Cane Corso

Working

Coat

Solid:
Sable: Red or Blue Sable in any of the patterns, but shading is allowed as tipping only, not solid colour.
Brindle: with striping, or with striping.
Masking: All of the above may be masked (standard mask). The mask may be - in brindles and shaded sables, it matches the stripe/tipping colour. The mask may extend down the throat/chest and may include the toes/fingers.
Urajiro: Allowed on all of the above.
White Markings: allowed as trim on the chest, toes/fingers and as a small muzzle patch.

Eyes

in dogz with black pigment
in blues and livers
in isabellas
Blues, livers and isabellas also allow , but it's faulted.

Nose

except in blues and blue brindles which have . Solid red/golden dogz can have either - if masked, it should match the mask colour.

Faults

Wrong nose colour. Wrong eye colour.

Disqualifications

More white than listed.

Varieties

None

Notes

The cane corso is believed to be a very old type of dog, and was originally kept as a watchdog, and even today it requires a fair amount of socialization and training to become a well-mannered pet. This breed was once close to the brink of extinction, and it was not until the strong and elegant male Dauno was used in the breeding program, that the cane corso made a real return. Today it can be found in several countries beside the one were it was first created, namely Italy.

The cane corso should appear medium sized, slightly rectangular in shape, with great agility, very alert and radiating confidence.
The head is powerful with a heavy muzzle which should be shorter than the head and somewhat of a dish face. The ears can be cropped or natural. The neck is dry with an oval shape, the body is compact with a deep and long chest. The body's top and under lines should be almost parallell. The legs are muscular and well angled. The tail can be docked or natural.

Breed Files

Filename: Cane Corso
Offset: 0090
Base: Great Dane
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: December 29, 2009
Notes: Cropped or natural ears, five tail variations (can be full or docked), topline variations, optional liplines and neck wrinkles. The first version of the file released had a little extra white space around the head in dane pose. A fixed file is up now, but already registered dogz may have this extra space.

Filename: CS Cane Corso
Offset: 421C
Base: Great Dane
SCP: Great Dane
Accepted: December 26, 2006
Notes: Comes with cropped ears/docked tail, natural ears/docked tail or natural ears/natural tail

Filename: Cane Corso
Offset: 83F6
Base: Great Dane
SCP: Great Dane
Accepted: November 15, 2003
Notes: