Dalmatians are spotted canines ready to sound the alert.


Dalmatians are named after the region they're from -- Dalmatia, an area in Croatia along the Adriatic Sea. Puppies are completely white when they're born. They develop their own unique pattern of dark brown or black spots within a few weeks. Eye color may be brown, blue, or a combination thereof. Ten percent of Dalmatians are born deaf, but that doesn't stop them from doing their jobs: for thousands of years Dalmatians worked as carriage dogs-they walked alongside horse-drawn chariots and then carriages, encouraging the horses to move forward. Before the motorized car was invented, fire trucks were actually just horse-drawn vehicles, and the Dalmatian urged the horses to run as fast as they could to the blazing fires. Nowadays, they're just along for the ride.
Fun Facts: The hairs in a Dalmatian's coat are barbed, making them stick to almost any type of fabric.






Dalmatian male

Scale: 1:12

Item size in cm (L x W x H): 10,3 x 7,0 x 3,3

Zoological Name: Canis familiaris

Conservation Status: Domesticated


Global Home: Worldwide

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