Are Bengals Dalmations?

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Brian Link - 22 Mar 2005 05:30 GMT

A long time ago I'd heard that Dalmations were in a tough spot -
because of the movie "101 Dalmations" purchases were up, though the
new owners were ill-prepared for the amount of activity Dalmations
require. My grandmother had a neighbor with Dalmations, and those
boogers never slept.. barking and running around like crazy in their
yard at all hours of the day.

Louis the Bengal is an adult now, and has an insatiable appetite for
play. Tiger the mutt is older, and plays for hours with Louis every
day. This is great for Tiger, since he's never had a playful companion
like this before. They are ridiculously cute - stalking, ambushing and
chasing each other. But Tiger goes to sleep, and Louis is still
energized.

I'm just curious if any other Bengal owners have had the same
experience.

This is not a problem, since there's usually someone home to throw
Louis' sparkle-ball, but I'm curious is this is a characteristic of
the breed, of this particular cat, or could be chalked up to his youth
(he's almost two).

Thanks

BLink

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Orchid - 22 Mar 2005 12:51 GMT

>Louis the Bengal is an adult now, and has an insatiable appetite for
>play. Tiger the mutt is older, and plays for hours with Louis every
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>I'm just curious if any other Bengal owners have had the same
>experience.

Oh yes. Bengals are immensely active cats -- I often call
them the Border Collies of the cat world because of their intelligence
and activity level. They often come as a shock to new owners when
that adorable little spotted kitten shows its true nature and becomes
an adorable little spotted blur tearing around the house.
The activity level is why I strongly recommend either two
Bengals or a Bengal and another active cat -- imagine if all that play
energy was direted solely at you!

Orchid
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sriddles@aol.com - 22 Mar 2005 16:32 GMT

> A long time ago I'd heard that Dalmations were in a tough spot -
> because of the movie "101 Dalmations" purchases were up, though the
> new owners were ill-prepared for the amount of activity Dalmations
> require. My grandmother had a neighbor with Dalmations, and those
> boogers never slept.. barking and running around like crazy in their
> yard at all hours of the day.

Hi Louis--Any shelter will tell you that whatever breed is featured in
a trendy movie will start filterting down to shelters about six months
after the movie's run is over. It happens *every time* with 101, to the
point that we actually set up a booth with informational stuff about
the Dalmation breed in the theatre lobby.
We had an increase of white Persians after "Mr. Bigglesworth's" fifteen
minutes of fame were up. Unfortunately, they were *all* a runny-eyed,
matted mess since folks had no idea, or didn't care, what
high-maintenance pets they were.
We never got any Sphynx's following Austin Powers. I suspect that, like
Bengals, they are much more expensive and hard to find around here.
We've never had any Bengals either.

Sherry

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Ron Herfurth - 22 Mar 2005 18:03 GMT

> Hi Louis--Any shelter will tell you that whatever breed is featured in
> a trendy movie will start filterting down to shelters about six months
> after the movie's run is over.

The only way that can happen is if the breeders start ramping up production
9 months or whatever before the movie comes out. Putting informational stuff
in the theater lobby won't prevent the featured pet from being bred in large
numbers.

ron

It happens *every time* with 101, to the

> point that we actually set up a booth with informational stuff about
> the Dalmation breed in the theatre lobby.
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>
> Sherry

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