cANE CORSO
ESSENCE
OF BREED
FEATURES ESPECIALLY CHARACTERISTIC OF CANE CORSO WHICH SET IT OUT OF OTHER BREEDS.
ORIGIN OF BREED | HISTORY | CLASSIFICATION | BEHAVIOUR | TEMPERAMENT | APPEARANCE |
HIGH INTELLIGENCE
Cane corso is intelligent, active, well-balanced and is an excellent watchdog. Learning easily and quickly are charateristic of the breed.
GREAT MOVEMENT NEEDS
Movement needs of cane corso are great, it can accompany its master for hours without showing the signs of tiredness.
General characteristics of breed
ITALIAN HISTORY OF THE BREED
The direct ancestor of the bread is the ancient Roman molossus. In the past it used to be widespread in whole Italy, in the recent past its most characteristic spread area is the province of Apulia and the neighbouring areas of Southern Italy. The name of the breed comes from the Latin word ’cohors’ which means guard, defender (a guard of farms, courts).
A WELL-BALANCED BEHAVIOUR AND A CALM TEMPERAMENT
Its original task is watching an area, a family, animals, it is especially movable and teachable.
A ROBUST APPEARANCE
It is medium-sized or large. It is a robust and strong breed bu itt is elegant, lean and it has strong muscles.
FCI 2.breedgroup: pinchers, schnauzers, molosses, Swiss mountain and shepard dogs 2.section: molosses, mastiff type dogs.
ORIGIN OF THE BREED:
ITALY
FCI CLASSIFICATION:
FCI 2. BREEDGROUP - 2.SECTION
UTILISATION:
MANY-SIDED LABOUR DOG
SIZE AND WEIGHT
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HEAD: It is big and tipically molossoid. The top fore-and-aft axle of skull is slightly convergent with the axle of nasal bridge without wrinkles.
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VAULT: It is wide with cheekbone bends. Its width is equal to its length. It is convex in front and it is getting flatter from the part behind the forehead to the occiput. The middle, frontal sulcus can be seen from the beginning of the stop and it ends in the middle of vault.
Stop: it is expressed, prominent with frontal sinuses.
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VISCEROCRANIUM:
Nose: It is black. With a grey mask a similar shade is allowed. A big nose with open nostrils. Nose is situated in the line of nasal bridge.
Muzzle: It is robust, square and shorter than vault. The relation of vault and viscerocranium is 2:1. The frontal part of muzzle is flat, its sidelong surfaces are parallel, it is as wide as long. From the side it is deep. The profile of nasal bridge is lineal.
Lips: Upper lips form a turned „U” shape in their meeting point, from the side they moderately hang. They cover bottom lips and determine the bottom profile of muzzle.
Chinbone, jaw, teeth: the chinbone and the jaw are big, sizeable, thick and arched. A tight forward bite but it is not bigger than 5 mm. Masticatory muscle is distinct but it is not convex.
Eyes: They are middle-sized, slightly convex but never extremely. They are close to egg-shape, they are expressly far from each other, they are situated nearly under forehead. Eyelids close tightly. The colour of iris is as adrk as possible adjusting to the tone of hairs. The eyes are watchful and attentive.
Ears: They are triangular, hanging, middle-sized, they are pinned widely much above the arch of cheekbone. They are not cut.
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NECK: It is robust, well-muscled, its length is equal to the length of head.
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BODY:
The length of body is over withers, well-built but not square.
Withers: They are expressed ,and above the line of buttock.
Back: It is straight, well-muscled and tense.
Groin: It is short and strong.
Buttock: It is long , wide and slightly round.
Chest: It is well-developed, it reaches the elbow.
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TAIL: It is natural. It is rather highly pinned, it is pretty thick in the root. It is held high when moving but never vertical or ring-shaped.
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LIMBS:
FRONTAL LIMBS:
Shoulder: It is long, sloped and pretty well-muscled.
Overarm: It is straight and very robust.
Joint:It is flexible.
Tarso metatarsus:It is flexible and slightly slanted.
Paws: They are like cats’ paws.
BACK LIMBS:
Tigh: It is long and wide, the back line of tigh is convex.
Leg: It is strong and not flashy.
Knee: It is solid, moderatly angled.
Hock joint: It is moderately angled.
Back tarso-metatarsus:It is thick and dry.
Back paws: They are less compact than frontal paws.
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WAY OF WALK/MOVEMENT: A big pace, a drawn jogging, prefered way of walk is jogging.
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SKIN: It is rather thick and tense.
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HAIRS: They are short, shiny, very thick with some glassy underhair.
Colour: Black, lead-grey, slate-grey, light grey, dark yellow, fawn-colour (stripes on the he different shades of yellow and grey). The mask of yellow and stripped dogs can not reach behind the line of eyes. A little white spot on chest, on tips of toes or on nasal bridge are accepted.)
