I've always heard dalmations tended to be more prone to aggression than many others. I haven't been around a ton of them, but EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. I've ever been around was batchit crazy. We're talking "you can see the crazy in their eyes"...
As many as 30% of Dalmatians are deaf to some degree, many totally deaf. May have something to do with it. Folks across the street from my FIL several years ago had one that was some kinda crazy and had a mean streak.
