Cane Corso

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Italian breed of mastiff

title: "Cane Corso" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["fci-breeds", "mastiffs", "dog-breeds-originating-in-italy"] description: "Italian breed of mastiff" topic_path: "geography/italy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_Corso" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Italian breed of mastiff ::

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countryItaly
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coatshort, dense, lustrous
colourblack; lead-grey, light grey or slate-grey; dark fawn, light fawn or stag red; dark wheaten ('fromentino')
kc_nameEnte Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana
kc_stdhttps://www.enci.it/media/2603/343.pdf
fcistdhttp://www.fci.be/Nomenclature/Standards/343g02-en.pdf
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The Cane Corso is an Italian breed of mastiff. It is usually kept as a companion dog or guard dog; it may also be used to protect livestock. In the past it was used both for hunting large game and for herding cattle.

History

According to the breed standard of the , the Cane Corso was once distributed throughout much of the Italian peninsula, but in the recent past was found only in Puglia, in southern Italy. After the collapse of the mezzadria system of share-cropping in the 1960s, the dogs became rare. The modern breed derives from selective breeding from about 1980 of a few surviving animals.

A breed society, the , was formed in 1983. The breed was recognised by the in 1994; it was provisionally accepted by the in 1996, and received full acceptance in 2007. It was recognised by the American Kennel Club of the United States in 2010.

The number of annual registrations in Italy in the period 2011–2019 was in the range of .

Characteristics

The Cane Corso is a large dog of molossoid type, strong and muscular but not without elegance; it is closely related to the Neapolitan Mastiff. According to the international standard, dogs should stand some at the withers and weigh ; bitches are about smaller, and weigh some less. The head is large, slightly over one third of the height at the withers in length, with a well-defined stop. The top of the cranium is flat and slightly convergent to the muzzle. The eyes are oval in shape, and set well apart. The iris of the eye should be as dark as possible.

The coat is short, dense and lustrous. It may be black, various shades of grey (lead-grey, light grey or slate-grey) or fawn (dark fawn, light fawn or stag red), or dark wheaten ('fromentino'); it may be brindled. Minor white markings on the chest, the feet or the nose are tolerated.

The Cane Corso is genetically pre-disposed to elbow and hip dysplasia, to patellar luxation and to retinal dysplasia. It has above-average susceptibility to demodicosis, ectropion, entropion, gastric dilatation volvulus (bloat), hypothyroidism, idiopathic epilepsy, mycotic otitis and nictitans gland prolapse ("cherry eye").

In 2017 a study of 232 of the dogs from 25 countries found an average life span of 9.3 years, varying with different coat colours. The longest-lived were black brindle (10.3 years), followed by: brindle (10.1 years); grey brindle (9.8 years); black, fawn and grey (all 9.0 years); and dogs of other colours (8.1 years). The median life span is also reported as 8.1 and as 9 years.

Use

The Cane Corso is usually kept as a companion dog or guard dog; it may also be used to protect livestock. In the past it was used both for hunting large game and for herding cattle.

It is subject to a working trial: in order to qualify for registration, dogs must show tranquillity in the presence of inoffensive strangers, indifference to gunfire, and aggressive defence of the owner against an attacker. File:CaneCorso (12).jpg|Grey brindle File:Viggo-Ears-n-Tail.png|Brown brindle File:Cane Corso Aragon.jpg|Black brindle File:Cane Corso Fawn.jpg|Fawn

Notes

References

References

  1. Jerold S. Bell, Kathleen E. Cavanagh, Larry P. Tilley, Francis W.K. Smith (2012). ''Veterinary Medical Guide to Dog and Cat Breeds''. Jackson, Wyoming: Teton NewMedia. {{isbn. 9781482241419.
  2. [https://www.enci.it/libro-genealogico/razze/cane-corso Cane Corso] (in Italian). Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana. Accessed August 2021.
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  4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200705211721/http://www.fci.be/en/nomenclature/ITALIAN-CANE-CORSO-343.html FCI breeds nomenclature: Cane Corso Italiano (343)]. Fédération Cynologique Internationale. Archived 5 July 2020.
  5. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210813100912/http://www.fci.be/Nomenclature/Standards/343g02-en.pdf FCI-Standard N° 343: Cane Corso Italiano (Italian Cane Corso)]. Fédération Cynologique Internationale. Archived 13 August 2021.
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