The Coton de Tulear is also known as The Royal Dog of Madagascar. This name was given to him as a favourite pet of the monarchy of Madagascar, the country of it's ancestry in the early 17th century. In this period the monarchy allowed nobody with no royal blood to own this dog, under penalty of death. The original name "Coton de Tulear" is a combination of the strong resemblance of the fur with the fruit of an cottonplant (Coton), and the part of Madagascor where hij had lived (Tulear). In the year of 1971 the race was officially acknowledge, and as of the year 1975 the Coton was first spotted in Western Europe. At the beginning of the nineties I started my kennel to breed with the Coton de Tulear. I'm am pursuing my aim to keep the breed as healthy and original as possible.