Toni from Prancing Hearts Dalmatians is one of the breeders who contacted me. She has an adorable 8 week old female available. I'm emailing the link to Brent. We'll see what his response is. She's very cute, the last available in a litter of 3 girls from the breeding of CH Ravin And Harmony's Wise Guy "Vinnie" and CH Kalon's Rumours Fly at PHD "Seana". Located in Oregon though!
I reached out to some Dalmatian email lists I used to belong to back in the old listserv days (believe it or not, they still run on an old listserv!). I was amazed that there were so many familiar names on the list - it was a great "homecoming". Most amazing of all were the number of breeders who reached out to me. We did get a lead on a litter of 7 newborns here in Texas. We first thought we should only consider buying from a breeder within driving distance. The idea of shipping a puppy on the plane was daunting. But wow, there are puppies out there in the rest of the country! We may have to rethink our location parameters!
We begin the search. After being dal-less for 9 months we decided it was time to replenish our spots. Who knew it'd be such an ordeal to find 2 dalmatian puppies in the ginormous state of Texas? We found a puppy mill and rescue groups, but no credible breeders expecting puppies. What a bummer.