Mamacast
Well-Known Member
Are Corsi considered a "fighting" breed?
Here I go again with yet another question that came out of a conversation that I had with yet a different trainer. I was looking up "protection" trainers in the Denver area and kept coming across one name. When he called me back I told him I was considering whether to add alert training into our program at some time and how to be evaluated for that. He asked what kind of dog I had and when I told him he said he did not recommend protection training for Mastiffs in general as they were a "fighting" breed that would generally not want to release with bite work (never mind that I only wanted alert training). He compared the Mastiff to a Shepard that would bite but release. I am getting so confused by these trainers . A corso was a guardian breed to guard livestock from boar, bear etc. I thought. They were also the guardians of villages with the most prominent person in the village given ownership of these dogs (or so I have read). Apparently they were also unfortunately used in stadium games against other animals (still not certain of this one). Does this make them a fighting breed? How does a mastiff differ from a terrier when it comes to fighting tendencies? I know from this forum that a Cane will not generally start something but does that mean that you would see the same holding bite that a pit would exhibit? Does anyone have any experience with protection training with a Corso? I now have 2 trainers that have said it is not a good idea but my immature thinking was that if a situation arose I would hope to have some control over the outcome, such as letting go! Thanks again for all the input.
Here I go again with yet another question that came out of a conversation that I had with yet a different trainer. I was looking up "protection" trainers in the Denver area and kept coming across one name. When he called me back I told him I was considering whether to add alert training into our program at some time and how to be evaluated for that. He asked what kind of dog I had and when I told him he said he did not recommend protection training for Mastiffs in general as they were a "fighting" breed that would generally not want to release with bite work (never mind that I only wanted alert training). He compared the Mastiff to a Shepard that would bite but release. I am getting so confused by these trainers . A corso was a guardian breed to guard livestock from boar, bear etc. I thought. They were also the guardians of villages with the most prominent person in the village given ownership of these dogs (or so I have read). Apparently they were also unfortunately used in stadium games against other animals (still not certain of this one). Does this make them a fighting breed? How does a mastiff differ from a terrier when it comes to fighting tendencies? I know from this forum that a Cane will not generally start something but does that mean that you would see the same holding bite that a pit would exhibit? Does anyone have any experience with protection training with a Corso? I now have 2 trainers that have said it is not a good idea but my immature thinking was that if a situation arose I would hope to have some control over the outcome, such as letting go! Thanks again for all the input.