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- Hi, I'm Shari from Dal Cielo Cane Corso
here in Southern California.
The Cane Corso is man's best friend because
they are extremely loyal.
They would probably protect you with their life.
They like to go with you everywhere.
A lot of fun, just like a family member.
I think the Cane Corso is easy to live with.
They're very well behaved in the house
as long as they burn up some energy.
Take 'em out, play the them,
throw the ball.
Take 'em to the park, take 'em anywhere
and they're well behaved in the house.
Socialization is extremely important.
That's another good reason to take 'em everywhere you go.
This is Brutalle, he will be two years old next week.
Brutalle's good characteristics are
lot of bone, which I really like to see on the males.
You see a lot of males out there with not good bone,
and they're a working dog.
I like them to be impressive looking
but still be able to function and move.
Not so big that, you know, they can't run and work.
Some of his other qualities are dark pigment.
I think he moves well.
He has a lot of energy, but yet he can totally chill
and relax as well.
The Cane Corso is an ancient breed originated in Italy.
They were pretty much used on the farms as guardians
of the farms, guardians of the animals, protectors,
you know, for strangers.
They're a good working dog.
They like having a job.
My husband first discovered, well actually we both
first discovered the breed back in 1990 at a ARBA,
which is American Rare Breed Association show.
The Cone Corso obviously was not recognized
by AKC at that time.
We were just very impressed with everything about it.
So, from then on primarily my husband, Andrew,
did a lot of research on the breed.
So in 1999 we actually got our first Cone Corso
and we've just had the breed every since.
We are just passionate about the breed.
We love the breed.
Pretty much everything about 'em.
We do breed occasionally.
We're a small hobby breeder.
We don't have a huge kennel, we don't produce
a lot of dogs.
We try to be very careful with the pedigrees that we choose.
You know, we're always trying as a breeder
to better the breed.
You always hope you're producing better than what you have,
I think is the ultimate goal.
I primarily do a lot of confirmation.
Brutalle is currently an AKC grand champion.
Brutalle as far as AKC standard goes is a very good
representative of the AKC standard for the Cone Corso.
His, I think length of body is correct,
lot of substance, lot of bone.
I think his head's very nice.
He's got a square head, a more square muzzle.
His length of muzzle versus the length of head is correct.
Strong powerful mover.
The AKC standard for the Cone Corso
is up to 27 and a half inches for the males
and up to 25 inches for the females.
And the weight should be proportionate to the height.
Acceptable colors for the Cone Corso are black,
black brindle, chestnut brindle, blue brindle, blue,
fawn, red fawn, the fawn should have a mask.
For the fawns it should be a black mask.
For formentino it should be a gray mask.
He has one leg on his rally novice.
He's completed his trick dog title.
He has his CGC.
Also his barn hunt.
He's almost got a title in that.
We're continuing his AKC showing
he's actually working towards his bronze level
AKC championship.
We're getting closer to that and just getting out there,
just doing different things.
Trying to keep it fun for him and do different activities
and we'll focus a little more on the obedience and stuff
I think you know, he seems to enjoy that.
He loves barn hunt.
Barn hunt is one of his all time favorite things.
Going after those little rats, going through
up and down over bails of hay and he just thinks
that's really fun.
I'd have to say though the ball is probably his best friend.
He will chase the ball all day long.
Sticks, doesn't really much matter.
You throw anything anywhere, he'll go after it.
Temperament is probably one of the number one things
for us.
You can't have a dog that size that you can't trust.
I think the worst thing, they're very,
they get their feelings hurt.
They try so hard to please you and if you yell at them
they sometimes will just be very upset about that.
They get their feelings hurt, you know most people
don't think that.
They think, oh big tough strong dog, you know,
but they are sensitive.
They really do wanna please you.
Brutalle's physical strengths are,
he can't run all day, you know most Corsos can't.
For his size I think he does really well.
I mean he will play and fetch as long as you wanna do it.
You're the one that has to make the call and say,
okay that's enough, you know.
He's a hard worker.
He'll keep playing as long as he can.
So like I say we have to tell him when it's enough.
If you're considering owning a Cone Corso
first of all you really really wanna do your research.
You wanna find a good breeder
that's gonna be supportive of you through everything.
You wanna find preferably a breeder where you can meet
at least one or both of the parents.
Check the temperament, you know.
Like with any dog if you know that they have
good health scores that helps.
Anybody that's considering a Cone Corso has to make sure
when the dog from the get go, they have to do
a lot of socialization, because by nature
they are guardians and they are protective
and it's not the kind of dog you can just
stick in the backyard and forget about it.
They enjoy people, they love meeting people,
but again socializing them is extremely important.
So, again you have to do your work,
you have to train them because they are big strong dogs
and if you don't train 'em they're gonna
drag you down the street, you know.
The Cone Corso's are very good at protecting their property.
As far as working, I would say guardian.
Guarding properties, you know, that's gonna be
probably their biggest purpose.
As far as Brutalle and I moving forward
we are continuing showing AKC confirmation.
We do wanna start doing more other obedience type things,
more rally, just trying different events.
Get him out there, let him chase some rats
and barn hunt, you know he has fun
doing all that stuff.
So just keeping him busy, keeping him active.
He's a really fun dog to take places.
I really enjoy taking him out, taking him to the beach,
very predictable dog so you pretty much know
what you're gonna get.
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