Our first meeting with the girls!

Sally & Fiona

We now have Sally & Fiona home!
We are so lucky to have been sent two such lovely Dalmatian bitches!
Sally is still a baby, Fiona is a fabulous adult bitch,
with outstanding construction and movement.

Sally and Fiona will arrive at Heathrow on Saturday 21/8/10
After a huge expence in shipping cost - not to mention the time
it as all taken! I will be working a long time to pay for all this
but the health of our breed is worth every penny.

Sally will stay but Fiona is only here for a year,
Kindly sent to us on loan, by Carol Healy.

I cant wait to collect them!

US Registration - The FACTS

Here is more fact instead of fiction! A genuine interested club member asked me why The American Kennel Club have not recognised the NUA Dalmatians. Please read on for the TRUE facts....

At it's Febuary 10,1981 meeting the board of directors of The American Kennel Club APPROVED the registration of 2 NUA Dalmatians.

By the 5th generation in 1981 they were typical of the Dalmatian breed, Dr Schaible convinced the American Kennel Club to allow registration of a dog & bitch.
The then Amercan Kennel Club president, William f. Stifel stated that "If there is logical, scientific way to correct genetic health problems associated with certain breeds traits and still preserve the integrity of the breed standard, it is incumbent upon The American Kennel Club to lead the way." The Dalmatian Club of America's (DCA) board of directors, supported this decision, however it quickly became highly controversial among the club members, causing the AKC to put the registration on 'hold' and this is how it still stands today! So because of all the politics involved in the US, it is OUR Kennel Club and the French Kennel Club that as ACTUALLY lead the way!
(If you think That the Dalmatian club of America knows best.
Then you should also know that this same club upholds the right of it's members to breed from unilaterally deaf dogs & blue eyes!?) Both of which, have NEVER been used in NUA breeding!

"(The Backcross Project in the Dalmatian breed was an excellent example of a
breed outcross well-purposed and superbly integrated; but the reaction of the
breed club was deplorable.)"

J. Jeffrey Bragg Author of Principles for Breed Conservation

Most recent correspondence

Dear miss Evans, I am a vet and proud owner of two dalmatians. I want to let you know that I really appreciate your hard work to introduce the U gene in Europe. For me it's hard to understand that a lot of breeders totally ignore this project. It's a shame that they only breed for showring.Keep up the good work! with kind regards,Dorothea Pronk from the Netherlands.

Thank you Dorothea & thank you for permission to post!

Thanks

It's time for me to express my sincere thanks gratitude but, I hope I am in order in saying NOT surprise, in all the supporting correspondent I have received in my determination to restore the 'normal' gene to our beloved breed the Dalmatian.

I have had letters of support from not only other Dalmatianists, but people in other breeds, geneticists, members of the veterinary profession, dog journalists and not least the general public! So many have been able to see the absolute sense in this project and I thank you for all your support.

DNA Test Results of UK Dalmatians

From Animal Health Trust.
The results show that each of your dalmatians carries two copies of the mutant hyperuricosuria gene. You may be interested to know that all of the sample of 50 Dalmatians tested produced this same result.The Kennel Club Charitable Trust kindly made a grant towards the costs of this screening programme and intends to publish the overall result in the KennelGazette and on its website.Individual results will not be published.The Joint Dalmatian Clubs would like to express their thanks to you once again for agreeing to participate in this programme.

Followed by a certificate for each dog with an explanation saying the following...This dog has 2 copies of the gene HYPERURICOSURIA mutation causing high uric acid levels which may lead to URATE STONE DISORDER.

This gives a total of 55 uk Dals tested.