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Are Bengals Dalmations?
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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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:31:27 -0600, Brian Link wrote:
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. 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 See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid |
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Brian Link wrote: 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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wrote in message ups.com... 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. 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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