Welcome to this website dedicated to Normal Uric Acid Dalmatians.

The “Dalmatian Backcross Project” commenced in 1973 with the original outcross
of an AKC registered Champion Pointer sire bred to an AKC registered Dalmatian dam.
Dr. Robert Schaible conducted the breeding in an effort to address the fixed genetic defect in Dalmatians that affects uric acid metabolism and that may lead to increased urinary uric acid, urate crystals,
urinary bladder aggregate formation, stones, urinary tract obstruction and even death.

This wonderful breeding prgram is presently at the 14th generation from the original cross.
The progeny have 99.98% AKC registered Dalmatians in their pedigrees and on parentage analysis,
their DNA is 99.8% the same as AKC registered Dalmatians.

Normal Uric Acid dogs (NUA) <also referred to as Low Uric Acid (LUA)> exhibit a 10-fold lower urinary uric acid to creatinine ratio when compared to other Dalmatians with high Uric Acid (HUA).
Normal Uric Acid Dalmatians also known as Low Uric Acid Dalmatians & Backcross Dalmatians

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                           Click below to see the NUA Dalmatian Parade 
NUA vs HUA Dalmatian Urine
Freely voided urine samples collected at the DNA Specialty September, 2009.
Take a look around this website and click on the videos below to learn more about this breeding program
and these wonderful Dalmatians.  Click this link  http://www.voteyesforlua.com. to read what knowledgeable breeders and owners are saying in support of the NUA Dalmatians..
These samples were chilled on ice.  The cloudy urine from the
HUA Dalmatian reveals the 10-20x higher concentration of
urinary uric acid that predisposes to urate crystals, stones,
and urinary obstruction in these Dalmatians.  The purpose
of the NUA breeding program ("backcross project") is to
incorporate the canine normal urinary uric acid metabolism
gene (U) into the Dalmatian to reduce, or eliminate, the
chance of urate stone formation that afflicts a high percentage
of AKC Dalmatians, especially males.  NUA Dalmatians
(left, clear urine) cannot make urate stones with the same
high percentages as AKC Dalmatians.
"You can't build a brick house without bricks". 
You can't make urate stones without urates. 
It is just that simple!

Left: Normal Uric Acid Dalmatian (NUA)
Right: High Uric Acid Dalmatian (HUA, All AKC Dals)