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To: Mephisto who wrote (3873)	2/7/2001 6:36:32 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

Hi Meph, I feel so badly about the Dalmation problem. It hits the entire US whenever a 101 Dalmation movie comes out. Apparently, they're very active and high strung dogs, difficult for familes who don't have much experience with dogs to handle. BTW, we adopted a female pit bull puppy a year ago. They are bred as fighting dogs in the inner city near here and the "rejects" are dumped like garbage. Sally was thrown out of a moving car as a puppy last December, along with a sibling. They were rescued by a bus driver who saw the incident. The other puppy died and no one would adopt Sally for weeks. She lived at the vet and slept with her stuffed lamb. We adopted her and she's been the sweetest pet we've ever had. I hope you and your husband feel better soon.

To: Mephisto who wrote (3873)	2/7/2001 7:28:07 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

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...