rare cane corso colors anyone have 1??

[Marco]

The dog can still be registered. Hopefully it was sold to you with limited registration. Which means he is sold as a pet not to be bred and that if he is bred his pups cannot be registered. There is a written standard for the Corso, lol actually right now there are 3 written standards for the corso, the standard is the tool which the dogs structure/appearance/form are to be based on. Certain unwanted traits in the breed are called Disqualifying Faults (DQ) which mean that if they do come up the dog would then not be considered correct to breed. The Black and Tan or Blue and Tan, which is the B&T in dilute form, are such traits and therefore a DQ in all 3 standards. There is much debate in regards to the color and it's origin in the CC, but it is pretty much agreed that it does derive from a B&T breed such a Rottie. Now that is not saying that your dog is not a purebred, the CC is a relatively new breed, 25 years young. Before the creation of the standard and the breed the CC was a type of dog, who knows really what is in the ingredients. There is also rumors that the original dogs of the American lines were not CC at all but Neo x Rottie mixes... Who knows, what is done is done and all we have is to try to move the breed forward in the future in a positive manner Hope that helps...

My Hub wants to do the DNA testing on ours. First to know exactly what/ if we need to be cautious with for health reasons. Second we would feel better if we knew that what the breeder was telling us about the parents was true. Now Third, reading your comment it makes me wonder about our pups fur color. If you take a close look you see light brown like the english mastiff color. Looking on wiki (going bk to what my professor said to us " wiki IS NOT a valid source") lol BUT reading wiki they mention "grey brindle" or grigio tigrato. So it would be interesting to see the DNA make up.

Anyone ever do one?

 

[Marco]

Blue Fawn is a standard colour for the corso, often called Formentino, so is a little different than this colouring. He is like the colour of the attached picture? Or have I misunderstood?View attachment 31383

That has been the consistent color i have seen for the formentino. Some look like they have a grey tint on top of the fawn. If i am wrong sorry. I'm still new to the cc world just knowledge from my research. I went on the AKC saw that this was their Standard,




Color
Acceptable colors are black, lighter and darker shades of gray, lighter and darker shades of fawn, and red. Brindling is allowed on all of these colors. Solid fawn and red, including lighter and darker shades, have a black or gray mask. The mask does not go beyond the eyes. There may be a white patch on the chest, throat, chin, backs of the pasterns, and on the toes.
Disqualification: Any color with tan pattern markings as seen in black-and-tan breeds.


There is a section that does give you the Description and Code to register them.

Description	Type	Code
Black	S	007
Black Brindle	S	279
Chestnut Brindle	S	520
Fawn	S	082
Gray	S	100
Gray Brindle	S	107
Red	S	140
Markings
Description	Type	Code
Black Mask	S	004
Gray Mask	S	041

So the part that is questionable is how much brindling? or the shade? (I am asking for knowledge purpose since I have not come across a solid answer)




I am happy with my cc, brindle too much or none doesn't matter to me. I am more concern for health reason and that is the reason for the test.


Sorry for the long post, i don't know if anyone else may have had the same questions.

 

[coreyc]

Are you planning on showing her ?

 

[Marco]

Are you planning on showing her ?

if you are asking me, no. That was the one other question lingering. If we aren't showing the dog it shouldn't matter right?

 

[coreyc]

That's what I was getting at if your not showing color shouldn't matter If she's happy & healthy that's what matters

 

[Smokeycat]

My Hub wants to do the DNA testing on ours. First to know exactly what/ if we need to be cautious with for health reasons. Second we would feel better if we knew that what the breeder was telling us about the parents was true. Now Third, reading your comment it makes me wonder about our pups fur color. If you take a close look you see light brown like the english mastiff color. Looking on wiki (going bk to what my professor said to us " wiki IS NOT a valid source") lol BUT reading wiki they mention "grey brindle" or grigio tigrato. So it would be interesting to see the DNA make up.

Anyone ever do one?

There is a thread started by a woman who did a DNA test on her rescue pup because she had serious doubts about her dog being the mix that she had thought she had adopted. Her large puppy came back as a Maltese/Golden Retriever mix with a final adult weight that was lower than her current weight. After disputing this the company demanded a picture of the dog so that they could "check" their results. The last I remember reading she still hadn't gotten an answer back. It truly seems that the company was out to get money and didn't care about how it treated its clients. I wouldn't waste my money on a test now, I don't trust the company based upon her experience.

 

[BlackShadowCaneCorso]

Grey (Blue) brindle is a registrable colour and there is nothing that says how much brindling a dog can can have. Often those that have more of the tan/red colour than the solid colour (grey/black) are called reverse brindles or chestnuts.

That has been the consistent color i have seen for the formentino. Some look like they have a grey tint on top of the fawn. If i am wrong sorry. I'm still new to the cc world just knowledge from my research. I went on the AKC saw that this was their Standard,




Color
Acceptable colors are black, lighter and darker shades of gray, lighter and darker shades of fawn, and red. Brindling is allowed on all of these colors. Solid fawn and red, including lighter and darker shades, have a black or gray mask. The mask does not go beyond the eyes. There may be a white patch on the chest, throat, chin, backs of the pasterns, and on the toes.
Disqualification: Any color with tan pattern markings as seen in black-and-tan breeds.


There is a section that does give you the Description and Code to register them.

Description	Type	Code
Black	S	007
Black Brindle	S	279
Chestnut Brindle	S	520
Fawn	S	082
Gray	S	100
Gray Brindle	S	107
Red	S	140
Markings
Description	Type	Code
Black Mask	S	004
Gray Mask	S	041

So the part that is questionable is how much brindling? or the shade? (I am asking for knowledge purpose since I have not come across a solid answer)




I am happy with my cc, brindle too much or none doesn't matter to me. I am more concern for health reason and that is the reason for the test.


Sorry for the long post, i don't know if anyone else may have had the same questions.

 

[Cody]

From the pictures in your album your pup looks like it is a blue brindle, with light amounts of brindle. It is a common color in the breed.