Where did you get your Cane?

[Duke]

Before I got Duke I'd never seen a Cane Corso in the flesh. They are pretty rare breeds apparently. I happend to stumble upon him on craigslist..

 

[mmyrto]

About 6 months bfr I got Hera i was looking for dog breeds online , i was researching the great dane and the english mastiff when i stumble upon the Cane Corso for the first time in my life. I was in love! So started researching the breed, and i got Hera from a breeder in Colorado called Castleguard. So happy with my choice of breed and breeder.

 

[Duke]

I just realized i posted this in the wrong area but i'm glad you responded! I got duke here locally from a family that breeds but the head of the household was "away" or from what I suspect in jail. I live in a deep South Texas border town where there are lots of drug traffickers...lots of which love to breed large rare breed dogs. apparently they were in dire need of funds and they were selling the dogs for $500..which from what I understand is very cheap. Mom, dad and two other adult canes were on site. Mom and dad were massive brindles. Problem was that they were in bad conditions....with the head of the household away, the dogs were not being cared for as they should so it was more like a rescue on my part. the dogs are still being sold on craigslist today for the same price...if anyone out there is looking for another cane, please consider rescuing these pups!! as you can tell from the photos, the pups and the mom are locked away in a pen..mom looks thin...dad looks great. take a look

http://mcallen.en.craigslist.org/pet/3135798078.html

 

[grazefull1]

well my husband want to get a male dog n one of his friend was trying to sale him a pitbull for $400 n want the dog but he wasnt sure so he come to me n asked me n when i saw the parents i said no both parents look like they werent nice n the puppies were very untamed(aggerssive), husband was kinda mad but as i alwo was looking up mastiff types i came across the cane corso breed to make a long story short we bought ours from small time breeder he breed his dogs from home with he family of 4 kids 2 cats n a beagel we payed $1000 with undone ears pet quiltiy in PA
( lol when i say "we" i mean i did all the work getting the cc i did alot of reseach )

 

[Aplatitsin]

well my husband want to get a male dog n one of his friend was trying to sale him a pitbull for $400 n want the dog but he wasnt sure so he come to me n asked me n when i saw the parents i said no both parents look like they werent nice n the puppies were very untamed(aggerssive), husband was kinda mad but as i alwo was looking up mastiff types i came across the cane corso breed to make a long story short we bought ours from small time breeder he breed his dogs from home with he family of 4 kids 2 cats n a beagel we payed $1000 with undone ears pet quiltiy in PA
( lol when i say "we" i mean i did all the work getting the cc i did alot of reseach )

Did you you get your pup with any contracts

 

[shodanusmc]

A good breeder will ALWAYS hsve a contract. Got Marco, my 7 month old Pup from Shauna at Castleguard. She is the best!

 

[Aplatitsin]

I got Corleone from Acropolis kennels in NJ

 

[grazefull1]

well i know the breeder want me to have him fixed by 6mons and send the vet papers stating that it was done also he wanted pictures of him every 2months and want to check on him 3x within a year and also he was very stricked on how we take care of the puppy until he truns a 1yr!??!?!?!?

also its seemed that breeder wasnt sure about me n my husband having cc but once we told him that had experince with large breeds like dobe,shepherd,dane,rotty,boxer,bully mix,neo mix he wasnt to worried anymore

 

[BlackShadowCaneCorso]

Our older dogs are from Cane Corso de Italica Terrae in NY and our young ones are from our breeding.

 

[shodanusmc]

6 Months is too Young. You should wait until he is around 18 months and more developed. Can't believe your breeder would say 6 months. Does it matter as he is no going to be a Neutered show dog.

well i know the breeder want me to have him fixed by 6mons and send the vet papers stating that it was done also he wanted pictures of him every 2months and want to check on him 3x within a year and also he was very stricked on how we take care of the puppy until he truns a 1yr!??!?!?!?

also its seemed that breeder wasnt sure about me n my husband having cc but once we told him that had experince with large breeds like dobe,shepherd,dane,rotty,boxer,bully mix,neo mix he wasnt to worried anymore

 

[grazefull1]

6 Months is too Young. You should wait until he is around 18 months and more developed. Can't believe your breeder would say 6 months. Does it matter as he is no going to be a Neutered show dog.

im not sure but what can i do to fight this i guess really does matter him to b a show dog so does this mean he is a bad breeder, not that i dont want to have him fixed but now u made me scare thats its too early for n it may hurt him

i didnt know there was a clear starting age limit to fix a dog

 

[BlackShadowCaneCorso]

im not sure but what can i do to fight this i guess really does matter him to b a show dog so does this mean he is a bad breeder, not that i dont want to have him fixed but now u made me scare thats its too early for n it may hurt him

i didnt know there was a clear starting age limit to fix a dog

There are pros and cons both ways. (Please don't panick... it isn't horrible to fix early but with a mastiff the longer you wait it seems to be better for them)

When they are fixed early you tend to leave the growth plates open longer, thus leading to taller but lighter dogs. There have been links to higher rates of cancer and I know there are some articles on here about it.

Mastiffs tend to mature 18 to 24 months so most breeders tend to say not to fix until at least after a year. That being said from the breeder side of things (and this doesn't apply to you but to people I am evaluating as owners) if I don't think that people can deal with an intact corso (my females are the hard asses but the males put on the show and a lot of people can't deal with an intact male when he is "showing off"), sometimes dealing with heat cycles is just too much for people (I understand this it SUCKS!!!!), some people live in an area where others don't keep their animals under control and it can cause a problem for your dog to be intact (this is mainly with females).

If you are comfortable with him being intact then contact your breeder and explain your reasoning. Look up some of the articles and offer to send him some and get their opinion. In the end if you signed the contract and they aren't willing to budge then you don't have a lot of wiggle room but I don't know too many breeders who aren't willing to work with an owner who has valid reasons.

 

[bellareea320]

I got my cc from a local breeder on Long Island. Luna's mother, grandmother, grandfather and aunt were all on premise. Father was not. They were all great dogs and breeders personal pets as well. She isint a big website or show person but I wanted to be able to see where the dog came from and I didnt feel comfortable with the online thing. (got really burnt with a long haired dachshund. very kid agressive and we spent thousands on training for her but to no avail my mother has her now). So needless to say I didnot feel comfortable without seeing premise. We are very happy with her. We didnot choose her we told the breeder being that we have children we were very concerned with temperment and also health and hips.

This was two weeks ago..I need to upload new pics

 

[grazefull1]

There are pros and cons both ways. (Please don't panick... it isn't horrible to fix early but with a mastiff the longer you wait it seems to be better for them)

When they are fixed early you tend to leave the growth plates open longer, thus leading to taller but lighter dogs. There have been links to higher rates of cancer and I know there are some articles on here about it.

Mastiffs tend to mature 18 to 24 months so most breeders tend to say not to fix until at least after a year. That being said from the breeder side of things (and this doesn't apply to you but to people I am evaluating as owners) if I don't think that people can deal with an intact corso (my females are the hard asses but the males put on the show and a lot of people can't deal with an intact male when he is "showing off"), sometimes dealing with heat cycles is just too much for people (I understand this it SUCKS!!!!), some people live in an area where others don't keep their animals under control and it can cause a problem for your dog to be intact (this is mainly with females).

If you are comfortable with him being intact then contact your breeder and explain your reasoning. Look up some of the articles and offer to send him some and get their opinion. In the end if you signed the contract and they aren't willing to budge then you don't have a lot of wiggle room but I don't know too many breeders who aren't willing to work with an owner who has valid reasons.

ok ive talk to many people about it before this post n many people left the same as shodanusmc but for abit of different reasons , the main reason was they though it would stun his grow n he would get fat, also that it would stop me from being a true guard dog lol but now i know the true reason, but i still want him to b fixed its just a matter of when i just want to do the rite thing n make sure he is ok after it done