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Champion and International Champions of :    
Woodland  Cottage/Europe
Klenot Toliary/Europe
Sprightly Fellow's/Finland and Europe 
Du Domaine de Luniray/Europe
Blue Moon Cottage/Europe
Cartoonland/Europe
            
         Puppies  Available Born In Jan. 2012 
         Web Site Last Up-dated 2/5/2012
*Parents imported with FCI registration
*Male purebred Coton de Tulear puppies available, tri
  color and white/creme.
*Born January 2012, ready in March 2012
*Please contact us by e/mail or telephone we will send
  updated photos of the puppies available.
*Health guarantee, de-worming completed with RX of
  Panacur, injections current, house breaking started at six
  weeks of age, we never use pee pads, newspaper or box
  training --- just the old fashioned way of going outside
 *937.336.6173  cotons@centurylink.net


 
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Written history from geographer and governor of Fort Dauphin, Madagascar: "there are quanities of dogs that are small, have long muzzles and short legs similar to foxes.  A few of them are white. They have ben engendered by dogs originating from France and have remained.  Thay have short ears."

The standard of the Coton de Tulear was established in 1969 and submitted to the "Federation Cynologique Internationale" [FCI] in 1970 and it has been since February 1970 that the breed has been recognized by the FCI.

The FCI [ kennel club for all breeds and rare breeds ] is accepted around the world, but the United States is not a member of the FCI. 

Another very important issue is that the Coton de Tulear is "not" accepted by the AKC, many breeders in the United States are supplying totally false information about the service that is offered to the Coton de Tulear and it is not a "registration", it is only a service to report the pedigree of the Coton puppy for a fee, you will not find a Coton de Tulear in the AKC show ring.  Look up the FSS service for the Coton de Tulear on the offical site of the AKC.

We are not involved with a Coton de Tulear club, our Cotons at the time of importing from Europe had FCI registration and we in turn dual register them with the UKC and ARBA which offer services for breeds that are rare in this country.

HISTORY OF THE COTON

The breed has been well known in Europe starting in the 1950's.    As we mention before, there is little written about the breed, most information we have learned from Europeans and from one lady that was born and raised in France is now an American citizen.  There is some history here in the USA that tells of Americans discovering the Coton de Tulear on the island of Madagascar in the 1970's, but the facts point toward the history regarding the Europeans importing the dog into Europe as early as the 1950's.  This importing began long before the stories of Americans discovering the breed in the 1970's, then with a limited number coming into the United States.  As well there are no kennel clubs mentioning the [Coton de Tulear] breed before 1996.    

Today Europeans and those of FCI membership openly state they prefer the white and white with creme coats.  The tri color Coton puppies at birth do eventually have fading of their coat, the only color that remains within the coat is black hair, which fades to a silver gray color or remains black. Additionally; the FCI does not have high regard for the very rare black and white Coton de Tulear.  This does not mean that the tri color or the black and white Coton is not pure blooded or unable to be registered with the FCI, it is just a matter of choice.  There are many FCI International Champions and Grand International Champions of Europe and other countries that are tri color Coton de Tulears.
                                                                                 
J. Alexander WM