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About the Dalmatian

Origin: Croatia
Typical life span
11-13 years
Size
Large — from its typical weight
Weight
Male
25-32 kg
Female
20-27 kg
Height
Male
58-61 cm
Female
56-58 cm
FCI status
Reconocida por la FCI
FCI group
Scent hounds and related breeds
Origin
Croatia
Also called
Dalmata
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What is a Dalmatian?

Medium-sized, athletic dog with distinctive black or liver spotted white coat and elegant build, originally bred as a carriage dog with exceptional endurance

Dalmatian history and origins

Ancient breed with roots in Dalmatia, Croatia, originally bred as carriage dogs to run for miles alongside horse-drawn coaches, guarding horses and coaches. Also served as circus performers and iconic firehouse mascots, particularly associated with American fire departments. Recognized by AKC in 1888.

Dalmatian appearance and size

Males typically weigh 25-32 kg and stand 58-61 cm at the shoulder; females 20-27 kg and 56-58 cm.

Lo que dice el estándar de la raza

Criado para
Hunting dog. Companion dog, family dog, suitable to be trained for various purposes
Comportamiento y temperamento
Pleasant temperament, friendly, not shy or hesitant, free from nervousness and aggression. Lively kind, loyal, independent and easy to train. The Dalmatian likes water and outdoor activities. It has a marked hound instinct

Quoted from FCI standard n°153. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referencia de la raza de The Dog API.

Características

Tamaño
Large
Necesidad de ejercicio
Facilidad de adiestramiento
Caída de pelo
Cuidados del pelo
2 of 5
Convivencia con niños
Coste de mantenimiento
Tolera quedarse solo
Inteligencia
Salud de la raza
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Pros y contras de la raza Dalmatian

Lo que obtienes con la raza Dalmatian

  • Función declarada en el estándar: «Hunting dog. Companion dog, family dog, suitable to be trained for various purposes»
  • El estándar describe la raza así: «Pleasant temperament, friendly, not shy or hesitant, free from nervousness and aggression»
  • Exige pocos cuidados del pelo, adecuado para quien tiene poco tiempo — el pelo es «Short, shiny, hard and dense all over the body»

Lo que asumes

Nadie ha escrito todavía este lado. Es un juicio y no datos, así que espera a una persona — no a una fuente que falte.

Extraído de fuentes y no escrito como opinión — investigación de salud citada, el estándar del propio registro, y estudios de longevidad revisados por pares. Estándar de la raza, FCI. Los animales de un criador pueden diferir de todo esto, y una columna vacía significa que no tenemos nada de ese lado, no que no haya nada que decir.

Characteristics

Estándar de la FCI · Dalmatian

Pelo y color

Tal como lo establece el estándar de la FCI. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar, etiquetada con preferred y undesirable.

Coat

Short, shiny, hard and dense all over the body

Color

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» y «disqualifying» — preferido, admisible, indeseable y descalificante — son las palabras de la propia FCI sobre la raza, y quedan en inglés porque así constan en el estándar. Describen lo que el estándar pide — no son una valoración de ningún perro concreto, ni nuestra.

  • The ground colour is pure white.
  • Black spotted variety with black spots, liver spotted variety with brown spots.
  • The spots should be symmetrically placed all over the body, clearly defined and without intermingling into the white ground colour.
  • The size of the spots should preferably be even, with a size of 2 – 3 cm in diameter.
  • In the brown variety the spots are a little smaller, around 2 cm.
  • The spots on the head and on the legs should be proportional smaller than on the rest of the body.
  • Preferred: It the tail is spotted too, with spots also proportional smaller that those on the body
  • Undesirable: Splashes on the body and should be penalised
  • The spots must not intermingle, i.e. forming large patches.
  • Undesirable: Patches and coloured areas
  • The spots on the ears should be especially noted

Resumido de FCI standard n°153 — cada etiqueta está en las palabras del propio estándar, con el veredicto pasado a la etiqueta de al lado. Lee la cláusula completa en la fuente.

Lo que el estándar penaliza

Aquello por lo que un juez resta puntos a la raza Dalmatian, y lo que la deja fuera del ring, en las palabras del propio registro. Esto describe el estándar de la raza — no es una lista de comprobación para el animal que tienes delante, y un animal de compañía con un defecto descalificante es un perro que no puede ir a exposición, no un perro enfermo.

Defectos descalificantes

Dejan al animal fuera del ring por completo.

  • Converging head line.
  • The lack of more than 6 premolars, the lack of M3 is not noted and will not be considered as a fault.
  • Entropion, ectropion, wall eye, eyes of different colours (heterochromia), blue
  • eyes, partially blue coloured iris.
  • Lack of nose pigment.
  • Curled tail.
  • Monocle (patching around one or both eyes) or patching elsewhere.
  • Tricolour (black and brown spots on the same dog), brindle coloured spots, lemon coloured spots, orange coloured spots, blue spots and pure white colour without spots.
  • Wirehaired or longhaired
  • Deafness

FCI standard n°153

Información a nivel de raza, de The Dog API. Describe la raza Dalmatian en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Dalmatian

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Dalmatian on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No Dalmatian breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.

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