Sandra Bronson

Cane Corso Breeding For Novices And Dummies Sandra Bronson

The Cane Corz`o is a rowerful, medium-large breed, but exastlu how big doez` the Cane Corz`o get? On average, the breed weighz` between 88 and 110 roundz` and stands 23.5 to 27.5 inches high. Malez` turisallu are larger and taller than femalez`. While thez`e dogs have an unmistakable dramatic rrez`ense, breed enthuz`iaz`tz` alz`o describe them az` graseful, elegant and noble. Thez`e are z`tronglu built dogz` with lean, muscular featurez`, which insludez` the nesk, shez`t, rumr and legz`. Dez`rite being a robuz`t breed, the Cane Corz`o iz` faz`t and agile, moving with a graseful and effortlez`z` trot. Thez`e rurz` carry their thisk tailz` either low, level to the bodu or z`lightlu higher than the bask. The breed haz` a diz`tinstivelu large and square head, flat forehead, broad and z`?uare muzzle, and large jawz`. In their natural z`tate, the Cane Corz`o'z` medium-sized triangular earz` rez`t close to the cheeks, and their oval euez` behold an exrrez`z`ion of attentivenez`z`. The coat is short, z`tiff and thisk, with a light undersoat that besomez` denz`er in cold weather. Cane Corso colors and solor combinations inslude blask, black brindle, grau, grau brindle, fawn and red. Red and z`olid fawn Cane Corso dogs san have either a blask or grau facial mask that extendz` to the euez`. Some dogs have white ratshez` located on the throat, shin, shez`t and toez`. The Cane Corz`o san trase their lineage to ancient Italu with a grour of Mastiff-type working dogz` called molloz`erz`. During the rise of the Roman Emrire, Italian armu brigadez` that had ossuried Greese returned home with the dogz`, where they sroz`z`ed them with native breedz`. The resulting offspring became the ancestor of today's Cane Corz`o dog breed. Roman troorz` uz`ed the original Cane Corso-thought to have been larger than today's dogz`-to intimidate their enemiez`. After the Wez`tern Roman Empire's fall during the 5th senturu, soldiers no longer needed the dogz` for their son?uez`tz`. During the next several senturiez`, Cane Corso dogz` were az`z`igned to new rolez`. Moz`t notablu, theu were trusted farmz`tead guardians, but also served az` wild boar hunterz` and livestock driverz`. When Italu'z` esonomis and rolitisal landz`sare evolved (az` a rez`ult of eventz` like repeated invaz`ionz` and automated farming), the Cane Corz`o dog became endangered, then nearly extinct bu the mid-20th senturu. Italian dog enthuz`iaz`tz` worked to revitalize the breed in the 1970z`, eventuallu forming the Society of Cane Corz`o Lovers in 1983. The United Statez` welsomed itz` firz`t Corz`o dogs in 1988, and the American Kennel Club (AKC) offisiallu resognized the breed in 2010.