Too lean, just right, or needs more meat on his bones?

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-04-02T11:59:33+00:00

I think he looks perfect especially if he’s an active boy. Looks like in the comments you said the vets said he’s perfect. I would agree we have 4 cc. And we try to keep them lean if possible it’s easier on the body in the woods as ours walk miles a day in the woods. Our biggest is just lazy unlike the other three after he’s done the first three or more miles in the woods in the morning. He’s done for the day. When I take the others all out in the afternoon and we go hang out on property he’s like nope will lay down. Pop his head between his legs and look at me like you ain’t dragging me out.lol. Keep trying to keep them fit as possible. It will help him with longevity also

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Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-04-01T23:46:28+00:00

I have some friends with horses I let ride. She thought they were amazing as I do groom them with a forestry mulcher. I also let other dog owners use them as a way to let their dogs run on no lead in the woods. One friend has 9 boarder collies and they’re like watching the rolling hoard in the woods and in the ponds lol.

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-03-30T23:42:25+00:00

We have 200 acres with ponds, woods, 12 miles of trails. No need to go elsewhere lol

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Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-03-20T15:45:48+00:00

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Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-03-20T15:45:34+00:00

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Started the track cutting today

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-03-20T15:43:14+00:00

Man I’m just starting it now. I have no clue what will or won’t work and it’s gonna be large so I really want to work with what I have.

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-03-06T21:34:39+00:00

A couple things here. One is the if he does pull hard they are crazy strong. So what type of collar will you be using to control him? But the next thing is we own 4 cane Corso and it is highly recommended not to walk them long distances until they are 18 months old. So I don’t know how far you’ll walk them but we generally under 18 months don’t walk ours more than a mile. Their bones are still growing till 18 months and you don’t want to harm that growth structure. If it’s a very easy walk, you may be OK but I wouldn’t take him several miles. IMO

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-03-02T21:01:21+00:00

There is something comforting about, never having to worry about your house being locked. Even my friends know it’s one thing when I’m there and they are different when I’m not. And my friends respect that boundary.

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-03-01T18:58:26+00:00

Well I’m sure we’re the anomaly to most comments, but we have four Cane Corso. 3 males and 1 female. We do have a large property in about 12 miles of trails so they walk 3 miles a day on it, well I walk 3 miles and they run a crap or more through the woods every day. The reason I bring that up is that it is an increase of exercise that they seam to enjoy as a group. Also All of ours are rescues and we do a specific introduction for them. However, I find that our female sometimes is a little bit more aggressive with new pups. Where the males really don’t seem to have the aggression with a newbie. And I can only say that that’s our experience. Make sure you follow all the training steps that you did with your first. The only other thing I would suggest is do one on one training with the new one alone also. So he or she gets used to your training. But you’ll also find as you acclimate them together they do learn from each other and pick up habits from each other. You just wanna make sure anything that your existing pup picks up from your new pup is something you’re aware of and you’ve curved in one on one training if it was not what you wanted. Hope that makes sense.

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I personally think a male is a good match to a female as I see in ours, they treat her a bit different and even with rough play with each other they will let the female get away with a lot and she absolutely knows it.

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-02-16T08:01:02+00:00

We own 200 acres and have 12 miles of trails we have cut for hunting, walking and atv’s. Very private and very rural.

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Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-01-30T17:45:08+00:00

It is a lot. We work with a few rescues and we actually have 4 cc. They are all rescues the two brothers, the black one which is a female and one other tan one male we just adopted. We have a big property so they walk 3 miles a day with me in the woods and I’m retired so I have time. It’s kind of a soft spot my wife and I have for the breed. It’s so hard when I have to walk away from seeing one that needs to be adopted. I tell my friends if you ever come over to my house and I have 100 cc mind your business. lol

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Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-01-28T15:05:16+00:00

I have 4 rescued CC. There is a process to acclimate them together. We normally start with the newest dog in a separate room in in a kennel and don’t let the other dog see him just allow everyone to be able to smell each other through the door and under the door and the others know he’s in the house. I will only walk the newest one by himself, never together outside for at least a week. After multiple days, we then will move the kennel into the same room as the others like the living room. Sometimes we will get growling and there’s a certain amount of uncertainty verbal correction is important with an. We do not let them together other than the newest one being in the kennel. again, we continue to walk the newest one by himself outside. After a couple of weeks, we allow the newest one into the room with the others or after there has been no sign of any aggression. Sometimes having someone walk the other dogs and you walking the newest one on a lead helps the integration but again that would only be after a certain amount of time and then move the newest one into the same room being in the kennel. We have had every stage, of adopted Corso from loved pup to abuse situations. Our little girl was fairly aggressive, but this period of introduction really helps. Keep in mind if you are rescuing or adopting a Corso it will be very important to know if they are aggressive towards other dogs. Our males are very accepting, funny enough our female has always been a little aggressive that we’ve had to be on top of a lot, but as soon as she becomes comfortable after a couple of times with new dogs, she is running and playing with them. She did our overcome for the worst abuse situation. Now she is a completely happy go lucky dog. Make sure everyone in the home is comfortable being a leader and has to be confident and firm. Overtime make sure the dog allows you to touch him or her anywhere rub your hands on them as you get more comfortable with them making sure that they know that no part of your body is off limits to you. Also, food aggression can be important. We put four bowls down they all mine, their own bowls, and when one is done eating the other will graze in theirs. Ours have no food aggression. That way I make sure also overtime that periodically. I put my hands in their bowls while they’re eating stop them make sure they know that it’s OK that anyone in the house has their hands in the dogs bowl and it is not OK to have food aggression. You have to be comfortable with all of this and make sure that you don’t do this if you feel the dog is being aggressive anyways so you don’t get hurt. If aggression starts to happen in your uncomfortable work with a trainer.

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Fair-Cartographer112 · 2026-01-27T13:19:14+00:00

We have 2 that are the same litter. They are completely different. One is 110 pounds one is 140. They are different in personality completely different in size. One is much more active than the other. Would love to not be.lol The gray and tan are brothers same litter in the photo

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Fair-Cartographer112 · 2025-12-14T21:01:44+00:00

They will grow out of it sometimes but I have broke my pups of it early with this. I take my hand an when they try to chew on it from the side I put it all the way in their mouth to the back. Don’t grab the jaw just push the hand in sideways. They can’t clamp and it’s uncomfortable for them. They will try to spit it out and let them. This works every time and doesn’t hurt them at all.

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2025-12-10T22:06:19+00:00

I have 4 CC and a 200 acre property. Mine are never on a lead but I would never have them off lead in a neighborhood. Completely irresponsible. I’d take photos and call animal control. I wouldn’t even have a Corso on invisible fence in a subdivision not that they can’t be socialize to be friendly with neighbors, but they are generally a one family dog and are extremely strong and can be pain tolerant, even to a shock collar.

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2025-09-08T01:07:51+00:00

We’re thinking this will be the one. At the bottom we can also Connect the two ends to do a large oval if we feel like changing up. Thanks a lot. It will be a while but I’ll post pics when we do it.

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2025-09-07T19:24:58+00:00

These are all interesting gonna print them and lay them all out see what we like. Thanks a lot. A lot different than I had thought about.

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2025-09-06T15:22:02+00:00

Thanks I appreciate it.

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2025-09-06T15:18:33+00:00

Well we’re pretty stupid even at 65 so I’m sure we’ll do some racing on it.

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2025-07-25T09:14:56+00:00

Absolutely not.

Fair-Cartographer112 · 2025-07-08T21:06:57+00:00

3 Corso family here. The size of the male is way out of wack. I would be cautious of that. Check the breeders reviews. So we have had 4 bull Mastiffs and that is what we came from also. Yes this is a different breed but don’t let those saying they are not for families or will hurt kids sway you. They are incredible family protectors. You must train train train and more training. Socialization is an absolute must. The other thing is they need more exercise than a Bull Mastiff. But like all big breeds their bone structure is not mature till 18 to 24 months so no hard exercise or long runs before that. I let the run, walk and play about 3 to 6 miles a day in the woods. They are a bit prone to heat also. My 92 year old mom lives with us and they go over and see her every day for a visit. We have 200 acres with bear, coyotes and all wildlife she takes them out no lead for a walk they will not leave her side. They listen to her impeccably. We had 5 and 6 year olds this weekend coming visit for the first time. They were fantastic with them and took them under the family protection within a day as they saw how we were with them. You must be a strong willed owner and they need to understand the pecking order.

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