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How to Love a Cane Corso, Without Going Crazy If you have ever owned a Cane Corso, you know that training this dog can be a serious job; especially if you've got a stubborn one like mine. But one thing that is not hard to do, is falling in love with this amazing dog. To give this dog all of your love, and remain sane, is another story. Here are my tips for loving your Cane Corso, without going crazy.
Can we play now? Can we play again?
And then can we play some more?
Cane Corsos love to play. If you are not an active person who enjoys physical activity, this is probably not the right breed of dod for you. The Cane Corso is a working breed, so don't expect to tire them out easily. They could play all day if you could keep up, but trust me you can't. So how do you maximize the time you do have to play with your Cane Corso. A Cane Corso's prey instinct is strong and they love to run. One of the best way to exercise your Cane Corso without tiring yourself out is playing fetch with the loudest, highest pitch, most annoying squeak toy you can find. When the toy squeaks your Cane Corso's energy will go through the roof, as she is now in hunting mode. Throw the toy as far as you can and watch her tear through your yard after it. This is a great way to exercise your Cane Corso without letting them beat you up. Keep in mind, however, this is only the Cane Corso's second favorite game.
A Cane Corso's favorite game to play is Tug. She won't care if it is a large rope, a bone, a disk, a shirt, a shoe, etc. She likes to flex her muscles and she like to pretend she is dominant over you. Playing tug with your Cane Corso is a great way to bond with it. It can strengthen her jaw, her teeth, her back and leg muscles, and it is also a great confidence builder, but beware. Tug must not be played with a Cane Corso until she is trained and obedient, never bites or nips, and never shows aggression towards her owner. Playing Tug too soon in this dogs development will send mixed signals, telling the dog that it is okay to challenge your authority. It's okay to pull back, it's okay to fight the power, it's okay to take things from you. Although this is clearly not what your intending to do, this is how a young, rambunctious Cane Corso will interpret it. These are not signals that should be sent to a Cane Corso too early, or training will be even more of a nightmare then it may already be.
So until your Cane Corso is trained, stick with the fetch.
If I see it, it's mine. If I touch it, it's mine. If I bite it, it's mine.Oh did you think that was yours? Yeah, that's mine too. You may have had personal belongings at one point in your life, but ever since you got a Cane Corso, you've had to ask permission to get in your own bed. A Cane Corso can be a possessive creature, but keep in mind, the moment this dog moved into your home it immediately took the role of head of security. As lead security advisor, it's understandable when your Cane Corso gets a little bit possessive; understandable but unacceptable. The best way to curb this behavior is to set boundaries from jump street. All your Cane Corso needs to understand that you control the resources. You control the water, you control the food, your in charge of grooming, and most importantly you control the toys. Once these boundaries are understood by your Cane Corso, it will be easier to curb her possessive behavior.
It all starts with the food. Never leave your dog's food bowl out for her to access at her leisure. You have to intentionally "let her eat." Keep the bowl out of her reach until it is meal time, and never feed her without getting something in return. I have my Cane Corso Bella sit and wait at her food bowl until I give the command "Okay." She will sit in front of her food bowl for ten minutes if that is how long it takes me to say "okay," because she knows if she starts eating before she's allowed that I will take the food bowl back. Without realizing it, I once put her food bowl down and left the room without saying the command. To my surprise, I cam back in the room ten minutes later to find that my hungry Cane Corso had fallen asleep in front of her bowl, and hadn't taken a bite. I said, "Okay" and she immediately awoke and started feeding.
One last point on boundaries. Never let your Cane Corso play with a toy unless you have handed it to her yourself. If you catch your Cane Corso playing with a toy that she wasn't given, take it from her, make her do a trick (sit, lay, beg, etc.) and only then can she play with it. If you are able to teach her that everything in the house is yours, your much less likely to have a food aggressive dog, or a dog that won't let you lie on your own bed without asking her first.
Feeding time is the best tool you will have when training your Cane Corso. This is a hungry, hungry dog, and although it may be too proud to always do tricks for your amusement, it wants to eat and so it will learn.
You Don't Scare Me!
Why Yelling NEVER Works. There will inevitably come a time when you and your Cane Corse disagree. Whether it be over who gets the big couch, who that shoe belongs to, or whether or not tackling guests is the appropriate way to greet them, you are bound to butt heads. Please take my word for it, yelling at your Cane Corso will never work. First keep in mind that this is a true working dog, which means that is has been bread to be task specific. Once your Cane Corso sets her mind on a task, distracting her from it will be very difficult. If this weren't the case, she would be a very poor working dog indeed. So screaming for her attention is like yelling at a snow storm. Secondly, bear in mind that this dog was used to fight lions in the coliseum and to kill and capture bears in the wild. You don't scare it. Nothing you could do would scare it. Cane Corsos are a fearless beast, capable of ending the life of a half ton boar with one bite. Cane Corso have more bite strength per square inch than Pit Bulls and German Shepherds combined. Lions obviously have a much larger mouth and teeth than Cane Corsos, but per square inch Cane Corso can excerpt many hundreds of pounds more pressure. Trust me when I say, you can't scare this dog into compliance, so don't waste your energy.
What does work? Find a way to avert her attention. Get her to focus on you. Get in between her and whatever it is she is doing, and physically block her actions. Now you are in control. Make her sit, and reward her for her compliance. Positive feedback is the only way a Cane Corso can learn.
Be Patient, Please.
You're All That I've Got When dealing with a stubborn Cane Corso, it can sometimes be easy to lose your patience. Many times in the first year of Bella's life I threatened to take her to the glue factory. Always empty threats, of course. The truth is, your Cane Corso will be the best friend your ever going to have. She will protect you from any danger, at the drop of a hat. She will be there for you at your lowest of lows, and not expect anything of you but your company. At times she will drive you bonkers, but she will never abandon you, and hopefully you will never abandon her.
Remember, she's your best friend in the world, but your more than that to her. To her, you are her world. So give her all the love you have. You won't regret it."
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