Rocky Mountain Cotons

Jonny C - from Kumba's 2009 litter - Tall Coton now in South Carolina

"Coton de Tulear Club of America Code of Ethics Breeders"
We are members of the Coton de Tulear Club

Jeffrey, Christine, Eliana, Silas, and Adiel Thompson

Contact us : jpbilly94@aol.com

Phone: 303-912-2671

Archie from our 2012 litter now living in Lousiana

In the past five years, "Kumba of Magiclands Ranch" and "Ditto of Alika Cotons" have produced five litters of stunning puppies. With five or six puppies in each litter, they are the proud parents of 28 puppies. As you can see, they generally produce puppies with color. The black and white puppies keep all of their color, and the tri-color puppies only fade a little as adult dogs.

We are honored to help raise these puppies and blessed to get to know the families that they now live with for the rest of their lives. If you are interested in a wonderful coton companion, please contact us.

To learn more about our next litter and see pictures of our new the dam and sire, scroll down to the bottom of our web site.

Oliver - resides in New Jersey

Hiking with Kumba and the puppies from our 2011 litter

At 4 weeks, we start to grass train our puppies. We make it a priority to take them outside to potty every hour or so. If our new puppy owners are able to keep up this routine (lengthening the time in-between taking their puppy outside) our puppies have very few accidents in the house. At five weeks their teeth start to come in and they begin to transition from nursing to soft food. Beginning at about 6 weeks, our puppies receive basic obedience training several times a day. When they are around 7 weeks, we take them for walks with a leash and without a leash. On and off the leash they are exposed to" stop, sit, and stay". We also work with the "come" command. We socialize our puppies by taking them out with us as much as possible. They love to play at parks with other children and adults. They enjoy visiting the school I teach at (and my students adore seeing the puppies) and stores that allow pets. We expose them to the vacuum, blender, washer, dryer, dishwasher, doorbell, and other loud noises. All of the puppies in the five litter that we have have had with Kumba and Ditto, have been extremely happy, and well-adjusted puppies. Our children, Eliana 9 and Silas, 7 years old, are very much involved in raising the puppies, so all of our puppies have been great with children. Our youngest daughter, Adiel, who is 4 months old, loves to watch our dogs!

We are a family raising Coton de Tulear puppies in our home in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Our puppies are over 90% Malagasy. Kumba is a friend to all, old and young. She is gentle, playful, and an extremely obedient dog. To tell us she is excited to see us, Kumba loves to spin, spin, spin! Kumba is an amazingly devoted mother.

The male sire of these puppies, Ditto from Alika Cotons, is great example of what a coton should be, perfect gate and lines. He holds himself like a king and is a wonderful companion.

Rose and Snowflake - tall cotons from our 2012 litter

Kaya - Tri-color female - from our 2011 litter, glad to be in colorful Colorado

When the puppies are 4 weeks old they are so much fun! They start walking/waddling around and enjoy playing with balls, jumping on each other and us, and exploring. Going for a walk outside snuggled in a blanket is one of their favorite things to do. They are alert and perk up to listen to the birds, wind, and the crackling of pine needles under our feet as we walk. Cotons are so smart, they already try to potty away from their sleeping area and their playing area. It is very exciting to see their little "puppy"alities (as my daughter calls it!) begin to bloom!

Little Zoe from Kumba's 2007 litter loving warm California

Sadie Marie from Kumba's 2012 litter is now enjoying Washington

All of the puppies from our 2010 litter where named from characters in children's books that we were reading at the time of their birth, Charlotte, Ol' Dan, Little Anne, and Horton. Can you guess the books? Go to the bottom of our web site for the answers!

Cherry - Slate gray and white female - tall coton 2011 litter, playing in the corn in Iowa!

From left to right - Sarasperilla, Cherry, Oliver, Teako, and Aspen at 7 weeks from our 2011 litter

When the puppies are two weeks old they more than double their birth weight. They open their eyes and start to scoot around. We move them from their welping box at about 4 weeks. Their noses begin to fill in. They are very content and snuggly. The snuggly characteristic soon changes to frisky!!

Sitting before they eat!

Beako - Tall coton from our 2009 litter, happy in Oklahoma

Gideon Boon - Sire for our summer litter 2012

Little Anne - Dam for our summer litter 2012

   Little Anne is a puppy that we kept from Kumba's 2009 litter. She is a tri-color and has a wonderful temperament. She is very affectionate and snuggly. Gideon is a puppy that we acquired from Tuskin Ranch Cotons in the fall of 2011. He is a black and white, and is an exceptional puppy. He is smart, strong, and cuddly. We plan on breeding them in the summer of 2012. This will be the first mating for either of these dogs. Neither of them are tall cotons, however, they both have tall in their genes and we are hopeful that we will get some tall coton puppies from them. If you are interested in this summer litter, please contact us.

When the puppies are about seven weeks old, we take them outside to play several times a day for up to a couple of hours each time. They love to play in the leaves, chew on sticks and pine-cones, and just run around.   Hiking with the puppies is one of our favorite pastimes.
In previous litters we have had several tall coton puppies.   Jonny C, Beako, and Cherry are all tall cotons. If you are interested in reserving a tall coton puppy, please contact us.
Thoughts from new puppy owners
- "Since my experience with you and Tavi, I have come to realize how important it is to buy from a knowledgeable and caring breeder.   You and your family gave Tavi such a great start it made it easy to continue to work with him. Thank you for bringing such an amazing guy into our lives. We love him so much!"    Miriam Abney Cook in South Carolina, Rikki Tikki Tavi's new owner
We love our Coton. The Thompson family truly loves its puppies and it’s obvious when they step through your door. We felt like we were being given a member of their family rather than a puppy bred for sale. If you’re on this website, then you’ve already decided that Cotons are great dogs. You’d be right. Ours is wonderful, patient (with a capital ‘P’), fun, smart, loving and protective but not yappy. “The more you love them, the more you get.” Mr. Thompson told us. And it’s really true.
Tom McCall in Littleton, CO, Juno's new owner

Dear Christine,
We have had Oliver for 6 weeks now and he has truly become a part of our family. He is adorable, smart, full of love and true in his affections. I want to thank you and your family for your guidance throughout the adoption process, and for nurturing Oliver from birth to 10 weeks when we adopted him. If we had to do it all over again, we wouldn't change a thing. We are so glad to have met you and our Rocky Mountain Coton. Thank you again!
Fondly,
Theresa
The books we were reading when our 2010 litter was born were: Horton Hears a Who, Charoltte's Web, and Where the Red Fern Grows.

Our web site was updated on 4-23-12.

Kumba, Lanka, Little Anne, Charlotte, and Ol' Dan from her 2010 litter