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About the Coton de Tulear

Origin: Madagascar
Size
Small — from its typical weight
Weight
Male
4-7 kg
Female
3.5-6 kg
Height
Male
25-28 cm
Female
23-25 cm
FCI status
Reconocida por la FCI
FCI group
Companion and Toy Dogs
Origin
Madagascar
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What is a Coton de Tulear?

Small companion dog with soft cotton-like white coat, charming personality and cheerful temperament

Coton de Tulear history and origins

Originated as royal dog and companion to nobles in Madagascar, developed from small white dogs brought by traders. Named for city of Tuléar and recognized by FCI and AKC as beloved adaptable companion breed

Coton de Tulear appearance and size

Males typically weigh 4-7 kg and stand 25-28 cm at the shoulder; females 3.5-6 kg and 23-25 cm.

Lo que dice el estándar de la raza

Criado para
Companion dog
Comportamiento y temperamento
Of a happy temperament, stable, very sociable with humans and with other dogs; it adapts perfectly to all ways of life. The temperament of the Coton de Tuléar is one of the main characteristics of the breed

Quoted from FCI standard n°283. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referencia de la raza de The Dog API.

Características

Tamaño
Small
Necesidad de ejercicio
2 of 5
Facilidad de adiestramiento
Caída de pelo
Cuidados del pelo
4 of 5
Convivencia con niños
Coste de mantenimiento
Tolera quedarse solo
Inteligencia
Salud de la raza
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Pros y contras de la raza Coton de Tulear

Lo que obtienes con la raza Coton de Tulear

  • Función declarada en el estándar: «Companion dog»
  • El estándar describe la raza así: «Of a happy temperament, stable, very sociable with humans and with other dogs»
  • Vive más que un perro mestizo — mediana de 14.2 años en 328 animales, frente a 12

Lo que asumes

  • Exige muchos cuidados del pelo — la descripción del propio estándar es «Very soft and supple, with the texture of cotton, never hard or rough, the coat is dense,…»

Extraído de fuentes y no escrito como opinión — investigación de salud citada, el estándar del propio registro, y estudios de longevidad revisados por pares. Estándar de la raza, FCI; McMillan et al. 2024, median age at death. Los animales de un criador pueden diferir de todo esto, y una columna vacía significa que no tenemos nada de ese lado, no que no haya nada que decir.

Characteristics

Estándar de la FCI · Coton de Tulear

Pelo y color

Tal como lo establece el estándar de la FCI. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar, etiquetada con permissible.

Coat

This is one of the main characteristics of the breed from which its very name derives.

Very soft and supple, with the texture of cotton, never hard or rough, the coat is dense, profuse and can be very slightly wavy

Color

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» y «disqualifying» — preferido, admisible, indeseable y descalificante — son las palabras de la propia FCI sobre la raza, y quedan en inglés porque así constan en el estándar. Describen lo que el estándar pide — no son una valoración de ningún perro concreto, ni nuestra.

Ground colour

Color de base

White

  • Permissible: A few slight shadings of light grey colour (mixture of white and black hairs) or of red-roan (mixture of white and fawn hairs), on the ears
  • Permissible: On the other parts of the body, such shadings can be, if they do not alter the general appearance of white coat
  • They are however not sought after

Resumido de FCI standard n°283 — cada etiqueta está en las palabras del propio estándar, con el veredicto pasado a la etiqueta de al lado. Lee la cláusula completa en la fuente.

Lo que el estándar penaliza

Aquello por lo que un juez resta puntos a la raza Coton de Tulear, y lo que la deja fuera del ring, en las palabras del propio registro. Esto describe el estándar de la raza — no es una lista de comprobación para el animal que tienes delante, y un animal de compañía con un defecto descalificante es un perro que no puede ir a exposición, no un perro enfermo.

Defectos graves

Cuentan mucho en contra de un ejemplar en el ring.

  • Skull: Flat or too domed, narrow.
  • Muzzle: Disproportion between skull and muzzle.
  • Eyes: Light, too almond shaped; entropion, ectropion, prominent eyes.
  • Ears: Too short, with insufficient length of hair; ears folding backwards (rose ear).
  • Neck: Too short, too stuffy in shoulder, too slender.
  • Topline: Too arched, sway backed.
  • Croup: Horizontal, narrow.
  • Shoulder: Straight.
  • Limbs: Turned inwards or outwards; out at elbows; hocks wide set or too close; straight angulations.
  • Hair: Too short, too wavy, curly.
  • Pigmentation: Partially lacking or too light pigmentation of eyelids or lips; discoloured nose, with unpigmented areas

Defectos descalificantes

Dejan al animal fuera del ring por completo.

  • Lack of type (insufficient breed characteristics which means that the animal on the whole does not sufficiently resemble other examples of the breed).
  • Size and weight outside the requirements and tolerance of the standard. Particular points:
  • Foreface: Bridge of nose convex.
  • Eyes: Bulging, with signs of dwarfism; too light; wall eyes.
  • Ears: Pricked or semi-pricked.
  • Tail: Not reaching to hock; high set, completely curled (forming a tight ring); carried flat on the back or against the thighs; carried candle like; tailless.
  • Hair: Atypical, rightly curled, woolly, silky.
  • Colour: Heavily marked; any marking of a definite black.
  • Pigmentation: Total lack of pigment on eyerims, nose or lips. Anomalies:
  • Overshot or undershot mouth with lack of contact between the incisors; vertical gaping of the incisors.
  • Absence of teeth other than the PM1 or the M3s.

FCI standard n°283

Información a nivel de raza, de The Dog API. Describe la raza Coton de Tulear en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Coton de Tulear

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Coton de Tulear on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No Coton de Tulear breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.

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