About Me
From as early as I can remember, I had a strong love for dogs. Never being allowed to have my own dog as a child, I walked and babysat all my neighbors' dogs. My friends and I tried every trick to get my parents to allow me to have my own dog, but the answer was always, "NO!". I was allowed a cat and tricked my mother into a raccoon, but to me they were just not the same as a dog. I was obsessed by dogs. At the opening of a new drugstore in town, I won a polariod camera and immediately set about the task of photographing every dog in Douglas, Alaska. I don't know if I managed to catch them all, but I still have that album of photos. While growing up, my mom always said that when I was on my own,I could have all the dogs I wanted.    For some years, my traveling lifestyle didn't allow me to have any dogs. But once I moved to Madagascar, I met my first Coton de Tulear. The rest is history!    The following information is reprinted from THE OFFICIAL COTON DE TULEAR BOOK , published in 1996 by Jay Russell, PhD and Laurie Spalding:
		Coreen Savikko spent four years in Madagascar where she first met and aquired some of her beautiful breeding Cotons. She is shown here with E.T. Fonzie of Taylor. Coreen's program has produced nearly four dozen registered Coton de Tulear since 1991.

(By the way, the caption is mislabeled, that's actually Dakota of Savikko, E.T. Fonzy's son)
Originally from Alaska, Coreen is an elementary teacher in southern California. She first learned about the Coton de Tulear breed when she arrived in Madagascar in 1987. She remained in Madagascar for four years, where she acquired her first Cotons in 1987 and began to breed them in 1988. She is thoroughly captivated by the Cotonsâ playful personalities and has never bred another dog breed. Coreen returned to the United States with her Cotons in 1991. Coreenâs breeding program, now with Cotons from both Malagasy and European bloodlines, is conducted from her home in Lancaster, California (which Cotons share with Coreenâs two Missouri Fox Trotter horses). Savikko Cotons are now the third most numerous in the CTCA Registry. Coreen worries that, in the future, through careless breeding, the Coton de Tulear could lose its traditional healthy, loving, companion traits.
The Cotons of the CTCA    Overall, the Cotons registered by the Coton de Tulear Club of America come from fifty breeders located in the United States(42%), France, Madagascar, Belgium, and Canada. Fully 85.6% of the CTCA registered Cotons have been born in the United States.

Breeder/Kennel	Country	Cotons*		Breeder/Kennel	Country	Cotons*
Savikko	USA	41		Sunnyside	France	10
Andrambelo	Madagascar	1		Sunset Cove Cotons	USA	2
Adriansolo	Madagascar	1		Dynasty South	USA	1
Andriantavy	Madagascar	1		Elevage de Duray	Canada	1
Angels of Madagascar	USA	6		Enchanted Cottage	USA	1
Bar-Ken Cotons	USA	1		Herrman Rene	France	1
Billy	Madagascar	2		Hoopper	USA	6
Brista's Hofke	Belgium	1		Hume	USA	2
Burband	Madagascar	1		Hyatt	USA	1
Chantilly	USA	2		L'Ecume des Mers Tropicales	USA	6
Christine de Dutto	France	1		L'Oasis des Cotonniers	France	1
Clos D'Elphigny	France	3		La Draille des Cailloux	France	1
Cottonkist	USA	1		La Ferme de Bannay	France	1
Darcy's Pleasant Valley	USA	1		La Fosse aux Renards	France	1
Delien	Belgium	1		La Fountaine	USA	4
Demol	Belgium	1		La Clerc	France	1
Diabolo Swing	France	1		Luippold	USA	4
Domaine de la Cotonnerie	Canada	1		Nicolessi	Madagascar	1
Dry Creek Cotons	USA	11		Oakshade Kennel	USA	235
Petit Bois Landry	France	1		Tara	USA	6
Plattekill Kennel	USA	68		Taylor	Madagascar	1
Rasoamihanta	Madagascar	2		The Valaury's Cottage	France	5
Razafindrakoto	Madagascar	1		Tuckley	USA	2
Rosewell	USA	2		Vernier	Madagascar	1
Alika Cotons	USA	17		Woodland Cottage	Belgium	6

* This information from 'The Official Coton de Tulear Book', current to 4/7/96.

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