That'll be the Disney effect... edit - as indeed Poet said, in the interim!
I don't know if it hit the US, but there was a craze for Dalmatian puppies a few years ago, after the Disney re-release - they're so sweet, so cute, and they're in the eponymous film too... The RSPCA pointed out that these dogs grow large, boisterous and *very* energetic. Friendly, gentle(ish), certainly - but also specifically bred as carriage dogs, i.e., bred to run 15-25 miles every day ahead of or by the side of a noblewoman's horse or horse-drawn carriage, then gallivant around the estate grounds - and still have energy for more. A dog less suited to most modern families is hard to imagine.
Well, that's my guess.
I've promised myself a dog as soon as I can give up work, probably a golden retriever, or cross thereof. <had planned for one sooner - different story>. Until then it wouldn't be right... |
