Ben Curtis
Well-Known Member
I have a 12 week old Cane Corso named Leo. I have owned many breed types over the years. Labs, hounds, spaniels, and more. About 3 months ago we had to put down our beloved Chocolate Lab, Ruen. He was the best lab I have ever been around, and he is sorely missed. We intended to wait longer than we did to get another dog, but we started researching breeds, and what we might want. We all agreed that we could never get a better Lab than Ruen, and we wanted something different as to not remind us so much of him.
I had been around a few Bull Mastiffs over the years, and for the most part that was the type of dog we were looking for, and then I came across a Cane Corso. It was everything I liked about Bull Mastiffs and more. The breeder was not asking very much money for the pups, so we were very hesitant. It turned out that the breeder wanted a pup for herself and that was the only reason she was having puppies. It was not to make money, she just wanted to recoup her costs and to find good homes for the other pups. She took her female, and I got the pick of the litter for the males.
Leo has been everything I expected. The weeks leading up to him arriving in our home I read everything I could get my hands on. "corso savvy" was a useful online book, and others. He has been a fast learner, and has a much more manageable energy level than Ruen ever did at that age. His biting my 7 and 9 year old is our only challenge, but as he is growing up the incidents are reducing, and my girls are getting better at handling it. We have to keep reminding them to not be Leo's favorite "squeeky toy." Anything you could recomend to deter his biting would be appreciated though.
We have started puppy obedience classes. Leo is shy during free time, but is the star of the class during obedience time. He almost knows what I am going to ask him to do before I even say it. This site has already been very helpful, and I look forward to more from all of you, and maybe some day being able to help others.
I can't believe how lucky I was to find a Cane Corso, but now I can't imagine having any other breed ever again.
Thanks, Ben
I had been around a few Bull Mastiffs over the years, and for the most part that was the type of dog we were looking for, and then I came across a Cane Corso. It was everything I liked about Bull Mastiffs and more. The breeder was not asking very much money for the pups, so we were very hesitant. It turned out that the breeder wanted a pup for herself and that was the only reason she was having puppies. It was not to make money, she just wanted to recoup her costs and to find good homes for the other pups. She took her female, and I got the pick of the litter for the males.
Leo has been everything I expected. The weeks leading up to him arriving in our home I read everything I could get my hands on. "corso savvy" was a useful online book, and others. He has been a fast learner, and has a much more manageable energy level than Ruen ever did at that age. His biting my 7 and 9 year old is our only challenge, but as he is growing up the incidents are reducing, and my girls are getting better at handling it. We have to keep reminding them to not be Leo's favorite "squeeky toy." Anything you could recomend to deter his biting would be appreciated though.
We have started puppy obedience classes. Leo is shy during free time, but is the star of the class during obedience time. He almost knows what I am going to ask him to do before I even say it. This site has already been very helpful, and I look forward to more from all of you, and maybe some day being able to help others.
I can't believe how lucky I was to find a Cane Corso, but now I can't imagine having any other breed ever again.
Thanks, Ben
