I grew up with them... My parents had one when I was born and my mom found one when I was a year old, so I grew up with 2 Dalmatians...
We've had a Dalmatian in our family since 1948, starting with my dad's parents... I remember sitting on the enclosed porch with grandma while she sipped her bourbon and soda and she told me that Dalmatians are the best...
They are not for everybody... Everybody wants one every time 101 Dalmatians is popular and then can't understand them and get frustrated with them and they end up in shelters... That's why they formed Dalmatian rescue to help keep them out of kill shelters and find them good homes...
Dammit, two posts combined that I didn't want to... Fixed now...