Ibali eliqinisekileyo lemvelaphi yeDalmatian ayicacanga. Ingaba i-Indiya, i-Egypt, okanye iNgilani - imvelaphi emininzi sele iphandiwe, kodwa akukho ndawo inokuqinisekiswa imvelaphi ecacileyo.
Ukukhankanywa kokuqala okubhaliweyo kwenja yohlobo lwanamhlanje kunokufumaneka kwiimbali zecawa ukusuka kwi-14 ukuya kwi-17 yenkulungwane kwaye icebisa ukuba imvelaphi yeDalmatians yanamhlanje ilele kwindawo ejikeleze unxweme lwaseDalmatian. Oku kunika iDalmatian igama layo kwaye yamkelwa ngokusemthethweni yiFCI njengohlobo lwaseCroatia. Umgangatho wokuqala weDalmatian ubuyela kwi-1882 kwaye waziswa ngokusemthethweni ngo-1890.