UMary Allen
I-Coton iyinzalo yomndeni wasendulo wakwaBichon. Lezi izinja ezincane, ezinemilenze emifushane ezingabangane besifunda saseMedithera eseziqeqeshwe izinkulungwane zeminyaka. Igama elithi "Bichon" kuthiwa lisuselwa olimini lwesiFulentshi elithi "bichonner". Lokho kusho ukutotoswa. Manje umuntu angabuza ukuthi konakele bani lapha, inja noma umuntu? Impendulo icacile: Ngama-Bichons, izinhlangothi zombili zilimazana. Iqembu le-Bichon lihlanganisa i-Maltese, i-Bolognese, i-Bichon Frisé, kanye ne-Havanese.
#1 I-Coton de Tuléar yabelana ngokufana okuningi emlandweni ne-Havanese.
#2 Zombili zakhiwa eziqhingini ngezikhathi zamakholoni: iHavanese eCuba, iCoton eMadagascar.
Bekanye nabaphathi bamakholoni, okhokho babo bobabili beza eziqhingini njengezinja zabesifazane abacebile. Lapho, bathuthukisa izici zabo zesifunda phakathi namakhulu eminyaka.
#3 I-Coton de Tuléar yakha uboya obuqabulayo obufana nokotini njengoba buphuma ngqo esitshalweni.
Njengoba kushiwo ngenhla, i-Coton yigama lesiFulentshi elisho ukotini. I-Tuléar igama lesiFulentshi likaToliara, inhloko-dolobha yesifundazwe enegama elifanayo eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeMadagascar.