WELCOME TO ARDSLEY COTONS' BLOG

This is my first blog, and will be all about our wonderful Cotons, and their babies. We hope you check back often for updates, and we would love to hear your comments too! You can email me at diane@ardsleycotons.com

I am proud to be a Code of Ethics Breeder with the American Coton Club (www.americancotonclub.com) and also proud to be AGAINST this wonderful rare breed going AKC. Please check out my website: www.ardsleycotons.com

Sunday, January 10, 2010

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!




Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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".