Discuss your dalmatian.
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ErrollLeVant
@ErrollLeVant (4353)
• United States
1 Jan 07
I have a yellow lab named buccaneer
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OhPenYin
@OhPenYin (289)
• United States
1 Jan 07
Glad to know you have a dalmatian... haha
Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
31 Dec 06
I have "inherited " my sister's dogs because she lost her home and lives in her daughter's apartment. One is a dalmation, somewhere between 10 and 14 years old. I believe Daisy is either deaf or has what the website called unilateral hearing. Limited hearing in one ear. My sister insists she is just bull headed. She was a street dog for a while before my sister adopted her, and was smart enough to live on the streets. Daisy is very territorial and I have to keep her penned and a lock on the pen, toherwise she gets out, and she will nip people. She is very protective as well.
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OhPenYin
@OhPenYin (289)
• United States
1 Jan 07
Hmmm.... I haven't heard of very territorial dalmatians, maybe it's something she got from her time on the streets.
tater03
@tater03 (1765)
• United States
31 Dec 06
We had one and I don't think they are dumb at all. Now if you don't know that they are usually deaf then I can see where you might think they are dumb. But ours picked up things quickly.
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OhPenYin
@OhPenYin (289)
• United States
1 Jan 07
They aren't usually deaf. It's just that mostly dalmatians are the breed of dog with poor hearing, but not a ton of them have bad hearing. My dog isn't too dumb, he sits and shakes and does a few other things, just not as obedient when he's out of the backyard.