6 month Female puppy Cane Corso to rough with one of our Pugs.

[Red_Star]

Hello everyone, first time post here and I am happy to say that after many years of wanting one we have adopted a 6 month Female Cane Corso in to our family. She joined 2 of our Pugs a 2.5 year old female and a 1.5 year old Male.
So far it has been a week and everything was great at first, she would play with the male pug most of the day, but for the past 2 days it seems the Cane Corso gained more confidence and the male Pug is now afraid of her since when they play she bites him a bit to hard for his liking, probably not on purpose. The poor pug hides from her in closets....
How can I train her or make sure that when they do play everyone is happy?

Thank you!

 

[PrinceLorde13]

Correct her when she's too rough, keeping a leash on her inside may give more control. It might be a good idea to not let them really play much because oh so soon the size dif will mean she can easily hurt the pugs on accident , playing with toys or ropes yes but wrestling a Corso might just be too much for your little guy

 

[Red_Star]

Thank you so much for a quick reply PrinceLord, I feel bad to punish her for something that she is not doing on purpose, kinda "in the heat of the action". Thankfully when my girl friend and myself are away all three just sleep all day, so when they do play at least one Human is home to manage the whole thing.
I have also hired a dog trainer, once a week, and he told me to punish the corso by loosely rolling a new paper and snapping her on the nose, while the trainer is very reputed I feel horrible to smak anyone on their nose haha, what do you guys think of such an approach.

 

[PrinceLorde13]

You need to get another trainer, never hit a mastiff, they shut down best case senerio worst case they defend themselves. Don't look at it as punishment, it's a correction, dogs especially corsos need rules and boundaries. When my pups get out of line it's an immediate stern NO, if that's not enough it's to the bed for a time out, I have never had to do anything past that and I can't even remember the last time one of them needed a time out, but when they were still new and younger there were many times I had a battle of wills over getting them to stay in that bed, they try to get off I would be right there to tell them no and stay, this could happen several times, but I would never give in

 

[PrinceLorde13]

It's also going to be a bit more of a challenge for you most likely because you got her at 6months, but it's not an impossible feat by any means

 

[Red_Star]

Thank you again PL, you kinda took words out of my mouth, I am not comfortable with hitting dogs, or any living beings, so I will look for another trainer, now I guess All I need is more patience, then again if I managed to survive through house training 2 stubburn pugs, I am sure I can handle a corso.
I am currently reading this book, :
The Complete Guide to Cane Corso - All About Cane Corsi eBook: Gary Brooks: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

if you have any other literature to suggest I would be very grateful ,

Thanks,

 

[PrinceLorde13]

There is a great documentary on corsos, not sure if it has been translated into English yet but I'll check for you, unless you speak italian?

 

[PrinceLorde13]

I'm not seeing an english version but that doesn't mean it does not exist. It's called "Cane Corso Italiano" made in Italy in 04 I believe.

 

[Red_Star]

thank you again Prince Lorde, my girlfriend is Italian and reads and speaks it fluently so she now has some homework, unfortunately mia abilità in italiano è ben lungi dall'essere perfetto....

 

[PrinceLorde13]

Hey it doesn't have to be perfect when you have a translator and the basics, plus watching it with her will only improve you italian! It's really awesome with some great history and general info on the breed

 

[Caztratt]

In my experience small and large breeds are not suitable together. Especially if your corso is not used to smaller animals. Your pugs will be afraid. Good luck with your training and I hope things work out for you. Give it time n it might


Carol

 

[Colorado1234]

Cane Corsos are not the easiest to controll and adopting at 6 months could have its challenges, especially if not properly socialuzed with people and dogs. However, I find the breed to be highly intelligent. I previously cared for a 5 month old female corso who was poorly socialized. If your new pup is good with people but just doesnt completely understand how to behave with other dogs I think your pup needs time and consistant training from everyone in the family. Good luck and please post pics.

 

[season]

With all the comments already made I'll tell you this. Correcting a behavior is not a bad thing. It's not punishment. You shouldn't feel bad. And no, I'm not saying to hit the dog. But a firm NO or a NO with a touch to snap them out of it is not punishment. It's teaching manners. It's teaching your dog what is expected. I also agree with using the leash (and prong) for the first few weeks.

In the end, any dog will do what works for them and if they are allowed to get away with poor boundaries/behavior then they will. You need to show them what's expected.

 

[DennasMom]

I agree with Season!

I would also work on teaching the CC pup "Enough" and "Gentle".

Use a firm, confident attitude, and you shouldn't need to do any physical corrections - just the tone of your voice might be enough to tone down the play - and/or put them all in a "time-out" to lower the energy levels a bit.

Set your limits and enforce them, so your pugs don't feel threatened - or they may retaliate if cornered, and if the CC doesn't back away things could get ugly.

Once the pup knows the limits (because you manage all their time and enforce those limits) - all should hopefully calm down.

I would work on obedience training them together, too - just some practice for the pugs, and the CC can learn from their example, too (assuming your pugs know their stuff!)

We got our fraidy-cat to tolerate our new pups with food... the dog has to know "wait" and "gentle" for this to go over well.

 

[Brinsdad]

Correcting a pup with a rolled up news paper will just teach her to fear the news paper not a good thing much later if a child is walking towards her with a rolled up newspaper agree with others , firm NO , time out , and teach a calm / gentle and a enough command


No love like a bully love

 

[Lizardbug]

Hi,

I actually have a 6 month old cane corso female and an 11 year old male pug. I brought the cane corso home when she was 8 weeks so she has had exposure to him for a long time. But being a bad mommy I let her play with him a lot when she was small so she stilll likes to harrass him now that she is 4x his size. All I have to tell her is enough and its over and she leaves him alone. It was a long road and you have to be consistent but it is possible. My pug is not scared of her and they snuggle all the time. I think she kind of understands now that if she wants to play with him she has to be gentle becaus they will play a little bit, but when my pug is done she stops now unless she is really excited.

Liz