> He’ll push anyone’s limits to see where they stand. Dogs like cane corsos need tons of attention and training.
We met a Cane Corso puppy one day, just a little 30lb thing. Lots of ego, lots of personality. He took to my Greyhound and it was an instant friendship. Very friendly and loving and we shared our ice cream and ice water with him. We met the dog again a year later and he was four times larger, so happy to see us again, huge personality. The owner was astonished at his dog’s excitement and happiness. But you could see the dog was very alert, at one point fixating on a weird homeless guy (shouting at himself) across the street when my dog grew concerned. Each dog then tried to guard the other from the threat but the Cane Corso won the contest easily.
The owner had a very commanding presence with his dog, hilariously my dog followed his commands too. That essential awareness and presence seems very necessary with such a powerfully opinionated dog.
They can be very sensitive. If I look at my pup in a cross manner it’s almost like he’s going cry. I am very careful to keep my temper in check when he’s bad. He just doesn’t know he’s bad yet. I train him with mostly all positive reinforcement, but sometimes he knows when I am not happy with him. He will sulk for a few minutes and then tries to make up with me.