Maximo Kennels
Maximo Kennels (also rendered "Maximo's Kennel") is a multi-breed kennel operated by Max (Nhan) Tran on California's central coast, raising Cane Corso Italian Mastiffs, South African Boerboels, and Central Asian Shepherds. According to the kennel's own website, the facility is described as "5,000 sq ft," "licensed by San Benito county, CA," and situated on "six rolling acres" south of the Bay Area; the AKC Marketplace breeder profile lists Morgan Hill, CA (Santa Clara County) as the operator address, and a Yelp business profile is registered to San Jose. Independent AKC corroboration includes a Marketplace breeder profile (Max Tran, breeder ID 26385) and a registered Cane Corso litter dated 2025-05-03. The kennel's public web presence at maximoskennel.com has been continuously archived since 2013-05-08, and a 2014 archived breedings page lists sixteen named foundation Cane Corso dogs (eight studs, eight females), establishing roughly thirteen years of operation; an October 2021 archived About-Us page is the earliest snapshot in which "South African Boerboel" appears alongside Cane Corso in the kennel's breed roster. Boerboel-specific posts in Boerboel community Facebook groups document multiple kennel-prefix Boerboels (including "Maximo's Landlord," a 190-pound blue sire; "Maximo's Bennelli"; "Maximo's Benny"; "Maximo's Queen Boudicca"; "Maximo's Rumble" and "War Rumble"; "Maximo's Enzo"; and a Cane Corso "Maximo's King Ottis" placed at Sin City Corso in Las Vegas), an independent customer post identifying a 5-month-old Maximo-bred puppy named "Prophet," and active cross-breeding partnerships with Pacific Coast Boerboels (Maximo's Landlord × Pacific Coast Freya), Gold Coast Boerboels LLC (Maximo's War Rumble × Vaughn's Kennel Bora), and SoCal Exotic (Maximo's Rumble × SoCal Exotic Aroura); pedigree references include "Elevation Gator" as grand sire and "Makarios Shadow." The kennel's public website references "AKC Champions" and "Breed Club National Specialty Winners," which are Cane Corso accomplishments rather than Boerboel-specific titles.