| In my experience with Dals, they make great protective pets. They are hyper as you have probably heard, but this can be controlled shortly with minimal training skills. The Dal is a great pet, for a larger person. If you want a Dal because you have kids that love to watch the movies, please, just allow them to watch the movie. My reason for saying this is, Dals are a large dog, they in my experience get up to 105 lbs. (obese) and are trim normally around 70 lbs. They can be trained to not jump to "hold you", but this training may take up to a year according to situation. If the dog shall be a yard dog (s)he will need plenty of space to run. I keep my female in a 10*10 kennel at night and while I work, but allow her my whole yard while I'mup and about. I love my Dals, I wouldn't give them up for the world. I have owned 5 Dals in the past including my pair now, and all of them have been very smart, and obedient dogs. When they feel that you are in danger they will possibly attack, but can be "called off" with little trouble. Feeding 2 full grown Dals takes approx 50 lbs of dog food every 3 -4 weeks. Louie (my sire) is very smart, He knows quite a few tricks, and loves to play all alone with his ball. Louie will eat a large (8") rawhide bone in less than 2 hours. I have given him all of his training, and he did start out chewing a lot of my belongings up, but this can be stopped fairly easily, by buying them a very rugged toy. |
