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The Coton MalgacheThe Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4President’s MessageRegretfully, we do not have a President’sMessage for this issue. Karen Black hasrecently resigned as President of theCanadian Coton de Tulear Club forpersonal reasons. We are currentlywithout a president, but the nominatingcommittee is busy seeking nominations forthe position of president.As soon as the slate of nominations iscomplete, elections will be held to elect anew CCTC Board for a two year term from2011—2013. The postponed AnnualGeneral Meeting , originally scheduled forNovember, will be rescheduled by the newBoard.The new Board and club members willhave some challenges and goals for thenew year. One important task is to clarifyour status as a breed club within theCanadian Kennel Club. Also, the CCTC’sbylaws need to be updated, as does theclub’s website.We look forward to a successful year in2011 with increased participation bymembers. Current Board members wouldlike to see increased regularcommunication with members via amonthly email update.If you have any ideas or suggestions forimproving the operation of the CCTC,please forward them to Marie-FrancePrayal and/or Joanne Mouryas (see lastpage for contact information.)A membership renewal form is included atthe end of the newsletter. I hope everyonewill take a few minutes to complete andsend in your membership renewal as earlyas possible in the new year. January 31,2011 is the deadline for renewals.I would like to take this opportunity tothank everyone for their contributions tothe newsletter this past year. It’s beenwonderful to receive all your great articlesand photographs. If you have any ideas orsuggestions for the newsletter, please letme know.Page 2Inside this issue:2010 National SpecialtyDecember 2010On behalf of the CCTC Board and myself,I wish everyone HAPPY HOLIDAYS anda very HAPPY NEW YEAR.Sincerely,Chris Wasylishyn,Newsletter EditorPayzac Devi all ready for ChristmasPage 7Page 8Page 10Page 11Page 12Page 13Page 15Page 18Pumpkins & Little DevilsOctober at White Pearl CotonsLower Mainland Dog Fanciers of BC Show (photos)Papa Look What I Won!Bam Bam Kazaam Goes to ManhattanFun in the SnowPhoto GalleryCCTC—About Us

Page 2The Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4Coton de Tulear National SpecialtyWindsor, Nova Scotia, October 16, 2010Submitted by Marie-France PrayalDuring the shows organized by the Canine Federation of Canada in Windsor, Nova Scotia on October 16 and17 2010, the CCTC held its annual specialty for 2010.Group Photo: From left to right, back row: ___, Allison (junior handler), Marie-France Prayal, Judge Mr. Dr Guido Vandoni, LornaChristie, & Kim (junior handler)Front Row: Louise Smith and her husband Jerry.Of 13 Cotons registered, on Saturday afternoon there were 11 Cotonsready to go in the ring with their owners and handlers.There were 6 males and 5 females:- 3 in the elementary class- 2 in the puppy class- 4 in the junior class- 1 in the intermediate class- 1 in the open class

Page 4National Coton Specialty 2010 (Cont’d)The Coton Malgache Volume 10 IssueFor this specialty, we received very nice donations. Lorna Christie did an excellent work to find prices and toorganize all the gifts. We would like to thank:* Gifts-In-Kind, Chilliwack, British Columbia* Timberholme/Tim Lawson, White Rock, British Columbia* PetKind, White Rock, British Columbia* Lorna Christie, White Rock, British Columbia* Diane Benaroch, Abbotsford, British Columbia* Sonya Paterson, Langley, British Columbia* Marie-France PrayalDr. Vandoni was very much appreciated by all the participants. He was impressed by the quality of ourCotons. All the participants enjoyed to be together, it was a great Specialty and also a great weekend!BELOW: Linda BrookesRIGHT: Jerry

Page 5The Coton Malgache Volume 10 IssueABOVE: Linda Brookes, Richard Christie, JohnMacDonald (show secretary) & JerryBELOW: Lynne MacLellan, StewardLary Brown & JerryLEFT: Lorna Christie with Judge Dr. GuidoABOVE: Lynne McLellan, Dr. Guido & Marie-France Prayal

Page 6BELOW: Junior Handler Allison gets a snuggle from a Coton puppyThe Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4More Photographsfrom the Coton de TulearSpecialty 2010ABOVE: Junior HandlerKim Marling.LEFT: Lorna Christie with JuniorHandler Kim Marling.

Page 7The Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4Coton Tourists at the National SpecialtyHere we have Jewela and Kintana outside “Frenchy’s” in Kentville, Nova Scotia. Not trip to Nova Scotia iscomplete without a visit to Frenchy’s - even the Cotons were there! For anyone who has not had the pleasureof visiting Frenchy’s, they are consignment stores across the Maritimes and are very popular with Maritimersand visitors alike.Payzac George…...“Little Devil.”What a perfect costumefor mischievous Cotons!

Page 8The Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AT: ‘WHITE PEARL COTONS’By: Lorna Christie – White Rock, B.C.The month of October saw an ‘excitement’ at White Pearl Cotons which one has to experience to truly appreciate. I shall tryto share this with all of you with the hope that you too could ‘catch the excitement’ and enjoy our journey.October 6 th saw me pack 3 large suitcase – carrying all the gifts for the Coton National Specialty in Windsor, Nova Scotia plusall the ‘travel needs’ for our 2 Cotons de Tulear: Kintana and Jewela, as we were to be in Nova Scotia for 2 weeks, attending 2 dogshows: Truro and Windsor. This was aside from the 2 crates for our Cotons and the 4 th bag with all their grooming supplies, etc.!!Both Richard and I were down to one medium size suitcase between the 2 of us – we all know that it is a dog’s world, after all, right?!So, off we went on the ‘red eye’ flight to Nova Scotia.After dog grooming the day after we arrived, we were on the road and what royal respite for us and our 2 Cotons as westayed at a beautiful Bed and Breakfast in Truro for 2 nights when we went for the Cobequid Club Dog Show where we had our firstexperience showing on ‘red earth’ … now I know what Marie-France Prayal had talked about – not funny trying to keep their whitepaws and hair clean. Thanks to the wonderful hospitality of the East Coast dog breeders, whom we had met the previous year inWindsor, they had even brought us a grooming table knowing we were travelling from B.C. and would be without one. Thank yougracious Maritimers – your love and graciousness were wonderful and sincerely appreciated.Back on the road again and we were in Dartmouth to celebrate Thanksgiving with Mum and Dad Christie and the family … 2days later we were on the road again and off to Kentville where we stayed with Richard’s sister/husband as it was close to Windsor.We went on the Wednesday to help with the preparations for the Coton National Specialty/CFC Show the following weekend. This isan experience both Richard and I will never forget. We spent most of the day driving Larry Brown around as he had numerous DogShow-related errands to run … what fun we had – Larry, we miss you! All those jokes and laughter and teasing … how can we livewithout it?! And after a full day we were at Domaine de Polana to sort the gifts for the specialty – Marie-France and I did this in a veryorganized and efficient manner while the 2 men were busy providing vocal entertainment for us whilst they were preparing dinner. Oh!I almost forgot to mention that Larry almost caused a fire in the oven as he forgot to take out the remnants of what was an applecrumble … and I had just prepared some apple crisp which went back into that oven!! Great food Larry – thanks!We had a lovely dinner and great time together, discussing various aspects of the upcoming weekends Dog Show andRichard possibly helping as a Judges’ Steward too … now that did not seem too difficult for him, he thought, as he has been aBaseball Umpire for MANY years and also done lots of supervision and field-rating of umpires, etc. – little did he know what he was infor.Back to the groomers the Friday before the show (not mentioning the $ cost) and there we were, bright and early, for 8:00a.m. on Saturday morning. After the first show Richard was accosted to assist the Judges so that meant sourcing out a very able andcapable junior handler to help me with one of our Cotons. It was so great to have all the Coton owners/breeders in one area where wegroomed and helped one another – what camaraderie and support … again, that warm Maritime hospitality and graciousness – Thankyou! There were 11 Cotons de Tulear in total – GREAT what an increase from the previous year!Saturday saw me scrambling to pack all the gifts for the Coton Specialty for both dogs and handlers, judge, etc. – this waswonderful as it truly was a great show – a wonderful way to celebrate this elegant and royal breed, especially at the Coton NationalSpecialty. It was an awesome experience for all of us: humans and canines. Yes! we CAN experience the camaraderie that I enjoyedat the Luxembourg Show in March - we can do it in Canada too!Of course, there always seems to be a divine appointment in regards to Cotons in our lives … a week after we arrived dearMarie-France came to us with the pedigree of a 2+ month old beautiful female Coton puppy she thought may be of interest to us (?!)… needless to say after some checking and double-checking the ‘cheque’ was written and home we came with: FATIANA duDomaine de Polana – born August 5 th , 2010. FATIANA meaning: ‘love’ or ‘loved one’. Definitely, this one was not planned for,however, there she was, part of our family and joining Kintana and Jewela in beautiful B.C. at White Pearl Cotons. Only God knew

Page 9The Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4that enroute to Nova Scotia and whilst at Richard’s parents’ home, we had been discussing names for a female Coton … and we hadalready decided on the name ‘Fatiana’ … and only He knew that we would indeed be coming back home with a female Coton with thatname!We returned to Vancouver late afternoon on October 20 th and, barely having time to unpack, I was working on preparationsfor the Travel The World Dog Show in Abbotsford (also called Tradex Dog Show) – this has been Canada’s largest annual Dog Show.With other Coton owners we were busy packing gifts for the dogs, judge, etc.October 27 th saw our 2 Cotons back to the groomers ‘again’ and off to the Tradex Centre we went to get the grooming boothand Coton Information Booth set-up. Wow! all the hard work and effort was truly worth it … everything looked great.The Tradex Dog Show had 7 Cotons registered – up from 2 the previous year when Kintana du Domaine de Polana wonBOB and went into the Group on Saturday and was on TV 3 times in December, 2009 – we have a DVD of the Show as part of hisportfolio! The Coton Booster was done in true Coton regality and we even had Bev Kohler of Sugar Bay Cotons come with her male:Clousseau and young male puppy: Beringer (whose father is the 2010 World Coton Champion: Rio Bravo). Chris Wasylishyn wasbusy being the official photographer – thanks Chris! To attend a 4 day/5 ring Dog Show is very tiring: 5 rings because the Group VDog Club held a Specialty Show for our Group. It was really neat because each of the 7 Cotons won over each other at some pointduring the 4 day show – this was great for all of them and their owners too – the Cotons taught us what a Dog Show is all about – notwinning or losing but: ‘how you play the game’ as they say. The Coton de Tulear was one sought-after breed by the end of the DogShow and all Coton de Tulear owners/breeders should know that this breed will definitely see an increase in popularity in the comingmonths and years – great for a rare breed in Canada and the U.S.A. too.BELOW: Judge Espen Engh of Norway with Lorna Christie and her Cotons at Lower Mainland Dog Fanciers of BC Show

Page 10The Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4So, what can we say about the month of October at White Pearl Cotons? It truly was a month of great adventure andexcitement from the East to the West Coast of Canada and the addition of yet another ‘pearl’ to the 2 we already had.More later on what‘Life at WhitePearl Cotons is likeTulear’ … until then –laugh lots – ‘…for the soul…’. and,blessed Christmaswith 3 Cotons delive, love andlaughter is therapyhave a veryand our sincerestbest wishes for 2011!ABOVE: Participants in the Coton Booster at the Lower Mainland Dog Fanciers of BC 2010 ShowLeft-Right: Vega (Diane Benaroch's Coton with handler; Sugar Bay Anything Goes Clouseau (Bred, owned, andhandled by Bev Kohler; Esprit de Tulear Spirit Bear (Cody ) with owner Sonya Paterson; Jewela with owner LornaChristie.BELOW: The Coton information booth at the show.

Page 11Papa Look What I Won !By Richard ChristieThe Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4Little Georgia Emily looked so cute in her princess dress and her silver tiara. She stood waiting nervouslywhile the much older junior handlers were in the ring. She looked up at me once again, and with pleading eyessaid “I don’t want to go Papa”. I held her hand and reassured her that it was going to be lots of fun. All shewould have to do is walk around once with Kintana and look pretty. She picked up the lead once again andpracticed folding it in her hand like I had shown her.Finally her number was called, and off she went with the other two waifs. The judge was so good with them.She took time to talk with each of them individually, asking their names and the names of their dogs. Then shehad them walk around the ring once. I was holding my breath that Georgia wouldn’t do anything wrong, andwhen her trip around was finished I felt a great sense of relief. She had been tentative at first, but Kintanabehaved well and led her with a sense of purpose. Then, to my great surprise, the judge had them walk up anddown individually, and then once around again together. Now I was really nervous. I wasn’t expecting this.But by now Georgia was really into it. She was holding the lead at waist length with her arm outstretched, andshe was encouraging Kintana. “Come Kintana” she would say. And there was a big smile on her face as shewaved to her Mom and Dad and younger brother Joshua Aaron in the crowd. She looked like a little angel.At the end the judge presented her and the other twoparticipants each with a plaque, a rosette and a gift. Hereyes were as big as saucers, and her smile beamed fromear to ear. Now she didn’t want to leave the ring. Thesteward had to lead her toward my waiting arms. Whenshe finally arrived she jumped up and down and said“Papa, look what I won”. She was so very happy. And Iwas so very proud. I asked her if she would like to dothis again sometime, and perhaps start taking handlingclasses. She said “Of course Papa. I’m a big girl now”.

Page 12The Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4BAM BAM KAZAAM OF COTONNELLE GOES TO MANHATTANSubmitted by Valerie FordIn 2009 Kazaam went to Manhattan with his new owner, Lynn Baron of Renaissance Cotons to be featured in Animal Planet'sDogs 101. The following Spring 2010, Animal Planet went to Lynn's home in Connecticut to film Kazaam and all the rest ofLynn's beautiful dogs which I was delighted to recently meet in person.Animal Planet's mini documentary was very nicely done. They did a great job of presenting the Coton de Tulear to the world. I'mso proud of my beloved Kazaam and thank Lynn for doing such a wonderful job with him. You can watch the Dogs 101 videoat http://animal.discovery.com/videos/dogs-101-coton-de-tulear.html

Page 13The Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4Fun in the Snow!Diane Benaroch of Cotonfield CotonsEarly snow in beautiful BC is a perfect occasion forCotons to have a wonderful time. I much prefer snow tomud of on their white coats.We play hide and seek behind the trees; it is a perfect timeto practice recalls. The word “come” becomes fun whenthey all try to reach my hand in unison for a small treat.Snow, fun & Cotons… 3 words that makes my world ahappy one!

Page 14UKC Shows November 19-21, 2010 BramptonThe Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4Congratulations to Payzac Princess Fiona and her little brother Payzac Pinchy on their wins at the UKC showsin Brampton during the weekend of November 19-21, 2010. Princess won 5 Best of Breed, and placed 3rdtwice in Group and one 4th group placement. She also obtained her final two competition wins to becomeUKC Champion. She now has two Championships, one UKC and one Rare Breed. Congratulations also toher little brother Pinchy who won his class in 3 out of the 5 shows.At Left: Payzac Princess Fiona with Mama Joanne MouryasBelow: Princess: “Did I do good, Mama?”Pinchy: I won, I won!Pinchy and Chewy (2 borthers)

Page 15Payzac KieraThe Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4Payzac BellaBelow: TimothyPayzac George

Page 16The Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4Fatiana du Domaine de PolanaNewest member ofLorna & Richard Christie’s family

Page 17The Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4Left: Payzac RockyKeano running like a deer...Payzac Pinchy & Chewie (two brothers) playing tug

Page 18 The Coton Malgache Volume 10 Issue 4About Us….Denis Carriere founded the Coton Malgache Publication in 1994 so that breedfanciers might share their mutual interest. The club’s aim is to support, educateand advise owners, members and prospective owners about the Coton de Tulear.All members of the CCTC will abide by a code of ethics that will govern thebreeding and prosperity of these lovely animals, protecting and preserving thequalities of the Coton de Tulear, and striving for its betterment.CCTC publishes the Coton Malgache quarterly in March, June,September and December. We encourage your submissions! Please do not hesitateto send photos of, and articles about your Cotons. Photos will be returned uponrequest if you include a S.A.S.E.Deadline for theMarch 2011 Coton Malgache isAdvertising RatesCoton MalgacheColour B/W1/4 page ……. $35 $201/2 page ……. $60 $40Full page ….. $120 $80Business card $15 $10Ads may be submitted as camera ready or in draft.Draft text must be clearly typed.February 15, 2010.Please send all submissions for the Coton Malgache to:Email: chriswasy@shaw.caSubscriptions to the Coton Malgache are included with a CCTC membership.Make your cheque or money order payable to CCTC. Fees for US and overseassubscribers are payable in US funds.The opinions expressed in the Coton Malgache are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect those of the publisher.The articles in the Coton Malgache belong to their authors and cannot be reproducedeither in whole or in part in any form without written permission of the author.Photos should be clear and in sharp contrast to ensurequality reproduction.Cheques should be made payable to the CCTC.Payment must be submitted before deadline.www.coton.caAdvertising is available on our website.*Sponsor Advertising$25 per calendar year for a business card$45 per calendar year with a live link to a website*Breeder DirectoryMembers OnlyLitter Announcements$15 per litter for 3 months$10 per ad for one older dog*Contact Marie-France Prayalpolana@ns.sympatico.ca Tel. 902-757-0826President: VACANTCCTC ExecutiveVice-President - Joanne MouryasEmail: payzackennel@hotmail.com Tel 416-282-9253Treasurer & Secretary: Marie-France PrayalEmail: polana@ns.sympatico.ca (902) 757-0826Interim Ontario Director: Joanne MouryasEmail: payzackennel@hotmail.com Tel. 416-282-9253Interim Atlantic DirectorMarie-France Prayal—see above for contact infoQuebec and Western Directors: VACANTNewsletter Editor & Membership Secretary:Chris Wasylishynchriswasy@shaw.ca 604-876-7106