The Fawn Dalrymple

[Brindle]

The Fawn Dalrymple breed was created in the 1950's, and 60's by Roger Emile Dalrymple of Johannesburg, South Africa, as a companion dog of unequalled temperament. Roger's father Emile Linus brought North African Gazelle hounds, a quiet breed back to the family compound Assakai in the 1950's. Roger inherited his interest in breeding dogs from his father, and grandfather Linus Emile Dalrymple before him, a fox hunting afficianado whose hound pack were unequalled in Lancashire.

Roger's breeding of the North African Gazelle hound to the South African Boer hound, a burly, robust type hound that belies it's mastiff ancestry, that his family had bred for generations. The result of this initial breeding was crossed to the indiginous village dogs, (widely known for their gentle nature) to enhance, and stabilize temperament, and to bring the dogs size down to a level consistant with being a house dog. Only Roger Dalrymple knows exactly how he melded three types of dog into the superlative dog breed. In 1967 Roger Dalrymple announced that his dogs were consistantly breeding true.

The breed's virtually odourless, close coat ranges in colour from a silver fawn, to a deep red fawn, some dogs may exhibit a brindle pattern, some may exhibit a black masking factor, white pied are acceptable, but very rare. Many people who have suffered allergic reactions to other breeds of dogs claim to have no allergic reaction to Fawn Dalrymple, commonly refered to as the Dally. Height to be from 23" to 25" at the top of the withers for a female, 24" to 26" for a male. The breed is sleek in appearance betraying it's sighthound ancestry. It's ear is a rose fly-away reminiscent of the greyhound, or Whippet, but slightly larger. Long smooth, well developed musculature is the pinnacle of perfection for the Dally.

This is a breed which will grow in popularity as more people discover it's wonderful attributes.

The picture is of Roger Dalrymple's famous female, Halo, the foundation female for the breed.

[AussiesCollies]

Intersting breed. It sorta looks like a Mastiff Boxer type breed.

[Brindle]

Well, they are a mastiff breed. The Mastiff is a type as much as a breed, and Boxers are also a mastiff breed so that is not surprising that they look somewhat alike.

Here are a few more pictures of a brindle Dally and a red fawn Dally.