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Originally Posted by heartgirl99
P.S. Within the last ten years a cave was discovered in India where there were 2,000 year old paintings on the walls of Dalmations. The first known Dalmation painting writings was in the late 1600's to early 1700's. So now India is contemplating making the Dalmation it's national dog.
The FCI recognized as its country of origin the region of Dalmatia in the Republic of Croatia, citing Bewick's 1792 work.[23]
The Republic of Croatia was recognized by the F.C.I. as the country of origin of the Dalmatian; the breed had been developed and cultivated chiefly in England. When the dog with the distinctive markings was first shown in England in 1862 it was said to have been used as a guard dog and companion to the nomads of Dalmatia. But nothing is definitely known about its origin.
