Comments on: New Breed of Dalmatians http://www.petwellbeing.com/blog/new-breed-of-dalmatians Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:12:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Anonymous http://www.petwellbeing.com/blog/new-breed-of-dalmatians/comment-page-1#comment-27 Anonymous Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:23:02 +0000 http://dev.petwellbeing.com/blog/?p=118#comment-27 I adopted a pointer mix, (mixed with Dalmatian and resembling the dog shown above) except she has a lot more spots!!

She has had bouts with kidney stones (struvite) and more recently, calcium oxalate…Life was never meant offer guarantees…

I wouldn't trade her for the world. She is the best tempered, smartest, and well behaved dog I have ever had.

That being said, I believe we should all embrace technology that can help us alleviate suffering our dogs endure…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.petwellbeing.com/blog/new-breed-of-dalmatians/comment-page-1#comment-28 Anonymous Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:38:25 +0000 http://dev.petwellbeing.com/blog/?p=118#comment-28 The first comment was posted by an American dalmatian breeder who is very much against this science. When the urine is no longer saturated with uric acid, urate stones will not form. That is basic science – nothing left to prove. Please read your chemistry books. Also, there is no proof that dalmatians would start forming other types of stones since they do not already. We can fear everthing under the sun, but in the end, science is advancing and we must take advantage of it to help this breed we love.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.petwellbeing.com/blog/new-breed-of-dalmatians/comment-page-1#comment-29 Anonymous Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:32:50 +0000 http://dev.petwellbeing.com/blog/?p=118#comment-29 For those of you wondering why this marvelous advance is not being so well recieved:
First There is no scientific proof that this cross breeding even solves the problem!
There have been multiple surveys around the world by different Dalmatian clubs and the results have consistantly shown only 3 to 4% of Dalmatians actually have a problem with Urate Stone disease. No where near the 25% being touted by the breeders of these dogs.
I refer you to a Canadian scientific study at: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=548608&rendertype;=table&id;=t1-pg225 . This shows Dalmatians have high numbers of Urate Stones but very low rates of Calcium Oxalate, Calcium Phosphate, and Struvite Stones. The logical question: Will these crossbreeds see an increase in the other types of stones in exchange for a lower incidence of Urate stones?
Pointers have almost twice the incidence of Hip Dysplasia as the Dalmatian does.
And this is just to start! Trading one problem for another.

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