October 7, 2000 - a very chilly, but sunny Saturday was the day for this years' party at the home of Nedda and Marvin Honig in Pittstown, (Northern Rensselaer County), New York. We felt particularly fortunate in that the rain which had been threatening us all day held off.  We had a total of  22 people and 17 dogs with everyone off leash.

The day consisted of talking, eating, playing with all sorts of Coton de Tulears of every color combination possible (I think), more eating, feeding the dogs their treats, watching them run, chase, hump, play, and more, until they all collapsed in several scattered heaps of multi-colored fur.  Oh yes, I forgot to mention that there must have been at least 3 camcorders, 2 or 3 or more digital cameras, several 35 mm cameras and unfortunately, one camera whose battery decided to quit just when it was going to be used - what a bummer!

After dessert and coffee, we all "retired" to the inside to warm up around 3 pm. or so - finally, as it was getting later and later people started to say their good-byes, give each other hugs, kisses (both human and doggie) and take their leave since many had a several hour car trip ahead of them.

Others stayed longer and shared some great Shiraz (courtesy of Maria Zayatz and Victoria Petrofsky) and more fascinating conversations. The last people to leave left around 8-8:30 pm. for a long long trip home.

On the pages to follow will be pictures that we have currently. I will add more if and when our cyberfriends snail mail or e-mail them to me but I wanted to share with you what we have so far.  (George Teommey's pictures were mostly in panoramic format so may take a bit of extra time to load. )

Thank you all again for coming - we enjoyed meeting the new folks and seeing the ones from last year again. If I have mixed up anyone's dog with another please forgive me and let me know to correct it. If we have left anyway out it was not intentional!

Click on The 1999 East Coast Gathering of the Coton Clan to go to last years website.

Created by Nedda Honig for all to enjoy. Last updated on 10/14/2003 . I can be reached by e-mail at nedda@tomhannock.com.