Our newest litter from Yuki & Zack

On June 4th Yuki and Zack had their second litter together: three boys and one girl. This coming Friday they will be four weeks old so I thought it was about time to debut them on my blog. One of the boys is black and white. Although the black on his body is relegated to a spot the size of a quarter on his lower back near the base of his tail, and he has black of course on his head. The rest of his coat is stunning white, and the coat is thick and gorgeous. We call him Max. Our second boy is white with black on his head, so technically he is a white Coton. We call him Zorro because of the beautiful black eyering that looks like a mask. We expect that when he grows up the black will be gone, and all that will be left is some on his ears. Our third boy is pure white, though we see a bit of cream color coming in on his ears. We call him Pochie.(Pronounced with a long "O" sound, as in Edgar Allen Poe.) And finally there is the girl, who was born with extraordinary color. Sort of a dark buff with black hairs mixed in. We call her Honey, and she is not available because she is going to be staying with us at Ardsley Cotons. The three boys are available to go to approved homes.

KIKU!!

Five weeks ago we got another Coton! She is from the same breeder as our boy Zack: La Cotonnerie in Quebec, Canada. www.cotonnerie.com You can find her on the American Coton Club website Breeder Directory, just like me.

My new little girl's pedigree name is Cotonnerie Origami, but we call her "Kiku" which is the Japanese word for chrysanthemum.

She is the daughter of Cotonnerie Oceane & Cotonnerie Soprano; born March 13th, 2010.

She is just so sweet and smart and full of life and fits in perfectly with our family. Her favorite past-time is running after Zack, and so far she has not found a treat she didn't like! :-)

Thank you Sara for this precious, beautiful girl. We hope to see beautiful offspring with her & Zack in 2012.

AMELIE & ZACK'S LITTER -- FOLLOW UP

Well, it has been awhile since I posted. So long that all five of Amelie & Zack's pups are now living in their Forever Homes. It was very sad to see them go, but they are all very very happy. The photos are, from left to right: Teemu, Monti, Sadie, Sami B. and last but certainly not least is Ike.

Amelie's pups are 7 weeks old today

Amazing to think that seven weeks have passed since these five adorable pups were born. All of them are spoken for, and we have had a few of the Forever Families visit, with more to come.

The pups are so sweet, and playful, though most of the time they sleep. :-)

website in the works

I am very excited to say that it won't be long till my website is up and running. In the meantime, info on my Cotons can be found here, and also, on FACEBOOK, where I have a page. So if you are on Facebook, do a search for "ARDSLEY COTONS" and check us out. I posted lots of photos. I also hope when you are there you click "like" which means you will become a fan. I also just realized that I had forgotten to post photos of the parents of the newest litter! They are Zack (who is pure white and my stud male for all my litters) and Amelie, who was born a tri-color but still has lovely color on her ears and touches of amber on her body.

Ozzie

And this is Ozzie. Pure white.. and the last one born. He seems to gravitate to the little Warthog when he decides to snooze.

brother & sister

So cute how the pups are starting to pair off and not be just one "puppy pile". Here is Bijou cuddling up to his sister Lillie. Bijou is the one with the dark color, and Lillie has very pretty buff on her head and the most amazing black pigment already in on her eyes and nose.

Spring is here and we have a new litter. Amelie and Zack had five pups on April 1st. Four boys and one girl.
I also have a new email address: diane@ardsleycotons.com If you would like to find out more about puppy availability (the girl is spoken for) let me know at this new email address.

My first Coton: YUKI

Yuki was my first Coton de Tulear. She is from Jim's Cotons: www.jimluippold.com who was one of the first breeders of Cotons in the US.

Yuki was born in early Sept., 2006. We went up to Jim's when his litter of four beautiful babies were ten weeks old. We fell in love with her the moment we set eyes on her, but we were on a waiting list (Jim's pups are in great demand), so we didn't know that day if she would be ours. Two weeks later we joyfully drove back up to get OUR baby and it has been a life like no other ever since. She started us down our path of Coton Addiction. :-)

Yuki has grown into a lovely Coton adult. She is small, with a beautiful head, fantastic pigment, mesmerizing eyes and an incredible coat. She also has the sweetest temperament. She even SMILES!!

Her lineage is impeccable, and can be documented back 11 generations. And now there is a 12th generation as she and our boy Zack (more on him later) gave us Ardsley Cotons' first litter in April of 2009. Two boys and two girls (just like the litter Yuki herself was out of).

More on them later too!

Snow Day

Start of a new year, so it is time to start posting on my Blog. Thought I would begin with a photo of my gang having fun out in the yard on New Year's Day, enjoying the snow. Yuki is the leader, making sure squirrels don't enter "her" territory. And they all enjoy a game of "get the stick".