Preparing Our Puppies

I can say hands down that Dalmatians make wonderful family pets for children of all ages! They are such a loving, loyal, intelligent breed with a sprinkle of goofiness in there. They strive to impress their owners and can be protective of those they call family in times of need. I’ve owned many breeds and have been around several breeds working at the vet and Dalmatian is the breed that stole my heart. They are Velcro dogs and love to be a part of the family. 

What is special/different about my breeding pairs is I hand select each one for their temperament. I know what I want to create in my program and how to get it. Balance is important to me and why choosing dals that have a well rounded personality works best for my program, especially since I have a focus on raising service/therapy dogs for families and have young children myself. 

 Most Dalmatians carry a genetic condition (HUU) that makes them at risk of developing urate stones IF fed an improper diet of high purine foods (yeast, organ meat, bi-products, game meat, mackeral, sardines, peas, lenitals) they can not create the stones if fed low purine dog food. However, LUA dalmatians are able to consume purines and break them down like any other breed. We DNA test our litters to know which need low purine. Our stud is LUA and passes this gene to 50%-75% of the litter. Our goal is to eventually have 100% LUA litters. Our goal is not to bottleneck the breed so we believe slow and steady wins this race while integrating the LUA gene back into Dalmatians. 

Yes, we offer different options. By a flight nanny (the puppy is a carry on in the main cabin with a trusted nanny) or you can fly in to my local airport (Chattanooga Airport) and I meet you at the arrivals department for you to take your puppy back as a carry-on yourself! We NEVER  ship our puppies in cargo — with a flight nanny they get snack/potty breaks!

Our puppies are the same price regardless of color or gender because the same amount care, time, training, and testing is put into each puppy equally. Our pricing reflects all of the health testing we do, assisted labor & deliveries, curriculum, daily handling exercises, careful daily monitoring of weights, early potty training, crate training, Curriculum advances as they reach new developmental benchmarks, temperament testing, early socialization, imprint of the life saving recall, their empowerment word of “yes!” Puppies undergo a vet clearance, HUU testing, & BAER testing prior to puppy picks, their first vaccines, dewormed biweekly since birth, and microchipped. A genetic health guarantee, and unlimited lifetime support from me, a former Veterinary Nurse. Each pup goes home with a RockADal tote bag filled with goodies for an even easier transition into your home. Our puppies are $2,500.

Our main focus is not coat color— temperament & health is our number one.

We breed the standard black & white short coats mostly.

We had our very first tri-color litter in 2025 and was in awe getting to experience a historic litter. If you didn’t know, tri-color was the first Dalmatian standard.

Dalmatians have several naturally occurring recessive colors in their breed. They truly are a versatile breed. They carry liver, tri-color, brindle, blue, lemon, orange, & sable. Long coat also is naturally occurring in this breed. 

For my program I plan to mainly breed standard Black spotted as that’s my preference. But I do appreciate the other colors that can be created.

Occasionally I will have tri-colors and livers. I do not plan on creating long coats.

I would love to create Lemons once I find one that checks all my boxes as the ee gene is unique with the different intensities it can have. 

NOTE: All recessive colors are healthy and have nothing to do with health as many uneducated people like to claim. The only color gene that should be avoided in this breed is BLUE because it is actually a diluted gene (dd) and is linked skin issues. (all breeds with diluted gene are at risk.)

WE DO NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINT COLORS. We believe all colors are beautiful and shouldn’t be alienated because some people got together and got to choose their favorite colors. If you hate a dog because it’s naturally occurring color, I’m not the breeder for you. 

If you want a Dalmatian that is a different color than we have to offer, reach out to me! I’ll do my best to connect you with a responsible breeder. 

LUA can have any of the below brands & I believe these are top quality foods for their price vs expensive food brands with the same ingredients.

For Puppies:

• Authority Chicken 
• Canidae Goodness
• Natures Recipe 
• Nutro Natural  Balance
• 4Health puppy (safe for LUA only)

For Adults (12m+) 

•  All the above +
• 4Health Strive- red or blue bag is HUA safe. LUA can have any 4heath recipe, but I prefer high protein options that Strive gives.

Tri-color Dalmatians were some of the first Dalmatians. We know this because of historical painting of a Dalmatian named “Captain” from the 1800s. AKC tried to eradicate them and almost succeeded as not many carry the historic color anymore. Tri-color gene is recessive; meaning it only can be produced if both parents are carrying the color gene. A Tri-color is a black & white Dalmatian with tan color spots in places where you would see brown markings in a Doberman ( legs, chest, face) They are rare to come across and we are excited to produce them! I’ll post pictures of our tri-color puppies below for those that may not know what a well-bred tri-color should look like. Dalmatians naturally carry different recessive colors. 

Absolutely not. With our focus on health by producing LUA we don’t stand a chance in a beauty pageant. To put it bluntly -AKC judges are not about health and will pick looks every time even though LUA Dalmatians are no longer at risk of urate stones. LUA spotting looks different than HUA spotting and for that reason they are not in a position to compete in a beauty pageant (yet!). Although we do produce stunning LUA, our Stud has an ear patch -for a great reason as it’s proven to lessen the chances of deafness in offspring, but the ear patch automatically disqualifies  him from show in the USA- Patches are acceptable in the UK shows because they are NATRUALLY OCCURING IN THIS BREED. AKC judges simply don’t care because it’s looks first. See the patterns? It’s no secret they are the cause of many health issues in several breeds today. Next, most show breeders breed high COI, breed unilateral deaf dals, dals with autoimmune thyroid disease, and can win shows without health testing results. If AKC cared about health they would require each show dog to have passing health results before entering. It’s unethical for AKC judges to have the power to change the health in the breed and not push the health standards. Of course we want our Dalmatians to look like Dalmatians, but compromising heath should NEVER be an option for that. I much rather participate in AKC sports (and we plan to do but have to work around heat cycles) but at the end of the day-my focus is creating you a healthy, loving, wonderfully tempered PET that brings joy into your home! If you are focused on only looks, please find a show breeder. 

About 8% of Dalmatians are born fully deaf. Deafness in the breed is linked to the white coat color. We know pigment (melanin) is crucial for proper hearing and unfortunately sometimes in utero not enough melanin reaches their inner ear, causing deafness. We are VERY selective when adding to our program to lower our chances of producing deaf puppies to the best of our abilities and I have had great success with my program with keeping deafness at bay in our litters by implementing what we know. We focus on creating puppies that will grow to have SOLID ears (this is not the same as ear patch as patches are birthmarks). Focusing on solid ears (or patches) increases chances for melanin to reach the inner ear for healthy hearing! You will notice most of our puppies ears eventually turn solid as they grow!