Article: WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN `DALMATIAN' FRENZY DISAPPEARS?(LIFE & LEISURE)

Byline: LAURA LIPPMAN Baltimore Sun

See Spot. See Spot run. See Spot fetch the newspaper, make coffee and thwart Cruella De Vil in Disney's new live-action version of ``101 Dalmatians.''

See Spot bouncing under the Christmas tree, a big bow around his neck. Six to nine months later, see Dalmatian rescue groups overrun with many, many Spots, rowdy adolescents abandoned by families who thought they had to have a Dalmatian puppy.

That's the unhappy scenario for Dalmatian lovers as they prepare for the release of the Disney film on Wednesday. Yes, Dalmatians are cute, bouncy and bright (although they can't really make a good cup of coffee). They ...

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