Well i picked up My boy on sunday , he is 9 weeks and bigger than my JR !! scarey stuff !! and weighs a ton (at least) .
He is in brill health its just he has stains from his eyes down his upper cheeks ! is this normal ? he has black eye liner marks under his eys but his cheeks are white (spotless) they dont look infected , just looks like he has been crying but not in the eye itself if that makes sense !!??
Wont pee on the paper either but thats another thread !!
Apart from that he is the mutts nutts ...........

Hello

Do you mean tear stains??if so, these can be removed with optrex, thats what i use on my bulldogs.:)
Dean

Thats the word ....... Tear stains ....... how do you remove / prevent them ??

Hello

You can use Optrex (eye drops from the chemist) to remove and prevent them, use it on my bulldogs, so i should imagine it would be okay for Dalmatians :)
Dont put them in the eyes though, just put a few drops onto some cotton wool to wipe the area where they are stained. HTH:)
Dean

Hi,
When you take him to the vet in the next day or so, get the vet to check his eyes. It's not normal for dalmatians to have tear-stains at all. He could have an infection which wil need treatment.

Good luck. What are you calling him?
:)

named him Pancho !! he is fab , nice chunky dog , his mum and Dad were both very tall and fit , he is still very sleepy .... has a mad half hour and then crashes !! still wont go on the paper though !! any tips GJ ???

Hi,
Great name! This mad 'dashing then crashing' is absolutely normal - whatever they do, they do it full-on!

About the paper - I'm guessing this is only down at night or when you have to go shopping or whatever?Because of course you don't want him to think going on paper indoors is what you want (otherwise today's newspaper left on the coffee-table will get watered!). So when you are able to watch him, don't have paper down at all, but take him outside frequently instead. When he messes when you're out, just clear it up (on the paper or not) and remove the paper without saying anything.

They're usually very quick to learn that messing inside is bad, outside is good!
:)