Dalmatian diehards would be "disgusted" if Fiona won

Fiona get 2nd in her class at Boston Champ Show in Jan             © Liz Sampson

There are two almost unbelievable quotes in an article in the Mail on Sunday about LUA Dalmatian Fiona competing at Crufts next week.

"It is pretty unethical to allow this dog in a pedigree show. As far as I’m concerned it is an illegal entrant and makes a mockery of the dalmatian breed," Dalmatian breeder Paul Heaton from Yorkshire told writer Val Elliott.

"This is a dog that is not pure-bred. This is a mongrel. You can’t cross a dalmatian with a pointer and say it’s a dalmatian. This is unethical and I’d be disgusted if the dog won," Anne Harcraft, a breeder from Sheffield, agreed.  "The dog is unpure and I do not think it should be shown with pedigrees. I would be really miffed if it won."

An "illegal entrant"? A "mongrel"?

And there was I thinking dinosaurs were extinct.

For more info on just how special Fiona is, see the first ever blogpost on this blog.