Dog Gone Crazy Lovers
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Corazon has been around in the Philippine dog show scene since she was
16 years old and have been with dogs since her grade school years, she
never bred seriously and just showed for the fun of it. In the
ring, she would handle her toy dogs around and side by side with Penny
during the Shih Tzu breed competitions. Together, they were the
youngest of the founding members of the Philippine Shih Tzu Club, Inc.
that we know today. In the past, she has won "Best Lady
Handler Award" and owner-handled the first Shih Tzu, BAILIFF LAINE
OF KENNAQUHAIR, to have won an All Breeds Best In Show sponsored by the
Veterinary association at the time. She only bred once under
Kennaquhair which people found very hard to pronounce.
Being the dog lover that Corazon was, she would come in and out of the scene owner-handling different breeds in between the demands of either school or work during the 80's. From toy breeds to non-sporting, the hounds to the working breeds. In the mid-80's, she tried breeding German Shepherds and Boxers. Plagued with the dreaded canine parvo-virus, she decided not to breed until such time that better vaccines are developed and the virus was completely gone in the area. In 1993, she followed her heart and broke-off from the family business and put up COB, Incorporated. Cob, short for Cobra. It was also during this time that she bought a Chinese Shar-Pei and named it COBI after the company. Believing the Chinese Shar-Pei breeders at the time that the breed is a rarity and that it was "officially-unrecognized" so-to-speak, she successfully bred wrinklies. By early 1995, back in the show ring with various breeds except for the one she was breeding, she found out that the Chinese Shar-Pei was already accepted and recognized. She set out for North America, brought home HAPITAILS MI-TU MUGZY MALONE and the rest is history. The very first litter ever registered under COB was in December 15, 1995 ... hence, the birth of Cob Kennels. Situated at Baranggay Sto. Domingo, the environment was less than conducive to the rearing of puppies. It was also in 1995 that she uprooted her dogs and bought the lot in Bulacan. Construction of roads, amenities and facilities started in May 1998. In the provinces where roads are yet to be built and small towns folks knew everyone, when asking for directions, one only needs to ask "Saan 'yung maraming aso?" and one gets a quick reply, "Ah, ưung bahay ng aso ... doon!"  |
KQ & Kuy Rem, the Alpha Bitch as Corazon fondly endears her used to house sit her residence in British Columbia. When in town, the two would dognap Benjie's (Corazon's nephew) dog, COHJIE and take him to dog parks, visits other kennels and show sites, pet stores or groomers. Spending time together, the friendship deepened, bonded by common interests and passion. Presently, the two heads the Cob Pack. The German bloodline, Alpha Bitch Remy disciplines and trains the Cob Pack. She supervises and maintains daily, monthly and annual schedules. Corazon, the spoiler that she is, provides the affection, play, frolic and fun ... And YES, all the necessities she provides ...
ASO CASA literally translated is "Dog House", inaugurated March 20 1999. It is where the Cob Dogs are. Having been featured in various television shows and publications, people mistake it as some kind of a dog theme park or a petting farm. The public is advised to come only by special appointment. In the metro areas, the Cob Toys Dogs are maintained at West Triangle Homes in Quezon City in the care of 2 staff. The others in the company of the Alphas assisted with 5 other Cob Staffers are at ASACOSA in Baranggay Sto. Domingo. ASACOSA, from Ale Salazar-her mom and COSA from Corazon Salazar. Read backwards, ASOCASA, the original dog house ... Corazon's ancestral home where she frolicked in the gardens with her very first dog, Samson. |
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I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained. Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things. WALT WHITMAN. |
Let us love dogs; let us love only dogs! Man and cats are unworthy creatures. MARIA BASHKIRTSEFF |
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