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White Arctic Cotons
- Ashburn, VA
- Responds within a few days
Upcoming litters
Expected Coton de Tulear litter
Due Oct. 2025
Ready Jan. 3, 2026
Meet the breeder
I'm Erna and Gudni G., the breeder behind White Arctic Cotons located in Ashburn, VA. We offer top quality dogs which are bred for health and temperament with focus on conformation. We, actively, do show our dogs at AKC conformation shows by ourselves and raise them in our own homes.
Q. & A. with Erna and Gudni
Why did you start breeding?
Throughout my childhood in Iceland, I was used to have both horses and dogs around on my grandparents and aunt's farm. Living in USA, I have always felt my kids were missing out, not having such connections with the animals and after seeing my childhood friend showing and breeding these wonderful little white dogs, I started to get interested in showing. When, my friend, then asked if I could host one of her dog while waiting for export to Iceland, I said jumped to the opportunity. we hosted him for some time and after he left, I missed not having a dog and purchased one for showing. So now most weekends are spend at the AKC dog shows.What makes your program special?
We have been lucky to get great support from some of the top breeders world wide. They have shared some excellent dogs with us, which puts us in a good place with our breeding program. During the last few years we have bred stunning puppies that some have excelled in the AKC show ring. A true testament of their parents and lineage. Health testing is also important factor of a good breeding program. All our breeding dogs are fully health tested per parent club recommendation.What are the different breed coat colors in your program?
Our puppies are white. Colors will vary depending on the parent dogs.Where do your breeding dogs live?
They live in my home.
Matched dogs
These dogs are already reserved or have gone home.
Boy 2
Went homeMale
Girl 1
Went homeFemale
Boy 1
Went homeMale
Getting a puppy from Erna and Gudni
Erna and Gudni has been certified by Good Dog’s screening team for responsible and trusted breeding practices. When you’re ready to reach out, feel free to ask any questions about the breed, their program, or specific puppies.
Together, you’ll choose the puppy that’s right for you, stay in touch with regular updates, and plan how to bring your new puppy home.
Price
Puppy prices include between $4,000 - $6,000 final payment, before taxes & fees.
“The adoptee shall pay deposit after receiving confirmation that a puppy has been assigned to the adoptee. If adoptee decides to cancel the purchase the deposit will not be refunded.”
Contract & health guarantee
Erna and Gudni may provide a written contract or health guarantee when you purchase a puppy. This helps protect both you and your breeder, ensuring that you both have a clear understanding of the terms of your puppy purchase. If Erna and Gudni offers a contract or guarantee, the details will be personalized by them. If you have any questions or want to know more, don’t hesitate to reach out to Erna and Gudni directly.
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What’s included
From Good Dog
- Lifetime support from Good Dog’s Care Team
- 10% lifetime discount on Figo pet insurance
- Puppy Training Program & private community
Enrichment & socialization
- Various sounds
- Car rides
- Surface & tactile stimulation
- Socialized with children
- Socialized in new places
- Scent introduction
- Daily handling
- Socialized with other dogs
- Introduced to people of different ages and appearances
- Socialized with other animals
Puppy health practices
- Vet check
- First round of shots and deworming
Extras
- Registration
Location & pick-up
You can drive or fly to pick up your puppy from Erna and Gudni.
Breeder’s location
Meet in Ashburn, VA
Other pick-up locations
Meet at Washington Dulles Airport
Meet in Philadelphia, PA
More about Erna and Gudni
Certifications & recognitions
CHIC Certified.
Erna and Gudni has been a member of Good Dog for over 3 years
Erna and Gudni was screened for responsible practices and has been a member since 2022.
Erna and Gudni is a trusted Good Dog breeder
White Arctic Cotons meets or exceeds our community standards in these areas:
- Responsible breeding practices
- Health of breeding dogs and puppies
- Puppy environment and enrichment
- Buyer education and policies
Parent dogs
Kate, mom
Coton de Tulear
About Kate
WITE ARCTIC Kate Middleton is our first homebreed girl. Her mother is also owned by us and was our first show girl. Her mother does also have multiple AKC and Fci titles. Kates father is also well known AKC GrandGold Champion named Burberry London and is owned by the excellent breeder and dear friend Justine Romano the owner of JustinCredible Cotons. Kate is very happy, and relaxed dog. NO stress or craziness going on around her. She is patient and easy to teach and a very special and dear friend of my mother that stays with us often. She will be so happy when she knows that my mother comes to be with us during the whelping of the puppies :) Kate is very friendly with other dogs and loves to go to dogshows with us. We have high standard of health care for our dogs. We dna test them as soon we can.. week 2 is likely, we use only the 100% health tested males and we follow all health recommendation (deworm, vaccines.. ) from our health provider North Oatlands Animal Hospital & Reproduction Center in Leesburg VA. Our dogs are part of our family, live in the whole house with us. They go for a vacation with us world wide. We are not a Kennel. We just love dog shows/ Cotons and we love to be part of a society of people that share this love for the breed and are trying to make the dogs healthy, in standard of the Coton de tulear and as pretty as possible. Kate is dna tested and have passed all health screening that is required by the parent club and multiple more. We will give you a copy of both the parents healths tests with the puppy but you can also look them up in OFA database. Please ask for help if needed. We breed under the name White Arctic Cotons. Please feel free to look us up for more photos
Excellent health testing
Patellar Luxation, Multifocal Retinopathy 1 (CMR1), +5 more.Benji, dad
Coton de Tulear
About Benji
AKC Champion. Our handsome sturdy Benji. We got this pretty male from Denmark after admiring his parents' success for years. He came to us from his breeder Marianne from Denmark that stayed with us for almost a week after handing him out to us. Benji is very lovely dog. His temperament is great. He has thick good bones that we really like and very big dark eyes with a outstanding halo. He was big as a puppy with great movement, healthy and strong. Real stud dog for sure. He tolerates all food (we change very often) no allergies, no tear leak and no problems at all.
Excellent health testing
Patellar Luxation, Hyperuricosuria (HUU), +7 more.Flora, mom
Coton de Tulear
About Flora
AKC champion and a Westminster OS winner. Flora is very pretty and well balanced female. She got a pretty dark eyes, nice movement and thick coat. She loves to be outside and play and it has been very hard to keep her in coat for the showring... she absolutely does not care how dirty she will be when she is running outside and is normally having a blast. She really loves to go out with me to shop or for a car ride and loves a good food and bones. Flora have been tested as the coton club recommends, for eyes and patella and heart and has a full dna panel/Embark dna. Her ofa tests are online for you to view or you can contact us to get all info needed.
Parent health testing
Breeder-Reported Testing
Good level
White Arctic Cotons reports to performing the health tests below on their breeding dogs. Ask your breeder about the tests performed on the parents of your litter. Learn more about health testing for Cotons de Tulear.
Eye Certification (CAER, registered with OFA)
Eye testing reduces the chance of passing down a wide range of hereditary eye illnesses including retinal dysplasia, lens luxation, and glaucoma, which can cause impared vision or blindness.
Patellar Luxation
Knee testing reduces the chance of passing down Patellar Luxation, which results in the kneecap becoming displaced or dislocated and can cause mild to severe joint pain.
Chondrodysplasia/Dwarfism, Multifocal Retinopathy 1 (CMR1), Neonatal Ataxia, Bandera's Disease, Primary Hyperoxaluria, Degenerative Myelopathy (DM; SOD1A), von Willebrand Disease I (vWD I), Hyperuricosuria (HUU), DNA Disease Panel
Genetic testing reduces the chance of passing down a wide variety of hereditary diseases of differing prevalence and severity such as Progressive Retinal Atrophy (an eye disease) and Von Willebrand's Disease (a blood disease).
