Por que?

[missbeckydee]

Okay, so my mom's boss had a dalmation who, sadly, had to be put down a couple of years ago. He is in the process of getting the cutest little guy (I'll see if I can post pics) from the same breeder he got his first dalmation from. He says that he gets to pic from 2 pups, because they both have "a patch black ear" and therefore are not show quality. I was wondering why a black ear disqualifies a dalmation? Just wondering. Thanks for satisfying my curiosity!

 

[bubbatd]

No clue !

 

[Toller_08]

Patches are a disqualification to the Dalmatian, as are completely black ears (which I think may be considered a patch too, but I'm not sure).

 

[missbeckydee]

Patches are a disqualification to the Dalmatian, as are completely black ears (which I think may be considered a patch too, but I'm not sure).

Sorry....didn't mean to spell that incorrectly.

 

[Toller_08]

That's ok, it wasn't anything really towards you. I just thought I'd emphasize the "a" as most people seem to spell it incorrectly and it's always good to know how to properly spell a breed name incase you [anyone] ever wanted to do further research on a breed.

 

[missbeckydee]

No problemo......still wanna know the answer to my question, though!

 

[makka619]

Let me pretend to know what I am on about.

There is a standard to a breed that must be met. I don’t know how it was decided, but I guess over the years people decide on the ‘ideal’ dog from a breed. This means that certain characteristics, colours, markings etc must be met in order to determine a dog of show potential. If any of a dog’s characteristics differ from the breed standard (as in your example) they are automatically disqualified.

 

[Zoom]

I think, and I'm guessing about how accuratly I'm remembering this quote, they are disqualified because the standard calls for evenly distributed distinct spotting, and patches are big globs of color, therefore neither counting as spots or being distinct. Those "mismarks" are usually a good find from a good breeder, because they could be abolute show quality in every other way except the mismark, so you're getting a pretty good dog.