Cane Corso

Coat

Solid: Grey (25) Blue (115) Cream (45) Tan (105) Orange (65) Red (55) Black (35)
Sable: Red or Blue Sable in any of the patterns, but shading is allowed as tipping only, not solid colour.
Brindle: Brown (95) with striping.
Cream (45) Tan (105) Dusty (125) with Blue (115) striping.
Masking: All of the above may be masked (standard mask). The mask may be Black (35) Grey (25)
In brindles and shaded sables, it matches the stripe/tipping colour.
The mask may extend down the throat/chest and may include the toes/fingers.
Urajiro: Allowed on all of the above.
White Markings: White (15) allowed as trim on the chest, toes/fingers, and as a small muzzle patch.

Eyes

Dark Brown (50-59/90-99) in dogz with black pigment.
Gold (120-129/100-109, 215) Copper (60-69) in blues and livers.
in isabellas.
Blues, livers and isabellas also allow Yellow (162/165-166/206) , but it is faulted.

Nose

Blue (20-29/110-119/120-129) in blues and blue brindles.
Black (35-39/244) in others.
Solid red/golden dogz can have either - if masked, it should match the mask colour.

Faults

Wrong nose colour.
Wrong eye colour.

Disqualifications

More white than listed.

Notes

The Cane Corso is believed to be a very old type of dog, and was originally kept as a watchdog. Even today it requires a fair amount of socialization and training to become a well-mannered pet.

This breed was once close to the brink of extinction, and it was not until the strong and elegant male Dauno was used in the breeding program, that the Cane Corso made a real return. Today it can be found in several countries beside Italy, where it was first created.

The Cane Corso should appear medium sized, slightly rectangular in shape, with great agility, very alert and radiating confidence. The head is powerful with a heavy muzzle which should be shorter than the head and somewhat of a dish face. The ears can be cropped or natural. The neck is dry with an oval shape, the body is compact with a deep and long chest. The body's top and under lines should be almost parallell. The legs are muscular and well angled. The tail can be docked or natural.

Breed Files

Cane Corso - Supernova — Supernova
**Filename:** Cane Corso
**Offset:** 0090
**Base:** Great Dane
**SCP:** Dalmatian
**Accepted:** December 29, 2009
**Notes:** Cropped or natural ears, five tail variations (can be full or docked), topline variations, optional liplines and neck wrinkles. The first version of the file released had a little extra white space around the head in dane pose. A fixed file is up now, but already registered dogz may have this extra space.

Cane Corso - Java — Java
**Filename:** CS Cane Corso
**Offset:** 421C
**Base:** Great Dane
**SCP:** Great Dane
**Accepted:** December 26, 2006
**Notes:** Comes with cropped ears/docked tail, natural ears/docked tail or natural ears/natural tail.

Cane Corso - Unknown — Unknown
**Filename:** Cane Corso
**Offset:** 83F6
**Base:** Great Dane
**SCP:** Great Dane
**Accepted:** November 15, 2003
**Notes:** -