Is there such thing as a Dalmatian with no spots?
Ro asked:
I was watching 102 Dalmatians, and Odd Ball has no spots. Is she a real Dalmatian with a birth defect or is she not a Dalmatian?
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I was watching 102 Dalmatians, and Odd Ball has no spots. Is she a real Dalmatian with a birth defect or is she not a Dalmatian?
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Tags: 102 Dalmatians, Dalmatian, Odd Ball
November 13th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
In a very rare case, yeah. If the mother of the dog is all white, then it’s definitely possible.
November 14th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
actually dalmations are born with no spots they get them as they get older.
also if a dalmation is deaf they dont have alot of spots on their ears….so ive heard not 100% sure about that though
November 17th, 2008 at 3:27 am
She may or may not be, there are some dalmations that through genetic defect will end up with no spots. But my guess is for the movie they would have needed 10 or more puppies to play her part (as pups grow so fast), and probably just covered up spots on a puppy or took them out later.
November 17th, 2008 at 7:42 am
uuummmm actually thats what makes them dalmations
if they didn’t have spots they would be a different kind of dog
but i guess that it could happen?
November 18th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
No , dalmations markings are ALWAYS white with black or brown spots . If the dog does not have spots it is clearly NOT a dalmation !
November 19th, 2008 at 2:48 am
I found an interesting link when googling “dalmations with no spots”. There are dalmations with spots other than black or brown in color. When one appears all white with no spots, it’s usually a lemon spotted one where the lemon colored spots are really pale.
Interesting read if you can deal with all the genetics stuff:)
November 19th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Lynne has all the scoop here.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:24 pm
A lot of that movie is computer generated. Plus they can cover anything with a little bit of makeup.
November 24th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Dalmatian puppies do not have any spots, but yes there might be some adult Dalmatian with no spots, it would be weird and very rare
November 26th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
It is possible. But it happens very rarely. In 102 Dalmations that is mainly what the whole idea is about.
November 28th, 2008 at 7:27 am
The Dalmatian puppy that played Odd Ball in 102 dalmatians, did actually have spots, they just took them all off, so to speak, using the great 20-21st century technology. Really amazing.
There has yet to be found a dalmatian with no spots, a very light lemon spotted, which looks white, has been found but thats it.
& just to clear up the matter about Hearing, Deafness doesn’t relate to spotting on the ears or anywhere else, or even if the dalmatian has blue eyes.