By Richard Braxton

Understanding and Training your Cane Corso Dog & Puppy to be Good

Copyright © 2012 by Richard Braxton

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ISBN: 978-1-329-17263-0

1.The Characteristics of a Cane Corso Puppy and Dog

2.How to Select Treats To Train Your Dog With

3.What You Should Know About Puppy Teeth

4.Some Helpful Tips for Raising Your Cane Corso Puppy

5.Are Rawhide Treats Good for Your Cane Corso?

6.How to Crate Train Your Cane Corso

7.When Should You Spay Or Neuter Your Dog?

8.When Your Cane Corso Makes Potty Mistakes

9.How to Teach your Cane Corso to Fetch

10.Make it Easier and Healthier for Feeding Your Cane Corso

11.When Your Cane Corso Has Separation Anxiety, and How to Deal With It

12.When Your Cane Corso Is Afraid of Loud Noises

13.How to Stop Your Cane Corso From Jumping Up On People

14.How to Build A Whelping Box for a Cane Corso or Any Other Breed of Dog

15.How to Teach Your Cane Corso to Sit

16.Why Your Cane Corso Needs a Good Soft Bed to Sleep In

17.How to Stop Your Cane Corso From Running Away or Bolting Out the Door

18.Some Helpful Tips for Raising Your Cane Corso Puppy

19.How to Socialize Your Cane Corso Puppy

20.How to Stop Your Cane Corso Dog From Excessive Barking

21.When Your Cane Corso Has Dog Food or Toy Aggression Tendencies

22.What you Should Know about Fleas and Ticks

23.How to Stop Your Cane Corso Puppy or Dog From Biting

24.What to Expect Before and During your Dog Having Puppies

25.What the Benefits of Micro chipping Your Dog Are to You

26.How to Get Something Out of a Puppy or Dog's Belly Without Surgery

27.How to Clean Your Cane Corso's Ears Correctly

28.How to Stop Your Cane Corso From Eating Their Own Stools

29.How Invisible Fencing Typically Works to Train and Protect Your Dog

30.Some Items You Should Never Let Your Puppy or Dog Eat

31.How to Make Sure Your Dog is Eating A Healthy Amount of Food

32.Make it Easier and Healthier for Feeding Your Cane Corso

33.How to Clean and Groom your Cane Corso

34.How to Trim a Puppy or Dogs Nails Properly

35.The 5 Different Kinds of Worms that can Harm your Dog

36.How to Deworm your Cane Corso for Good Health

37.What You Should Know About Dog Rabies

38.Some Helpful Healthy and Tasty Homemade Dog Food Recipes

The Cane Corso dog has a very rich history, which is proven through the written works mentioning the breed until the early 1500's. According to this literature, this dog was one of the massive guard dogs of the early Romans. This consequently indicates that the dog was also used for fighting in the Roman gladiator exhibitions.

The Cane Corso dog is famous for its powerful jaws and neck, and its leathery skin that provides the dog its necessary protection. There is no wrinkling on their skin, nor is there much dewlap or the development of large wrinkles in the neck region.

Cane Corso are fawn, black, gray, striped or brindled in color. In addition to this, most dogs also have a white patch on their chest and on the tips of the toes and perhaps on the nose bridge also.

All this proves that the Cane Corso is a powerful and highly intelligent dog that shows lots of loyalty and affection to their human companions. Having always served humankind as a dog of war, a circus dog and a farm worker, Cane Corso is naturally protective of their masters.

A Cane Corso general appearance makes him look threatening while he actually is a quite dog that resorts to barking and attacking as a defense when he feels his family is threatened. He is very gentle and very much devoted to the family and children.

The Cane Corso dog is an athletic and active breed of dog, and need lots of short play times throughout the day. As he grows, he prefers doing activities like jogging with his master and is quite athletic throughout his life.

As the male Cane Corso is dominant in nature, he needs another dominant person as his pack leader, lest he starts taking over the situation. It is better to start obedience training early as the dog can reach a weight of 60 pounds within 6 months of age.

Being a light shedder, the Cane Corso dog is easy to groom. He just has to be brushed a few times a month, while a few baths a year is enough, when he smells bad or gets into mischief. Moreover, a Cane Corso does not require any monthly flea and tick preventative measures.

These dogs are generally a healthy breed that can survive in a variety of climates. They are very pain tolerant, except for their ears, which are very sensitive. They are however genetically prone to hip dysplasia, bloat, red mange which is a skin condition mites cause and various eye problems like entropion, and cherry eye.

The Cane Corso on average has 4 to 8 puppies in their litter, and has an average lifespan of 10 to 11 years long. The specialty of the Cane Corso is its skull, which is brachycephalic which means its nasal passages are foreshortened and tipped inwards.

This in turn gives the dog less breathing space than other dogs that have a straight muzzle. It is because of this that the dog requires additional care during extremely hot weather as there is a chance of the dog overheating quickly, so you need to be aware of their breathing requirements as well.

Dogs need to be rewarded the way we humans love being treated. Would you like someone hanging a treat over you, and then just patting you on the head for a good round of tricks shown? The answer is obviously a NO! The same thing happens if you do that to your pet, he gets de motivated and annoyed as well. He would not trust you the next time around if he does not have an incentive to bank on.

You may have seen your friend or neighbor offering treats to their dogs for a good job done. However, remember, your dog needs one, but maybe not the same treat as other dogs. Some dogs would love a certain treat, while others wouldn’t care for that treat as much as a different kind. They would certainly want more than what the other dog is getting at the moment. Now this is left up to the owner to figure out, you have to understand your dog’s likes and dislikes. Change the levels of the treat rewards for your dog, so that he understands why he gets what he gets.

Level One: Here you should give him a reward for the job he is willing to do, not for standing on his head or back flips. This reward should be a standard treat for all the goodness he does for you. You can consider this to be like his daily wage.

Level Two: Your dog would want this reward more than the first one, since it is for something special or a special occasion for which he would get this. This reward should be kept when he does something extra special while undergoing obedience training. Treat this reward as overtime for the little angel, he would appreciate it, and would be more motivated to work harder and smarter next time.

Level Three: This is for emergencies such as situations that would involve life and death for example. You should train your dog on how to rescue folks around in grave situations, or maybe even be man’s best friend in times of emotional need. Here the treats would signify higher amounts of love and dedication towards him. He would understand that this treat is meant for something serious and not just because he chased the next-door neighbor’s cat off your property.

It’s not about the size of the treat: Now the size of the treat doesn’t matter here, it’s the intent, which does. While handing out treats to your dog, you should pat him on the head, which will tell him he is worth the treat being given. It's now up to you on what treats you best think your little doggie should get.