http:\/\/www.cotonclub.com<\/a> allows for three different but equally favorable colorings: white, black-and-white and tri-color which includes “honeybear”. White is described as nearly all white, sometimes with champagne coloring on the ears, face or back. Black-and-white is defined as pure white with prominent black patches on the head and body (no ratio of white-to-black is specified or favored). Tri-color is described as mostly white with some brown markings and dustings of black on the body and head. A honey bear tri-color has light brown with black tips which gradually fades to off white or lemon color. The tri-color loses the most color of any of the color varieties usually becoming mostly white with possibly some champagne markings and a dusting of black hairs on the ears and\/or body.<\/p>\nThe Coton de Tulear has a large dog personality much like the lab. The Coton de Tulear has a medium size bark, and they are very easy to train.<\/p>\n
Temperament<\/h3>\n
The Coton is a playful, affectionate, intelligent breed.\u00a0It is a very vocal breed, grunting, barking and making other noises when having fun. Some Cotons have a habit of jumping up and walking on their hind legs to please people. Some Cotons may exhibit shyness or cautiousness in new situations, especially around strangers, but this can usually be overcome with training. Most Cotons love meeting new people and are very curious in new situations. The dogs are very trainable with praise, instead of punishment. Cotons are great with kids and love to play.<\/p>\n
Health<\/h2>\n
The Coton is in general a healthy breed.\u00a0The Coton de Tulear has many fewer disorders than many other breeds due to little inbreeding, the Coton is a fairly rare breed. The fact that they are rarer breeds means the Coton de Tulear has faced very little inbreeding, the source of many canine health disorders. The average life span of a Coton de Tulear is 16 to 18 years.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nHeight: 9-10\u00a0inches for females \u00a0 10-11 inches for males<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Weight: 12-15 pounds\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nRecognition<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\nCKC, FCI, NKC, APRI, ACR, DRA, NAPR and AKC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The history of the Coton de Tulear is poorly documented. But, the most common belief is that they are descendants of dogs who survived an ancient shipwreck near the Madagascar coast. Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island, and lies in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa. The little white dogs who swam … Continue reading Coton de Tulear Info<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bishopkennels.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bishopkennels.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bishopkennels.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bishopkennels.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bishopkennels.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/www.bishopkennels.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3249,"href":"http:\/\/www.bishopkennels.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions\/3249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bishopkennels.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}