Dalmatian

What Dalmatian looks like

Black spots throughout

Adds distinct black/dark spots throughout the body and pattern. Dominant trait with additive effects in homozygous animals producing more/denser spotting. Creates a speckled or spotted appearance overlaid on existing patterns.

How to identify it: Look for distinct dark spots or speckles distributed across the body and pattern.

How Dalmatian is inherited

Dalmatian follows a dominant inheritance pattern, carried on the Dalmatian allele (locus DAL).

Combo morphs with Dalmatian

• Confetti

  Dalmatian het combined with Pinstripe het. Dalmatian spots scatter over the Pinstripe dorsal ridge, creating a speckled appearance along the pin line.

• Ink Spot

  Homozygous Dalmatian (DAL/DAL). The super form of the Dalmatian trait. Heavy spot density produces large, dense clusters that merge into broad ink-blotch patterns across the body.