♥The Coton de Tulear due to air on Animal Planet's Dogs 101♥

It looks as though the air date for the Coton de Tulear on Animal Planet's Dogs 101 will be October 2, 2010 at 8pm eastern time.  Some of our Cotons will be featured on this show.  Kazaam, Kylie, and Kylie's half brother Leo, along with Eva owned by my good friend Linda Dolan, did the inside stage shoot in Manhattan.  Later Animal Planet visited our home in CT to do more filming.  It was fun and exciting and the dogs had a ball running around the house inside and out like little Tasmanian devils.  Of course the hours and hours of grooming didn't last very long.  Oh well :)  Don't forget to watch!  Mark your calendars!

♥Renaissance Coton de Tulear signing off♥

♥Animal Planet Comes to Connecticut♥

Last year we were asked by Animal Planet_Dogs 101 to come to Manhattan and do the inside shoot for their 1st rare breed edition of Dogs 101.  The Coton de Tulear didn't make it into last years airing because they were looking for a special Coton story to be incorporated into their presentation of the breed.

So with the inside part of the presentation on the white background stage completed, and some outside footage done from a breeder's home in NC...they just needed the "special story" and some footage of adult Cotons playing with children.

They got their story...STAY TUNED...I don't want to give it away...you will have to watch this fall.  They just needed a little more footage of children playing with adult dogs, and a few other little things to complete the shoot.  They called us early last week and came here last Friday, April 2, 2010.

We rounded up our nephews, Zachary, Lucas and darling little Nicholas Ardito, as well as my friend Veronica's 2 girls, Lexy and Victoria, to come on over and play with some Cotons.

That they did!  The very nice cameraman shot some footage inside in different rooms in the house, and outside as well.

Ever try to keep 8 Cotons clean for a day?  Ugh, that is no easy task :) So sorry folks!

So, if all goes according to plan, the Coton will be featured on Animal Planet's Dogs 101 this Fall.  I guess we'll believe it when we see it.

All the dogs behaved as well as can be expected with so many people around. My friend Veronica took a few pictures of the filming in action.

Keep checking back for updates.  We hope to bring the Coton to your home soon.

Below.. this pic shows through the dining room door into the sunroom.

Below... some of the dogs running around and playing with their toys.

Below.. Kazaam is loving up the camera.

A few of the girls.

Little Nicholas getting into it.

Below from left to right are Nicholas, Lucas, and Zach with Kazaam.

Zach was showing how to brush a Coton.

Stay tuned.  We will try to keep you updated on the progress while keeping all our fingers, toes, and paws crossed.

♥Renaissance Coton de Tulear signing off♥