Comments on: What’s the Connection Between Dalmatians and Firehouses?

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:18:00 +0000

I heard that sentence from the same movie, but Sardinia is an isle, and has no border in common with dalmatia, that’s on the other side of the mediterranean see, with the italy between them. It’s like to say ‘the border of Haway and Florida’… it’s a nonsense !

By: BassMan

BassMan — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:58:23 +0000

Actually, that early fire equipment was horse-drawn, not horse driven. Yes, there is a difference.

By: BabkaGal

BabkaGal — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:17:11 +0000

I had always heard that a significant number of Dalmatians tend to be deaf. Therefore, the clanging bells of the fire engines didn’t frighten or disturb them (unlike other dogs).

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:31:31 +0000

I had heard (from the movie _State and Main_) that the dalmatian was the symbol of fire stations because the first organized fire brigade was on the border of Dalmatia and Sardinia, meaning either it or the sardine would have to be the symbol. That one never seemed to be likely.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:15:59 +0000

I always assumed that the firefighters use the dog to find the fire hydrant.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:57:58 +0000

This is really fascinating, and rather sweet as well. It warms my heart to think of animals of different species being so attached to one another. It also makes me think of the Disney movie “101 Dalmatians,” in which there’s a role reversal in that a horse, among other animals, does what it can to save the dalmatian family.