What kind of low life.....
Thank you for the education.
Read someplace that one of the reason Dalmatians made good pups for a fire house is because they are often deaf, any truth to it?
Yes, some are deaf... I had a deaf one, but you couldn't tell if I didn't tell you.. He keyed off the other one that I had... I trained him with hand signals and he was a great dog... He learned as fast as the one that could hear and "listened" better sometimes... (They can be stubborn if you let them...)
Deafness is more common in Dals than other breeds, you should have them checked when you get them as puppies...
They also have a metabolism that is different from any other breed and some can get urinary stones... They have special food and medicine for that also...
They have their quirks and are not for everyone, but if you know them they are great dogs...
The reason that they were used in fire houses was to help control the rodents back then... And they also liked to ride the trucks...
They are very trainable and the firemen trained them to get equipment from the truck for them...
Their intelligence makes them very trainable...