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Can you predict what your puppy will look like as an adult dog??

by Candee
(California)

We are hoping to get a Coton de Tulear soon, and like the look of the flatter face, more snub-nose look, as opposed to the longer face. Also, hoping that as an adult, it will be on the smaller side. Can you predict by looking at the parents of the puppy? Or, is it safer to get the "runt" of the litter?

Whatever the dog looks like when it's older, we will adore it, of course, but wondered if this is something we have a choice on...

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Sep 15, 2011
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Snub nose??!!
by: Anonymous

Thanks, Iris!
I hadn't heard that term, "snub nose", until reading it on one of the many Coton websites I have been researching ...the link is cotondogs.com/recent_news.htm

"Some Coton de Tulear have long noses characteristic of Terriers, some are snub nose with rounded faces."

The bottom line is, all Cotons are adorable!

Sep 14, 2011
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what size and kind of a face?
by: Iris Miller

I was very surprised at how my dog Tuffy changed from a six week old puppy to a now three year old. He has gone through so many metamorpheses! I think it is no easier than knowing what your newborn human baby will grow to look like. Just gotta love and care for them,no matter what. By the way, I never heard of a snub nosed Coton, they are not that kind of" they are more fox like nose, or terrier type muzzel, as far as I know. With all the hair, you never really know until their first "puppy"cut, who's under all that hair.Then the texture and color changes,and you continually have a new dog! Take a look at my "Tuffy" Coton, his family album and pictures I have posted of him, you would not believe (except for the look in his eyes and the smile on his face) that this is one and the same dog.
I love my Coton!
Iris & Tuffy

Sep 14, 2011
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European breed lines
by: Anonymous

Cotons with European breeding are usually smaller than the American breed lines. Look at both parents and see if they have the look and size you want.

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