Kennel Kaltoft

About us:
We live in Forum in West Jutland which is situated approximately 10 km north of Denmarks fifth largest city Esbjerg.
Our property was once a farm but is not in use anymore. We bought it in 1994.
Our family members are us Henning and Else (Trille). We have three adult children, Morten, Heidi and Mette. We have four grandchildren. One thing our family has in commen is that we are all crazy about animals, especially dogs.
Both of us grew up with dogs though only one or two at a time. Despite this, when we decided to breed dogs it was a new experience for us. Now after we have bred a number of litters of pups we have to admit that it is just as exciting and inspiring every time.
The most difficult part is saying goodbye to the puppies, but as long as we are satisfied that they have good homes it makes it easier to see them move.

We have 11 Cotons all of whom have very good temperaments. For us, it is very important that the Coton is easy to train where obedience and agility is concerned.
We get a lot of visitors to our home so our dogs are to both adults and children and we are more than willing to share our experiences with anyone who is interested.

Dogshow's:
When you breed dogs and have a kennel it is also necessary to go to dog shows to have your dogs judged. There are some different requirements before a dog can be approved for breeding. For the Coton this means at least second prize at a dog show.

We think that it is both exiting and good fun to go to shows. You meet lots of different people and can have a really good "doggy chat" with them.
The judgement of your dogs can look very different at the end of the day as no two judges are the same and the dogs can also behave differently depending on the circumstances. Sometimes they think shows are fun, sometimes they just don’t feel like it. We humans are not always so enthusiastic either and the dogs can feel this straight away.

We have been to lots of shows both in Denmark and abroad. We feel ourselves that it is always the best dogs we bring to the shows and we know that it is definately the best dogs we go home with even if the judges do not agree with us.
The ultimate experience for us is when some of the people who have puppies from our breeding programme win Best Of Breed at a show. This really makes us feel that our work has been sucessful.