Humble Beginnings
Her
birth brother, Ben
one day brought home an askal
and he called it DELILAH.
Coh wanted her own so her Aunt Paning asked
for a puppy from a neighbor's dog that had puppies to give away. Coh
called her puppy, SAMSON. Samson died and she cried and cried until her nanny,
Nanay Lydia gave
her a book about dogs. From then on, she memorized the whole book from
cover to cover and could recite the 100 breed standards in brief. Being a
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She
cried for two weeks until her father finally gave in and bought BAMBI. After Bambi, came
Bambi 1 and Bambi 2.
Coh's dad loved animals and she took after him in a lot of ways more than
one. It was him who gave Coh her first purebred dog, a poodle bred by Mrs.
Maria Rocio de Vega, one of
the pioneers of the Philippine
Canine Club, Incorporated
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When
Bambi III died, Coh bought a Japanese Spitz,
SODA POP out
of her own savings because that was what her mere savings could afford
from food allowance.
The second breed that she
got into, also given as a birthday present by her dad was TABU, a Pekingese.
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Tabu
lived to a full 13 years.The two interbred and at one time, there were 23
mixed-breds running in their backyard. |

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When
Tabu died, she bought her first pedigreed Shih Tzu, named SHAH from the late
Mrs. Eduardo Topacio.
Shah was the first dog that she showed but he turned out to be a
cryptorchid after winning Best Baby Puppy. She then bought another Shih
Tzu and another and another from her food allowances. |

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From
Shih Tzus, she tried other breeds such as the Maltese,
the Lhasa Apso, the Pomeranian.
Her Maltese named NICOLE was trained to dance the tinikling (a Filipino Folk Dance)
and
was even featured in a TV show. During this particular program that a
customs examiner was watching. One day, the officer was at the Salazar's
residence and Coh's dad bragged about Nicole. The customs officer asked if
he could have Nicole and Coh's dad could not refuse. |

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In
exchange, a friend of Coh's dad gave Coh a German Import French Poodle named
SUSIE.
Because of the hurt from losing Nicole, Coh gave the standard poodle to
her brother to spite her dad, being the spoiled brat that she was. She got
her first AKC import instead Kennaquhair's Birthday
Gift a.k.a. KNUCKLES. |

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When
Susie died, Coh's brother bought a Dobermann.
Unfortunately, CLAY didn't have a very good temperament so he was given
away. Coh helped her brother scout for a Miniature
Pinscher to replace the Dobermann. |

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In
1978,
Coh was able to persuade her mom to buy her not just 1 but 3 Shih Tzus.
Bai was her first BEST IN
SHOW winner bred
by an AKC licensed Shih
Tzu Specialty Judge, Elaine Meltzer.
The 2 others were from the Chumulari
Kennels of the late
Rev. Easton,
author of the book This Is The
Shih Tzu. |

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Lucianne
Friedlander's formerly Penny Cham
of Achilles Shih Tzus first Philippine-Bred Champion, ACHILLES JUNE PEANUTS
was later on acquired. |

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Also
during this time she tried the Dalmatian,
the Dachshund and the Cocker Spaniel |
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While
she was in college, she didn't have enough spare time for showing dogs |
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It
was in 1984 when she got back in the show ring as a mere
spectator of the sport, at her side was a Boxer named Bop-Bop. |
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She
missed the dog shows so she bought 2 champion boxers, American
and Philippine Champion Carstels Tillie, CACIB from Sabino Dytoc and Philippine
Champion Bamboo Groove's Affinity, "FOOTNOTE" from Dr.
Edwyn Chua. |
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Coh
has always been fascinated with German
Shepherds. Her
first was a German import, Darling
von Murrenhutte.
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However,
it was in 1985 when her kennel was hit by the canine parvo-virus
and swiped out all her puppies. This made her look through the dog books
and the Belgian Tervuren caught her eye. She started inquiring from breeders
but she could not afford them. |
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She
then turned her interests in Rottweilers.In 1990,
she bought a Rott from Wanda Louwallien and called her LUKA.
She showed her a couple of times and was surprised how the world of dog
shows has changed. She was the only owner inside the ring! |
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In 1993,
Coh bought COBI for a friend to keep herl
company who decided to start living on her own. Cobi will stay with the
friend and when he gets too big to stay in a condo, he will be transferred
to Sto. Domingo. This arrangement was ideal since Coh was still worried
about the CPV. When everything was okay with the parvo thing, Coh started
buying dogs right and left. After Cobi, came the Chow-Chows, then the
Labs, the Goldens, the Neos and more Boxers and German Shepherds. |
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All
in all, Coh has experienced owning and being owned by 29
purebred breeds and the non-registrable breeds: Toy
and Standard Poodle, Pekingese, Japanese Spitz, Miniature and Dobermann
Pinscher, Cocker Spaniel, Dalmatian, Dachshund, Shih Tzu, Lhasa Apso,
Maltese, Pomeranian, Boxer, German Shepherd, Rottweiler, Chow-Chow,
Chinese Shar-Pei, Basset Hound, English Bulldog, Labrador and Golden
Retriever, Belgian Groenendael, Australian Shepherd, Shetland Sheepdog,
Neapolitan Mastiff, Rough Coated Collie, Schipperke, Pembroke Welsh Corgi plus
the Askal, respectively.

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Rem is a ONE-DOG-PERSON.
She had her very first dog, TIMMY when she was 6
years old. The pair would run and chase cats, get into all kinds of
trouble together along the Roxas Boulevard Coastal Area where she grew
up. Her second dog was named WILLY,
another askal. And had a Siberian Husky while she was in
Newfoundland, Canada. When she moved to the West Coast in Vancouver,
her constant companion was a German Shepherd named TANK
before she met Coh's Cousin, Eny. Living with Eny, she missed the
company of dogs and just dogsit Coh's family's Golden Retriever, COHJIE.
Now that she has moved backed to the Philippines sharing a life with Coh,
she is constantly with Si-TARA,
an Australian Shepherd.

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