Marco
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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?