In 1970 the first 2 Manchester Terriers vame in possession of Theo van Vessem (Kennel Cordury’s):
Lady Bonny of the Manchester Ratters (Multi Champ) and Lord Buddy of the Manchester Ratters (Multi Champ). Both were 9 months old at the time. In 1971 theo bred his first litter with brother and sister and 4 dogs were born. At that time there wasn’t a great demand for Manchesters so Theo kept 2 dogs: Multi Champ Corduroy’s Tarqum and Intern.Champ Corduroy’s Thunderstorm. The other 2 dogs were sold and one of them went to Germany and was the first registered Manchester there.
The next litter was born in 1974 out of Lady Bonny and her son Corduroy’s Tarqum; 2 dogs and 1 bitch.
1 Dog was sold and the other dog (Multi Champ Corduroy’s Emperor) and the bitch (Multi Champ Corduroy’s Empress) stayed with Theo. He repeated this combination and 5 puppy’s were born. They were all sold because the demand was increasing at that time.
In 1976 Theo had a litter out of Lady Bonny and her son Corduroy’s Emperor: 4 dogs and 1 bitch. One of the dogs Theo gave to his girlfriend Wilma. This dog (Multi Champ Corduroy’s Leander) has ment a lot to the breed and was among other things the father of Multi Champ Shantal von Oranienstein and Multi Champ Ulan Duke von Oranienstein.
In this period the demand for Manchesters grew and the Kennel Corduroy’s did well. Also on Shows there were many good results.
In 1987 there was only one puppy out of the combination Corduroy’s Leander and Lana von Oranienstein: Multi Champ Corduroy’s Bijou. She produced a lot of Champions for example:
Multi Champ Corduroy’s Midnight Fortune, Corduroy’s Pearly (sold to Mrs. Nijhuis who had already a Manchester and who also started breeding) and out of her last litter Dutch Champ Corduroy’s Ultimate Bijou and Multi Champ Corduroy’s Ultimate Quest. The dog that was used for this litters was Multi Champ Bellbrock Corduroy Quest whom we imported from England for Mrs Küppers in Germany (kennel von der Beckrather Mühle).
In 2004 we imported Bellbrock Spencer Tracey (Multi Champ). He is now almost 4 years old and lives with our 3 bitches: Corduroy’s Ultimate Bijou, Multi Champ Corduroy’s Born to Win (V: Multi Champ Dario von der Beckrather Mühle/M: Corduroy’s Midnight Fortune) and Multi Champ.Corduroy’s Gwendolyn (V:Multi Champ Corduroy’s Chesboro/M: Corduroy’s Born to Win.
In may 2009 Corduroy’s Ultimate Bijou died and since June 2010 we have a daughter of Bullet v.d. Posthoornwieke and Corduroy’s Born to Win named: Corduroy’s Kiss of Angel (petname Jasmin).