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Cane Corso pit mix

Logan

New Member
Hello I just joined the forum and was wondering if anyone could help give me an estimate as to how tall my bandog will get. I know his dad was a 120lb Cane Corso but never saw how tall he was the mom was a 70lbs pit bull. My boy leo was born July 9th making him 23 weeks old he weighs 50lbs and is about 20 in at the withers. Any guesses as to how tall he will be?
 

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Smokeycat

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I don't think that there really is a way to predict height from weight. With a hybrid breed the height could be that of either breed or something in between. That said even within a single breed that has a large range for both height and weight there isn't always a correlation. My Mastiff is just over the minimum height but nearly 200 lbs. Most dogs I've seen that weigh what he does are typically 4-6 inches taller.
 

Logan

New Member
I don't think that there really is a way to predict height from weight. With a hybrid breed the height could be that of either breed or something in between. That said even within a single breed that has a large range for both height and weight there isn't always a correlation. My Mastiff is just over the minimum height but nearly 200 lbs. Most dogs I've seen that weigh what he does are typically 4-6 inches taller.
Is there anyway to guess based on his current height
 

BlackShadowCaneCorso

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It is a mix and once can't predict which genes they will take after when combining them, even in purebreds you can't know which parent will have more influence.
 

marke

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if you were to assume the pit and corso were decently bred , i would guess 90lbs , maybe as much as 110 depending on if the bitches sire was also one of them big pitbulls , a 70lb pitbull bitch has some mastiff in her pedigree , whether it's written down or not .....it's been my experience F1 crossbred dogs/litters are usually pretty predictable and consistent , the more consistent the individual parents are bred , the more predictable the pups ...most folks see crossbred dogs as random , that'd be because most crossbred dogs are not well bred dogs to begin with , not a lot of folks cross breeding rom dogs ... when breeding F1 crosses it gets a bit more unpredictable , those dogs need pushed in one of the parents directions , when bred with each other it's a mish mash that takes generations to sort out ........ when bandogs were first commercialized , swinford , the problem was consistency , he used 3 different dogs and bred F1's to F1's , they wanted to degenerate back to the more normal look and size of a pitbull , that's why those giant pitbulls are more consistent than the bandog mastiffs ...... guys like lucerno took them toward the mastiff , pushed them in that direction , retaining some pitbull temperament and got some pretty consistent results , got some drivey mastiffs ....... guys like eddington pushed them toward the pitbull side and retained the mastiff size , got giant pitbulls ......... it's easier to do what eddington did than what lucerno did
 

DennasMom

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Using Denna and a %trend chart I found somewhere on the internets as a basis...

I'd guess final adult height / weight as 25" and 110lbs... plus or minus 2" and 20lbs on either number.
Denna was 24" at that age (she's EM), and topped out around 30".

But... as mentioned above... if the pit genes dominate and growing stops earlier, you'd be on the low end of the estimate... if the CC genes dominate, maybe my estimate may be good... only time will tell!
 

Logan

New Member
Using Denna and a %trend chart I found somewhere on the internets as a basis...

I'd guess final adult height / weight as 25" and 110lbs... plus or minus 2" and 20lbs on either number.
Denna was 24" at that age (she's EM), and topped out around 30".

But... as mentioned above... if the pit genes dominate and growing stops earlier, you'd be on the low end of the estimate... if the CC genes dominate, maybe my estimate may be good... only time will tell!
Thank you I appreciate it. We went to the vet today and he was 21 in at the withers 52 lbs. I think he takes after the Cane Corso but I don’t have much experience with them he’s just got a lot of loose skin and is kind of lanky. Here’s a few pics
 

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