Warning with a history lesson: This page is not your typical Cane Corso kennel page. This is a working kennel, specifically hunting, & sometimes in this profession dogs get hurt (this video is not for you if this offends you). Featured in this video is Banshee, a 1 year old female in our kennel, she earned her first battle scars on this day after catching and holding a wild Boar that a younger bay dog found and was barking for backup. This was another important test for Banshee the Corso, one of several our dogs will go through to prove they have what it takes and are not all bark. The role of the Cane Corso in Italy as a hunter was the role of the catch dog. Its reputation as a fearless powerful warrior was well earned back in the days. It proved through its history its ability and willingness to engage against either beast or man. In a time when hunting was much more dangerous and many lost their lives to wild Boar hunts (pre firearms and modern medicine), the Corso took all of the risk by fearlessly going head on against the beast and holding on to it in a life or death battle until its human arrived to dispatch the wild beast. The human depended on the Corso to do its job courageously and the Corso depended on its human to always show up. Although today’s Corso is mostly admired and popular for its looks, the history of its ancestors lives on in our dogs & this tradition lives on. Long live the working dog! #canecorso #italianmastiff #canecorsopuppy #canecorsofans #canecorsoitaliano #canecorsolife #canecorsolovers #canecorsobreeder #workingdog #catchdog #workingdogs
Cane Corso litter - Proven Working & Champion lines
We are proud to announce that Ursa is due to have many puppies, very soon! We’re using a Stud that’s sired other great litters in the past, Grand Champion Helios. If you’re new to our Cane Corso program, let me tell you about Ursa. She is the dream Cane Corso, our main catch dog at the time, the dual threat, what most people think of when they talk of the old school working Corso’s that had the temperament to protect, defend, catch and hold dangerous wild Boar, and be a great trustworthy family dog. Feel free to go through our older videos and photos of Ursa on our page, she speaks for herself and has proven herself for a long time. #canecorsobreeder #canecorso #canecorsolife #canecorsopuppies #canecorsolovers #canecorsopuppy #canecorsopup #italianmastiff #italianmastiffpuppy
Karma - Cane Corso
Introducing: Karma - We’ve had Karma for a few months now, she did not fit in where she came to us from but to no fault of her own. She didn’t have a problem, she was just a working dog at heart who was unemployed and needed a job. I admit I am very picky with what I bring into my program so I took her in under the conditions that I was only keeping her if she could prove herself, so I’ve kept this girl on the LOW, working in the lab quietly, making sure she meets our standards of working quality Cane Corso’s before introducing her as an addition to our program here at Diamond Grit. This girl is both ready for work as she is ready to cuddle for hours on the couch with us. Whatever you want to do is what she wants to do! The epitome of a sweetheart! If she could talk she would tell you she’s a lover not a fighter, but don’t tempt her with a good time 😉 #canecorso #canecorsobreeder #canecorsolife #canecorsolovers #canecorsopuppies #canecorsopuppy #italianmastiff #canecorsolove #wildboarhunting #workingdog #workingdogs #mastiff #mastifflife
Cane Corso (10 months, 100 lbs) VS Wild Boar (150 lbs). Catch dog in action learning the ropes.
Full story: This was a quick hunt with our Cane Corso (Knight and Sunny), and our young bay dogs, all here except 1 of them are under 1 year old. It was training day after Hurricane Milton left us without any power, so might as well go hunt. The bay dogs were having trouble with this wild Boar they found in the sugar cane fields, it’s been giving them the run around and losing them for well over 30 minutes already prior to this clip you are seeing here. At this point here, I came around the corner with Knight, my male Cane Corso (10 months old) going towards the dogs working the Boar after finding it again. By luck it was charging towards our direction, running from the dogs that couldn’t stop it. Knight got to display the grit in his blood, he charged forward, directly towards it and braced for the impact he knew was coming. He is the anchor these dogs will need in the future when faced against the big 300+ pound wild Boars running around here. He stopped it where he could grab first, which was the snout, but once he knew he had the chance, he quickly regripped to grab the ear in a quick instant and held it by the ear, moving with it by its side to avoid the tusks and bites, while I got dogs off the pig. I let him do his thing while taking the other dogs off one by one to let him practice his skills and learn through this valuable experience that can save his life later in difficult situations. Most times we are not right there when this happens and can take a long time to get to the catch dog to help, so it’s good he learns to hold until the job is completed, which he’s been doing beyond my expectations!
#canecorso #workindog #catchdog
Cane Corso pup (100 lbs) vs Wild Boar (150 lbs)
Story Time: Quick hunt with our Cane Corso (Knight and Sunny), and our young bay dogs, all here except 1 of them are under 1 year old. It was training day after Hurricane Milton left us without any power, so might as well go hunt. The bay dogs were having trouble with this wild Boar they found in the sugar cane fields, it’s been giving them the run around and losing them for well over 30 minutes already prior to this clip you are seeing here. At this point here, I came around the corner with Knight, my male Cane Corso (10 months old) going towards the dogs working the Boar after finding it again. By luck it was charging towards our direction, running from the dogs that couldn’t stop it. Knight got to display the grit in his blood, he charged forward, directly towards it and braced for the impact he knew was coming. He is the anchor these dogs will need in the future when faced against the big 300+ pound wild Boars running around here. He stopped it where he could grab first, which was the snout, but once he knew he had the chance, he quickly regripped to grab the ear in a quick instant and held it by the ear, moving with it by its side to avoid the tusks and bites, while I got dogs off the pig. I let him do his thing while taking the other dogs off one by one to let him practice his skills and learn through this valuable experience that can save his life later in difficult situations. Most times we are not right there when this happens and can take a long time to get to the catch dog to help, so it’s good he learns to hold until the job is completed, which he’s been doing beyond my expectations! #huntingdog #canecorso #canecorsolife #mastiff #canecorsoitaliano #canecorsopuppy #italianmastiff #workingdog #workingdogs #canecorsolovers #presacanario #dogoargentino #catchdog #hogdog #wildhog #wildboarhunting #canecorsobreeder
Dog hierarchy, debunked?
I’m curious as to your thoughts on the topic of a dog hierarchy. I’m sure many of you have heard that apparently there’s no such thing as an Alpha in dog packs, it’s been debunked! 😂 Apparently dogs don’t have a linear hierarchy like wolves, where there is a clearly dominant leader and a pecking order below that as well. I disagree with this theory based merely on the fact that I am always seeing demonstrations of their hierarchy every single day. This is a clip I took a few weeks ago and never posted it but you can see how our dog pack greets Ursa every time I let them all out together. They also greet Genie (my small Blue Lacy dog) like this even though she’s only 35 lbs, she’s helped raise them all and she’s a badass so she has their respect even when the Corso pups quickly outgrow her. This show of affection is not shown to every dog in the pack in the same way, in fact only they are treated like this. I can also show many examples of them using “dominance” over another dog to remind it of its place in this make believe hierarchy that doesn’t exist. But I must be crazy because apparently dominance in dogs is also a debunked theory, they don’t do this I am told. They are all friends and always nice to each other and as long as all their needs are met they don’t display any of these basic animal traits, so I am told. So I must be crazy, seeing things every day that aren’t there. 🤷🏻♂️ There are many other examples I can list of common pack hierarchy behaviors in our dogs but the post would be too long. Funny enough, people making these claims don’t live with an actual dog pack or have any real life experience in the field, but they read a book.
Knight (9 month old Cane Corso). The future STUD to our program. This boy is truly exceeding all expectations, a true working specimen. Extremely confident male at such a young age. He is proving himself so quickly, has prey drive, defense drive, well balanced temperament, smart. He has surprised me to say the least, the attributes he’s already showing I expect/hope for in all my dogs, but at only 9 months old it’s very unusual to be at the level he’s shown me already. Stay tuned, big things to come with Knight in the near future. #canecorso #canecorsofans #canecorsoclub #canecorsolife #canecorsopuppies #canecorsopup #mastiffpuppy #canecorsolove #canecorsobreeder #workingdog #italianmastiff #italianmastiffpuppy
Banshee (9 month old Cane Corso): I love watching this young girl move. The Cane Corso has one of the most elegant trots in my opinion. Long and powerful, covering lots of space effortlessly, seemingly gliding. Her structure is an improvement on her mother (Siren). She is still growing obviously, and is far from reaching her finished form, but already I am very pleased with her structurally. She is built to work and certainly has the endless tank to go with it. This is the type of dog that needs a job or she may be too much for the regular home, even though she is as sweet as can be, her energy is very high. She is GO GO GO, all day….. every day…. 😅 #canecorso #canecorsoitaliano #canecorsofans #canecorsolove #canecorsopuppy #canecorsolife #canecorsopuppies #canecorsopup #workingdogs #mastiffpuppy #mastiff #canecorsoclub
Let’s see who knows: What Mastiff breed is it? We had a guest join us a few days ago with this beautiful big boy to get him worked. As you all know, I’m a Corso guy but I love all working dogs, and love to show them shine. Here’s a hint, to the untrained eye they are often confused for a Cane Corso. (Should be easy enough.) #canecorso #workingdogs #workingdog #canecorsomastiff #italianmastiff #canecorsolife #mastiff #dogoargentino #boerboel #presacanario #presacanariosofinstagram #hogdogs #hogdog #catchdog #canecorsopuppy #canecorsofans
Cane Corso Hunting Video - Working Lines vs Show Lines
Alert 🚨: You’ve all been asking for me to upload a video, here it is! Hope y’all enjoy, and feel free to join in on the topic in the comments section on YouTube so it helps the algorithm. Topic is, working line vs show lines. As usual, we don’t just talk, we’ve included several hunting clips for y’all to enjoy watching these dogs putting in some good hard work. #canecorso #canecorsoitaliano #canecorsofans #workingcanecorso #canecorsoclub #canecorsolife #canecorsolovers #workingdog #italianmastiff #catchdog #HogDog #dogoargentino #boerboel #mastiff #presacanario #workingdogs
