should I get a cane corso?

[supaflyz]

Hello guys,

Could you give me advice on should I get a cane corso? I have been around big dogs all my life as well as little dogs. I have kept german shepherds mostly but have also been around rottweilers. I got a chance to potentially buy a male cane corso that is 6 months old. He is ICCF registered. I came to visit him. Very playful and love to jump around. He will be staying with my mom as well as her 10 year old female mutt. I know for sure the mutt doesn't like other female dogs, but she gets along with male dogs.

I did research on a cane corso. I have read that they are very confident but a bit pushy. Harder to train them? I train my german shepherd with a clicker. The owner of the puppy only teach him to sit thats it. Hes an outside dog, but I want to keep him as an indoor dog. IS 6 months too old to teach him tricks? He is around 71 pounds right now, so almost as big as my mom's german shepherd that pass away. He has a lovely dark brindle color with a very small white patch on his chest. He let my mom and I pet him. I also have a little niece that comes over sometimes. She is about to turn 2. I have read that cane corso are very territorial? I really love this puppy, but not sure if he will get too big to take care of.

I never actually seen a grown cane corso. Are they about the same size as a rottweiler? Google has a male around 110 pounds, and male rottweiler weigh more. However, most videos I have seen on youtube shows the corso as a huge dog. Looks bigger than a rottweiler.

 

[supaflyz]

Hello guys,

Could you give me advice on should I get a cane corso? I have been around big dogs all my life as well as little dogs. I have kept german shepherds mostly but have also been around rottweilers. I got a chance to potentially buy a male cane corso that is 6 months old. He is ICCF registered. I came to visit him. Very playful and love to jump around. He will be staying with my mom as well as her 10 year old female mutt. I know for sure the mutt doesn't like other female dogs, but she gets along with male dogs.

I did research on a cane corso. I have read that they are very confident but a bit pushy. Harder to train them? I train my german shepherd with a clicker. The owner of the puppy only teach him to sit thats it. Hes an outside dog, but I want to keep him as an indoor dog. IS 6 months too old to teach him tricks? He is around 71 pounds right now, so almost as big as my mom's german shepherd that pass away. He has a lovely dark brindle color with a very small white patch on his chest. He let my mom and I pet him. I also have a little niece that comes over sometimes. She is about to turn 2. I have read that cane corso are very territorial? I really love this puppy, but not sure if he will get too big to take care of.

I never actually seen a grown cane corso. Are they about the same size as a rottweiler? Google has a male around 110 pounds, and male rottweiler weigh more. However, most videos I have seen on youtube shows the corso as a huge dog. Looks bigger than a rottweiler.

 

[Hiraeth]

Why is the dog being sold at this age? Is the breeder selling him? Or is this a private rehome?

 

[supaflyz]

It's a private rehome. They told me the dog is Too big for the kids now.

 

[BlackShadowCaneCorso]

Hello guys,

Could you give me advice on should I get a cane corso? I have been around big dogs all my life as well as little dogs. I have kept german shepherds mostly but have also been around rottweilers. I got a chance to potentially buy a male cane corso that is 6 months old. He is ICCF registered. I came to visit him. Very playful and love to jump around. He will be staying with my mom as well as her 10 year old female mutt. I know for sure the mutt doesn't like other female dogs, but she gets along with male dogs.

I did research on a cane corso. I have read that they are very confident but a bit pushy. Harder to train them? I train my german shepherd with a clicker. The owner of the puppy only teach him to sit thats it. Hes an outside dog, but I want to keep him as an indoor dog. IS 6 months too old to teach him tricks? He is around 71 pounds right now, so almost as big as my mom's german shepherd that pass away. He has a lovely dark brindle color with a very small white patch on his chest. He let my mom and I pet him. I also have a little niece that comes over sometimes. She is about to turn 2. I have read that cane corso are very territorial? I really love this puppy, but not sure if he will get too big to take care of.

I never actually seen a grown cane corso. Are they about the same size as a rottweiler? Google has a male around 110 pounds, and male rottweiler weigh more. However, most videos I have seen on youtube shows the corso as a huge dog. Looks bigger than a rottweiler.

Corso will not typically start a fight but they will finish it so be entirely aware of that. Generally the corso is a confident breed (there is a lot of irresponsible breeding right now that now we have to talk in general terms for what the breed is supposed to be like) and can take control if not give firm but fair leadership. They will test limits and boundries. They are an intelligent breed but can also be stubborn and willful so while they might get it one day they might decide the next day they don't. It is never too old to teach a dog tricks and while most can be alright with kids it really depends on the way the puppy has been conditioned so far and how to plan to proceed in the future.

Corso come in a variety of sizes, although the standard calls for a med-large athletic breed there are extremes being bred on the bigger is better scale which can be a problem for a breed that was bred to be the coursing mastiff to go all day.

Also you better make sure that they are allowed to re-home the dog as most responsible breeders require that puppies they produce are returned to them to re-home. If there are papers ensure you get them as well as any health checks/vaccines given so far.