ABOUT COCOJOR:
Cocojor Hawaii has creatively and ingeniously intertwined the human and dog experience. Monica Shigenaga, owner and founder of one of Hawaii’s most loyal and promising entrepreneurs, started her career in the pet industry as the founder and pioneer of Aloha-wear for dogs. Deemed its title and significance in the 1960s, the “Aloha Shirt” became a universal symbol of Hawaii’s warmth and spirit. Monica became the first to introduce this product to the dog world by building a business devoted to her main passions; her 2 American Staffordshire Terriers (Coco & Jordan) hence thereafter COCOJOR and the beauty and essence of her island. Aloha-wear was just the very beginning of her long line of successes and endeavors. After her debut in December of 2002 at one of Japan’s top dog shows in Osaka, Monica’s line quickly became a sensation that swept the country and eventually traveled overseas. Being featured and awarded by numerous publications like DOG FANCY magazine, VOGUE Japan and InTouch gave Monica the exact buzz and foundation she needed to extend her reach in other areas: dog lifestyle and health. By the time they opened their flagship store in Oahu since 2007, Cocojor had its own Zen Spa Collection, Doggie Fragrance line, and a variety of award winning Cooling Products designed for dogs living in warmer areas. Monica also pioneered the 2005 Minicle Micro Bubble cleaning treatment, which was an innovation that brought healing solutions especially to dogs with problematic skin. Cocojor shop has blossomed from its retail groundwork into Cocojor Emporium & Spaw, a full-service dog haven where owners and their pets can enjoy life’s simple pleasures together. Some of these pleasures include an Internet Café & Barkery, Spaw/Grooming services, and doggie boarding, Cocojor Canine Country Club, training & doga classes which went on hiatus in 2013. As if all of this hasn’t been enough, Monica is already planning her next course of action and there isn’t telling of when she’ll stop. Cocojor now want to focus working with you one on one private all natural care for Dog + Human. Throughout my corporate career and after my divorce I decide to start my own company in 2002 named after my two dogs Coco and Jordan and survived a car accident in 2008 and another car accident 2013 left me with my lower back permanently damage. My decision to go on hiatus and taking care of thyself to a healthy lifestyle change which I started doing yoga again, detoxing myself. The past decade I have dedicated in research on how to naturally detoxing our canine and ourselves and decide to combine DOG + HUMAN healthy lifestyle. As humans, we can overcome great tragedies of love, sorrow, death and obstacles that seem undefinable by nature. But greater still, we can grow from these seemingly horrendous experiences and even learn to be grateful for them. It is only through the pain and suffering of one’s life that we often discover what we believe and who we are, down deep inside in the core. And as human beings who must co exist with suffering, pain and the greatest glimpses of love that we feel instantly and passionately, that we will feel deeply and often do not even understand. Embrace this confusion. Feel the pain and the joy that is your life because it means that you are alive. If you were to feel numb and never to care again about your loved ones, to shun your own feelings and escape into the void that is depression and cynicism, then you cannot partake in the wonder that is you. Feeling emotional is to be alive. Feeling healthy and looking your most beautiful self is to give yourself the gift of serenity, peace and the glory of an adventurous and lived life. If you are not going to feel all that you are, then who else?
