HeavyHaulerAres
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Hello everyone,
I am HeavyHauler, and Ares is my male Cane Corso.
Ares is named after the Greek God of War, so he is Ares; Dog of War. I thought it was pretty clever.
Ares is my second Mastiff. Goblin was my first, he was a French Mastiff/Neapolitan Mastiff cross; who had many health problems.
I have been a dog owner, for most of my life. I had a Sheltie, named Casey. Who was 14 years old, when he moved on. He was my best friend, for 13 years.
Ares is fawn colored, with a black mask and brown eyes.
As soon as I picked him up from the airport, I think he knew I was his owner. He had a look in his eyes, it's hard to describe. So I put my hand to the front of his kennel and he started to lick it. Yup, we were off to a great start!
I brought him home, and immediately showed him to my wife and our two young children (2 1/2 year old and 9 month old). They were very interested in him. My oldest, my son Tyr; has been fascinated with dogs and has been very good with them. He hasn't pulled any dog's fur, tails, etc. He loves to play with Ares, using one of his pull toys.
After the kids went to bed; I started to train him. First up, was sit; as soon as he sat, I would say "sit" and then I would pay him on the head, or scratch behind his ears and say "Good Ares". He caught on quickly.
We received him on November 9th, 2016; he now knows sit, come, lay down, get it, drop it, and inside/outside. He can do these commands about 75-90% of the time. We will continue to work on them.
What we really need to work on, is house breaking. He pisses literally almost every 5 minutes to half hour. So trying to take him outdoors that frequently, with 2 kids and a couple feet of snow on the ground is a little crazy. But we're working on it. We're going to slow down his training of his other commands and work on house breaking and leash training.
Leash training has been coming along well. I take him for a half hour to an hour walk, every morning; as soon as I get home from work (I work 12 hour nights at a nickel mine). He is a little apprehensive of the 3 stairs that we have, leaving the kitchen; but is overcoming it.
When we go out for a walk, I keep him tight to one side. He does try to wander a lot, but I rein him back in. He likes to stop a lot and sit down. I mean a lot; he'll stop every few feet and I have to coax him to get up and go. But he is getting better.
He won't eat any of the commercial treats, available at Walmart (we only have a Walmart, Safeway and Canadian Tire); so I'll have to find him something that he likes.
I got him eating a PMR diet (prey model raw) and he LOVES it. I hate to do this, but I think we're gonna to switch to Bully Max kibble. At least, just for now. I'll have to order it in, but it seems like the best kibble to put him on. For teeth health though, do any of you have any suggestions? I was thinking of continuing giving him RMB's (raw meaty bones). He has eaten many chicken quarters and a Cornish hen, with no problems. Perhaps eaten is too weak of a word, devoured is more like.
Anyway, I shall post some photos of him later today; when I get home from work or in a few days, depending how busy I am. We have a guy coming in, to do the flooring of our new house! Hurray for home-owning!
I look forward to having great discussions with everyone and doing lots of reading!
I am HeavyHauler, and Ares is my male Cane Corso.
Ares is named after the Greek God of War, so he is Ares; Dog of War. I thought it was pretty clever.
Ares is my second Mastiff. Goblin was my first, he was a French Mastiff/Neapolitan Mastiff cross; who had many health problems.
I have been a dog owner, for most of my life. I had a Sheltie, named Casey. Who was 14 years old, when he moved on. He was my best friend, for 13 years.
Ares is fawn colored, with a black mask and brown eyes.
As soon as I picked him up from the airport, I think he knew I was his owner. He had a look in his eyes, it's hard to describe. So I put my hand to the front of his kennel and he started to lick it. Yup, we were off to a great start!
I brought him home, and immediately showed him to my wife and our two young children (2 1/2 year old and 9 month old). They were very interested in him. My oldest, my son Tyr; has been fascinated with dogs and has been very good with them. He hasn't pulled any dog's fur, tails, etc. He loves to play with Ares, using one of his pull toys.
After the kids went to bed; I started to train him. First up, was sit; as soon as he sat, I would say "sit" and then I would pay him on the head, or scratch behind his ears and say "Good Ares". He caught on quickly.
We received him on November 9th, 2016; he now knows sit, come, lay down, get it, drop it, and inside/outside. He can do these commands about 75-90% of the time. We will continue to work on them.
What we really need to work on, is house breaking. He pisses literally almost every 5 minutes to half hour. So trying to take him outdoors that frequently, with 2 kids and a couple feet of snow on the ground is a little crazy. But we're working on it. We're going to slow down his training of his other commands and work on house breaking and leash training.
Leash training has been coming along well. I take him for a half hour to an hour walk, every morning; as soon as I get home from work (I work 12 hour nights at a nickel mine). He is a little apprehensive of the 3 stairs that we have, leaving the kitchen; but is overcoming it.
When we go out for a walk, I keep him tight to one side. He does try to wander a lot, but I rein him back in. He likes to stop a lot and sit down. I mean a lot; he'll stop every few feet and I have to coax him to get up and go. But he is getting better.
He won't eat any of the commercial treats, available at Walmart (we only have a Walmart, Safeway and Canadian Tire); so I'll have to find him something that he likes.
I got him eating a PMR diet (prey model raw) and he LOVES it. I hate to do this, but I think we're gonna to switch to Bully Max kibble. At least, just for now. I'll have to order it in, but it seems like the best kibble to put him on. For teeth health though, do any of you have any suggestions? I was thinking of continuing giving him RMB's (raw meaty bones). He has eaten many chicken quarters and a Cornish hen, with no problems. Perhaps eaten is too weak of a word, devoured is more like.
Anyway, I shall post some photos of him later today; when I get home from work or in a few days, depending how busy I am. We have a guy coming in, to do the flooring of our new house! Hurray for home-owning!
I look forward to having great discussions with everyone and doing lots of reading!
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