don't get me wrong, I love my poor old Oscar but no I wouldn't choose another Dalmatian.
The puppy phase lasted for YEARS and no word of a lie, he was exhausting! Had him snipped within a year but that didn't calm him down until he was probably 7 or 8, he would get under any fence and wander off for hours, he's 13 in October.
oh and the hair!!!.....all year round snowstorm of short hair that sticks like velcro to EVERYTHING. Tried brushing him every day in one place to contain it but as soon as he brushed past something your left with a carpet of hair.
He is a lovely dog, never a wrong growl from him but he will bark at anything and everything. He can't go 3 miles in the car without vomiting so can't take him anywhere unless its an emergency. But to be fair to him, he's never messed in the house but then he can open doors which lets the hens in and they mess everywhere.
He's been a massive part of this family, and we all love him and in that respect he is irreplacable but I won't miss the constant hoovering and picking hair out of clothes with tweezers