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How does the coton de tulear like the weather?

by Samantha
(Herriman, Utah)

We just moved to Utah from England and are looking for a new dog (we had to leave our flat coat puppy with a friend) and are interested in the coton de tulear dog. Our major concern is the weather here though, it is so hot in the summer and so cold in the winter and we don't want to get one if they are going to be miserable here.

Any advice would be great, thank you so much!

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How does the coton de tulear like the weather?

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Dec 02, 2011
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Salt Lake City Coton owner
by: Anonymous

We live in Salt Lake City and recently got a Coton puppy (he's 4 months old). I've read that they are fine in cold weather but ours doesn't seem to like the cold much. Today I was out raking and he kept going and sitting by the door. It's probably dependent on the individual dog.

Sep 05, 2011
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SAMANTHA
by: SHERRY/COTTON

YOUR WEATHER CONCERN FOR A COTON IS WELL FOUNDED. I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND MY COTON CANNOT TAKE BEING OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT, FOR ANY LONG PERIOD OF TIME ; IN FACT WHEN WE ARE OUTSIDE DOING YARD WORK WE ALWAYS WET HER DOWN IN THE POOL IF WE ARE TAKING HER OUT WITH US. WE DO NOT HAVE EXTREME COLD LIKE UTAH BUT AM SURE SHE WOULD NOT WANT TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG IN THE COLD EITHER.

LIKE IRIS SAID. THEY ARE INSIDE DOGS. I BELIEVE FOR A HOUSE/LAP DOG YOU COULD NOT FIND A BETTER BREED. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN OUTSIDE ATHLETE DOG, I WOULD LOOK ELSEWHERE.

IN CASE YOU DO NOT KNOW, THEY DO NOT LIKE BEING LEFT ALONE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, ARE YOU GONE ALOT??

SO MUCH TO CONSIDER, GOOD LUCK IN YOUR SEARCH.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU IN FINDING YOUR PERFECT PET!!

Sep 05, 2011
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Coton weather tolerance
by: Iris Miller

In my opinion, from experience with my own Coton, these are not dogs to leave outdoors. They have hair similar to ours, not a thick undercoat of fur like other dog breeds to insulate them from extremes in weather. They were, after all, originally bred to be companion (lap) dogs for the elite of Madagascar, They may have come a long way geographically, but I do not believe they adapt too well to extremes of weather conditions. We live in New England where we have long cold weather and deep snow. Tuffy will play in the first soft snow, but freezes with the deeper colder snow (even with a coat on). My son had to dig a path for the dog to go out to do his toilet. We just came back from Phoenix, Arizona, wheere they were having record high heat, temperatures from 104 to 118 degrees, the highest ever recorded there. When I took him out to pee, poor Tuffy had to literally walk on the equivalent of hot burning coals on the coarse red rock gravel and rocks used in most of the yard landscaping at the housing development where my friend lives. She drove us to a grassy area for dogs, where I had to carry him over the hot rocks and concrete, which was hot enough to "fry eggs on". As soon as we got back to my friends house (in the a.c.'d car) Tuffy ran over to his water dish and plopped both front paws into the cool water. His poor feet were sore for days. If not for the air conditioned house I don't think Tuffy or I would have lasted. I hope you will consider and research all breeds and cautionary advice before choosing your new canine companion.
best regards
Iris and Tuffy

Sep 05, 2011
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All Weather Dogs
by: Sherry (Alaska)

I have a 1 year old Coton that came from the Missouri. I also have 2 toy poodles. Cinderella, our Coton, absolutely loves the snow and cold weather. I was very suprised. She wanted to be outside more in the winter than the summer. When the poodles want to come in because of the cold, Cindy just looked at them as if she just didnt' understand why they wouldn't stay and play. It was hard getting her indoors in the winter. Though we don't have real hot weather here, there are many coton owners in the deep south who do. I do think the Coton is an all-weather dog.

Good luck to you. You won't find a sweeter dog.

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