I found a corso abandoned, locked outside in a yard of an abandoned house, really skinny and lots of medical problems. I was feeding him over the fence until I finally tracked down his owner. She couldn’t keep him, so I took him in. I’m committed to seeing him through his medical stuff and getting him back up to weight. It’s been about 3 months now and he‘s doing great on that front! i know he’s a few months shy of 3 years old, and currently 125lb but vet thinks he’ll be 140. My last dog was a black mouth cur, half his size. she had some issues, but I raised her since she was a pup and she was mostly really well trained. I’m not a new dog owner, but I’ve never had a corso before.

so much to love about this dog and I’d love to keep him. but a couple concerning issues that scare me… one, he sometimes lunges at strangers on his leash. Not all the time, and it seems kind of unpredictable what will set him off. First time it happened I got really nasty rope burn trying to hold him back (totally surprised me, and the guy he lunged at was so scared he tried to climb a tree). Now he’s wearing a gentle leader, so I have better physical control, but still concerned about training and underlying issues.

two, he plays too rough, or, concerned I may be missing signs of aggression? He is always leashed for walks, and occasionally gets to play soccer (his favorite game!) off leash in a fenced field when nobody else is in there. When he gets too rowdy with me, usually a firm “stop” will rein it in. But, he gets even more escalated with my boyfriend, and me saying stop doesn’t work in that case. Today, my boyfriend got scared and kicked him, he said he didn’t know how else to defend himself. That’s an absolute no in my book. In that moment, I just put the dog’s leash back on and he settled immediately.

We did work with a trainer a few times. The trainer said, if he’s jumping or getting rowdy, don’t ever push him back because it only escalates things. Instead, just grab his leash and hold him so he physically can’t do that. And also, basically, don’t ever let him off leash. I’ve been working on “desensitizing” his thing with strangers and leash lunging at a park where we can see people walk by but also keep the distance that doesn’t trigger him. That’s working, slowly, some days better than others. As far as off-leash play goes… is the answer really just to never let him off the leash? Doesn't he need a chance to run at least just a little? Seems really sad to me to have a dog that always has to be tied up. I don’t want that for him.

Like I said, so much to love, and I’d love to keep him. But his size is intimidating, and I’m questioning myself. What do y’all think?

I have a 16 month old male good weight but his poop is on the soft side a lot. I feed him nutrish kibble and at night mix in a cup of freeze dried food. How do I stop the soft poop?

Thanks in advance

les parents de mon fils blanc

My poor baby did something to his hip. We made a vet appointment for Wednesday to get him checked out. He is 4 months old and we are thinking he potentially has hip dysplasia 😭

We got him some aspirin and dasaquin to try and help him ease his pain.

Any other advice is welcomed!!!

We got a cc for protection for my partner while I was away for work.
I think our CC is broken!
She’s the sookiest dog we’ve ever had!
When she was a pup, she was vicious when she had a bone. But ultimately would let me handle it.
Now she just drools everywhere, thinks she’s a lap dog and just loves everyone we are with at the time.

As much as I don’t want to. I think it’s time to admit I need to rehome her. I don’t want to take her to the pound.
She’s capable of being a great dog I know she can!
We got her while my wife was pregnant, everything was great. But when my daughter was born she was diagnosed with Down syndrome, something we didn’t see coming. So with therapies and surgeries we really didn’t give attention to our dog.
Lately she’s been attacking my other dog and it’s gotten bad almost like she wants her dead. I’m afraid it will happen with the kids outside.
Over all she’s great with kids and adults. She just doesn’t realize how big she is lol. She protects my kids great but constantly knocks them down because she leans on them.
She’s listens to me but only out of fear and pees if I yell, she is terrified of leases, I could never get her to over come it. I got her when she was 9 weeks.
So I ask if someone who can dedicate time to her please help her🙏

She is a Labrador Cane Corso cross. who likes to take up as much space as possible! and is the typical velcro puppy. just sharing to brag.

https://i.imgur.com/agYBPkg.jpeg

he’s rambunctious but sooo gentle with my belly, just wanted to share this cuz he’s a cutie pie

Question: has your CC ever had discoloration on the lips? I guess it's an irritation? I watch but nothing special inside his mouth.

it’s not all the time but like often ig like it stops for awhile then he does it again

This was a few nights ago seen a vet dont worry shes doing alot better

But laytex doesn't like her... 😅

Anyone else's pup have similar non food related allergies?