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The Cane Corso is a large dog of molossoid type, and is closely related to the Neapolitan Mastiff.It is well muscled [8] and less bulky than most other mastiff breeds. . According to the international standard, dogs should stand some 62–70 cm at the withers and weigh 45–50 kg; bitches are about 4 cm smaller, and weigh some 5
Seventeen Italian dog breeds are recognised by the Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana, [1] of which fifteen are recognised also by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale. A further six are in the process of recognition by the ENCI. There are a number of local breeds or types without national recognition. [2]
The Neapolitan Mastiff is large, massive and powerful, with a weight in the range 50–70 kg (110–150 lb) and a height at the withers of some 60–75 cm (24–30 in) [3] The length of the body is about 15% greater than the height. [3] The skin is abundant and loose, particularly on the head where it hangs in heavy wrinkles.
The Mastiff by Philip Reinagle, 1805. A mastiff is a large and powerful type of dog. [1] [2] Mastiffs are among the largest dogs, and typically have a short coat, a long low-set tail and large feet; the skull is large and bulky, the muzzle broad and short (brachycephalic) and the ears drooping and pendant-shaped.
Boston is a Cane Corso who is used to having the run of the house, until recently when his humans put up a baby gate. Boston's dad shared a video in mid-March of the dog's reaction to the gate ...
They were used by François Antoine, "Antoine de Beauterne", in his successful hunt for the Beast of Gévaudan in 1765; [5] according to Gobin, under Louis XV (r.1715–1774) the Venerie Royale or Royal Hunt was composed in large part of Abruzzese wolf-dogs and Sicilian mastiffs. [8] The cane da lupo or wolf-dog used by Vincenzo Dandolo to ...
Engraving by William Turner Davey, 1844, from Landseer's painting The Lion Dog of Malta Long-haired Maltese groomed for showing. Maltese dog refers both to an ancient variety of dwarf, white-coated dog breed from Italy [1] and generally associated also with the island of Malta, and to a modern breed of similar dogs in the toy group, genetically related to the Bichon, Bolognese, and Havanese ...
A dog of this type was exhibited at the first Italian dog show in Milan in 1881. [2] The first registration of the breed in the Libro Origini Italiano, the Italian national stud-book for dogs, was in 1891. [4] A breed association, now called the Associazione Amatori del Cane da Pastore Bergamasco, was established in 1949. [2]