DCAF endeavors to provide education to Dalmatian owners and breeders to help communicate best breeding practices, best care practices, and early disease symptoms and care. We also manage Facebook groups for owners with Dalmatians diagnosed with life-threatening or compromising diseases.
In the early days of the Foundation, before the Internet was widely used, we provided print resources. In 1997, DCAF invested approximately $2,000 in the Member Education Handbook – a print publication distributed to DCA members with information related to known and/or suspected health conditions. Now, we make appropriate materials available as pdf downloads on our site for breeders to include in “New Puppy Packets” for their buyers and for anyone interested.
Annually, we sponsor the Betty Garvin Seminar during the Dalmatian Club of America National Specialty. These Seminars cover a wide range of topics with expert speakers.
We also annually sponsor participants in the CHF Parent Club Health Conferences.
Our partners, CHF and AKC offer many online webinars and other educational opportunities that we are happy to share through our site.
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