I have a question about the cane corso breed. I noticed a post with the quote . . .
"The reason I like the corso so much( besides looks) is they are very submissive with their owner. They accept your dominate and never try to challenge that. At the same time they don't take correction that well. "
I was just wondering if anyone knows exactly what is meant by the fact that they don't take correction well? My puppy is 3 1/2 months old now and seems to take correction fine, he is a little stubborn with biting his leash, and he definitely listens much better to me than my husband.
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It means that some Corso have a softer temperament. They require less force to achieve a good correction.
If you apply too much force with the breed they can take it poorly. Meaning they can start to show avoidance, or fear.
For example, you correct your dog and he yelps then immediately cowers at the end of the leash with his tail between his legs.
Too much of a correction.
Another example, you are doing training with the dog and you give a correction that is a little to hard. . .he suddenly stops in his tracks and looks at you stunned. You have overcorrected and the dog has come out of drive. He seems shaken. . .
Get the picture. I think Cane Corso are not generally as hard as the other working breeds, but they are not softies. They also don't tend to have dominance issues with their owners unless raised incorrectly (but that goes for any breed).
I will dare to disagree about the Corso not trying to challenge you. When the male corso hits about the 18 month mark or so he will try to show a little dominance and he may try to buck up to you, but you have to him in his place and make him realize who's boss. Usually after that initial show of domination there wont be another incident. But they will try once just be prepared for it.
My friend and dog training helper/partner has a one year old cane corso. We work our dogs together usually 4 times a week so I have been able to observe how his dog responds to correction: he was having a difficult time with her recall so he began using a shock collar, the problem was that at lower stimulation levels she would ignore it -- but by the time he had adjusted the collar high enough to be effective she would become very passive and go into avoidance. It has been difficult for him to find the right "level" of correction for this dog although she does seem to be making progress now (he switched from the shock collar to a prong).
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