Should I be worried?

[fdchampion]

My 1 1/2 yr old Cane Corso, Titan, seems very aggressive when people jog by my house or pull up in my driveway and I was wondering if this is normal for him to be this way at home? When i say aggressive i don't mean just barking and growling...he lunges towards them!! He does very well at the vet around people he doesn't know and I have even taken him to work with me and he was fine with all of my co workers. No barking or growling at anyone,unless you count the copy machine, but I think that just scared him, LOL

Should I be worried that he is too aggressive?

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

Your dog is going what a guardian breed does. Its perfectly normal.

 

[cookiedough39]

Same boat here. Carma is a different dog at home. She honestly things she owns the whole damn culdesac. Do you have small kids at home?

 

[fdchampion]

No kids, just nieces and nephews that visit from time to time but he is ok with them. I do keep him on a leash because he doesn't understand he weighs 99pds and he is still extremely hyper and could knock someone over!! His mom Corelina is 99pds too but she just wants to lean on you (her nickname is Lena) and be petted constantly. She barks and growls too but i have never had her lunge at anyone thats why I was kind of worried that he was being too aggressive. Here is a pic of them.

 

[cookiedough39]

If you had kids that lived with you, it would be worse. When my kids are outside in the front yard with Carma I have to call her in if a neighbor come outside because she starts to guard them. And by guard I mean loud barks and stomping. I'm cool with all my neighbors so they don't complain. They understand that's the whole purpose of having her.

 

[jsavoni]

its funny you say this, i was worried my almsot 9 month corso was only going to be freindly and not guard at all.... Tonight i was leaving to bring her to a big open field to train her ( becuase lately she has been doing horrible off leash) and there was some weird guy just standing on the side of the road. I live on a busy road, and it was night time. I sat at the end of my driveway in my car, and she was next to me with the windows opened a lot. She started doing a deep bark and little growl after it as the guy slowly walked by looking at us. he stopped again by some construction barrels.... and she jsut watched him until we couldnt see him anymore... I told her good girl and gave her treats LOL

 

[cookiedough39]

The good thing is your CC has his scent. You will definitely know if he comes back around.

 

[fdchampion]

That's awesome that she is guarding that early!! I was told by the guy I adopted Corelina from that Titan seemed a little aggressive because when he was 6mths old because he came to visit one day and not only did Titan growl and bark at him, he lunged and nipped his hand. He wasn't mad or anything and he said that's what he was bred to do (protect), but he just seemed a little overprotective for his age. I had him on a choke collar at the time because I thought it would help me control him but that day he showed me that collar wasn't going to stop him!!

 

[whit72]

Now I could be out of place here. I'm new to canes but not dogs or guarding breeds. I think this is a great place and I have learned a lot. But lunging growling and barking is never acceptable behavior and shouldn't be encouraged. This breed amongst other guarding dogs react only to a true threat joggers, mailmen and people walking by are not true threats.

This would never be acceptable behavior in my house by any dog. I think is dangerous to be encouraged, when dogs are in this state of arousal unanticipated behaviors such as misplaced aggression and bites are common and when children are around this can have disastrous consequences.

I'm sorry if I'm being harsh but from everything I have read and my experience with guarding breeds. This is not typical behavior my dog is to alert me then I will make the determination by my behavior if a true threat exists and they will act accordingly.

Again thus is my opinion of how I want my dogs to behave, I am the boss in my house
And everyone of them knows this.

 

[Mooshi's Mummy]

Well for me if my dog is on my property then I want her to guard it. My property is completely enclosed and there is no danger of my dogs getting out but I got a guarding breed for just that reason, to guard and its a poor day when a breed that is bred to do a job doesn't do it. TM's (Tibetan Mastiffs) are a guarding breed and I expect Mooshi to guard. If I didn't want a guarding breed I would have got a lab. Mooshi knows very well who's house it is, its mine, but she also knows her job and I am 100% happy with that. If you put your hand over my fence when I am there (I am always out in the front with my dogs when they are there) and I tell you to move your hand away and you don't and you get nipped then IMO you're an idiot. On the other side of the fence, outside my property is another story but I still expect Mooshi to do her job and that is to let me know when she senses a threat and to let that threat know isn't going to be too happy about you coming near me.

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

As a guardian breed I expect them to guard I encourage my dogs to guard, I don't care who it. If they are not on this property they are a "threat" unless invited. Like MM said if I want my dog to love everyone and anything I would have obtained a different breed altogether.

 

[whit72]

Again take my thoughts for what they are. We don't live in the fifteenth century in a castle under constant attack. I don't live in a neighborhood where I fight off daily attempts to overthrow me. The mailbag isn't a threat nor are joggers or the random passersby and my dogs understand that. Come through my window or threaten me or my family and you will be met with a acceptable reaction by both me and my dog.

Am I incorrect? The breed characteristic is to act under certain threat not perceived threat.

Do you think the actions described by the original poster is a behavior acceptable? Especially around children.

I love the breed characteristic of this dog. However my dogs will be upstanding members of society and only act in a retaliatory manner If it is warranted. I have been on this planet for 42 years. My theory I will fight first to avoid confrontations if that fails I will act appropriately and my dogs will follow my lead.
Again this is how I choose to raise my dogs, its not the only way. And I respect everyone's opinion.

 

[coreyc]

Dog's can not talk they bark growl some times lung to tell a perceived threat to stay away If my daughter is in the back yard play and some one is walking by yes I want my dog to bark, growl it tells me he sees someone he does not know and I should take a look he see me neighbor his stub starts waging he happy but the person walking by he barks because he has never meet them isn't that what a guard dog is supposed to do

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

I don't have Corsi, but my dogs are routine if something is "out of the ordinary" I want them to let me know. My dogs used to bark, growl, lunge at my neighbors when they saw them, however after a few weeks they learned its part of the "norm." To see a random person jogging or even our mail carrier ( we live on a dirt road) I expect to let me know because its not part of the "norm." That's my personal expectations from them.

 

[whit72]

Hey your in Mass I would love to find another cane to play with. Whereabouts?

It is just my opinion. It might not be the popular one, and It's how choose to raise them. It's definitely not the only way to raise them.

 

[coreyc]

Hey your in Mass I would love to find another cane to play with. Whereabouts?

It is just my opinion. It might not be the popular one, and It's how choose to raise them. It's definitely not the only way to raise them.

sent you a PM

 

[Cody]

I have to agree with Whit72. Some coming uninvited into the home or yard is one thing, but if my dogs lunged and nipped at a guest that I INVITED into my home, while leashed that is a whole other issue. My dogs will bark and growl if someone comes to my door, but when I say enough means enough. Once the person is accepted by my family into the home/yard the dogs DO NOT react. They may go greet then they go to their beds and will watch the stranger. A Corso should not be lunging and biting people that the owner has accepted into the home. That is a lawsuit waiting to happen and chances are a euthanized dog as well. IMO you should get a trainer to work with you at your home in this situation. These dogs are not a joke, while holding back a puppy may seem okay, once the dog reaches maturity at 3 you will have a whole other issue. As the dog matures and becomes more confident this if not dealt with and corrected will escalate from a nip to a bite quickly.

 

[coreyc]

Dog's can not talk they bark growl some times lung to tell a perceived threat to stay away If my daughter is in the back yard play and some one is walking by yes I want my dog to bark, growl it tells me he sees someone he does not know and I should take a look he see me neighbor his stub starts waging he happy but the person walking by he barks because he has never meet them isn't that what a guard dog is supposed to do

Dog cant not can forgot the T

 

[Cody]

Again take my thoughts for what they are. We don't live in the fifteenth century in a castle under constant attack. I don't live in a neighborhood where I fight off daily attempts to overthrow me.

WHAT!? You don't? Lol, I guess I need to stop building that moat then

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

I might have misread this, but I thought the dog was barking, growling, and lunging at people who were outside?