Not Your Ordinary Backyard Breeder
While it may be true that Cob started as a backyard breeder of unregistered Chinese Shar-Pei in 1993 when she first bought "Cobi" whom Cob was named after, Corazon upon realizing that she had been had by local CSP breeders making her believe that the breed was rare and therefore, did not really have papers, went to North American to look for her breeding foundation stocks. She bought Cobi in 1992 after her faithful companion, Kikko, a Pekingese died. While she was looking at Shar-Pei puppies from one kennel to another, she learned from the breeders a whole lot of crap and she believed them and paid lofty a sum for a "Hong Kong" import. Of course, the things that she was told by the breeders of her dogs she also passed on to her puppy buyers. For two years, she was backyard-breeding Chinese Shar-Pei. She would go to the other breeders studying the breed till one day in 1994, she came across an AKC imported Chinese Shar-Pei advertisement. Only then did she realized that she had been fooled. The seller swapped the AKC bitch for a male Shar-Pei pup from a litter that Coh had at the time. Reason being that there were no available registered stud in the country. And so she started showing and then bred her AKC import, AV with Cobi. By mid-year of 1995, she came another ad this time for PCCI registered Shar-Pei pups. She bought a male however much discontented with the way "Benyu" looked, he wasn't even anything close to the ones that she has bred in the past.
Back in the show ring with her dogs, she realized how the dog show scene has changed. Learning from experience and from the more reputable crowd of breeders coupled with availability of resources such as books and literature, Corazon decided of importing a Chinese Shar-Pei stud instead of breeding AV with Benyu. She set out to North America summer of 1994 and brought back "Hapitails Mi-Tu Mugzy Malone" by fall. In the ring, Mugs was winning lots of group placements including 1sts taking it away from the Shih Tzu. At this time, she also had a rescued Basset Hound, Sly and an English Bulldog, Conan who were also likewise very competitive in the ring. She bred and first registered litter under the "Cob Kennel" affix December of 1995 and the rest is history.
Long-gone are her backyard-breeding days of ignorance and stupidity. Philippine Champion Jai Feh Re of Cob, Jazz was unbeatable in the Non-Sporting Group Ring during the time that she was between 3 to 6 months of age. She finished her Championship of record with 3 majors barely 9 months old. A father and daughter team, Jazz and Mugs would win major awards in 1996. And caught by the bug, Cob imported its Chinese Shar-Pei foundation stocks. One after the other, the Cob puppies won group at both rings during back to back shoes and would be competing with each other for Best Baby Puppy In Show. Cob made its mark from just an ignorant backyard breeder to the Home of Best Baby Puppy In Show.
Corazon gave away her unregistered dogs to family, friends and employees and totally devoted her attention to a responsible breeding program. In 1997, she established the Chinese Shar-Pei Enthusiasts, Inc. to properly promote the breed and discourage backyard breeding of unregistered dogs altogether. The club held its first National Specialty and All Breeds Dog Show November, 1997 with AKC judges: Elaine Rigden and Constance Barton and again, made a mark in the Philippine show dog scene as one of the top most organized and well-attended show in the history of the Philippine Purebred Sport. The even had nice reviews and was even featured in DOG NEWS magazine.
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