Honestly we need more breeders like you, in every breed. People that truly care about the breeds origin.

It was really nice to see all those photos and compare them with today's corsos.

Thank you for all of the information Sarah. I have recently feel in love with this breed and I am looking to get my first CC soon. In doing my research on breeders, breed standard, etc. I have seen a lot of infighting within the community between breeders and CC owners alike on everything from talking down about one another to bashing individual dogs. What you’ve created is one of the most informative and unbiased videos I’ve seen on the breed and has just made my love for the breed that much stronger. Thanks again!

Love the wealth of knowledge that you are providing us all.

Thank you Sarah! Great research! Awesome video! Great Food for thought! And many thanks for the info and a list of CA breeders 👍🏽

Ok 1st off ... gorgeous!!!! 2nd.. lots of info to digest thank you

Your doing a good job I have a 10 month old Cane corso and we love him

I have a male corso with MANY champion and grand champion relatives in his bloodline. Most notably Diguardia's Prince del Cerberus who was one of the founding Corso studs in the U.S. Yet, our male corso, Thanos, does not have the super short muzzle and super long jowls. He is also on the smaller and leaner side only weighing 100 lbs @ 18 months. He definitely looks more like the original Italian

good recap thanks for the effort

So much great information, thank you for sharing all of that with us! I learned a lot

I’m getting my Corso female this week. I love your channel!

Once again just an experience watching ur videos 👏👏

Thanks for putting the work in on this....what amazing dogs we have!!!

Wonderful job with this video and all the research presented!! It's imperative to understand the breeds history as much as we can can and use that knowledge in efforts to care for it and preserve the breed. I appreciate all your efforts!!

Thank YOU for taking the time to research all this INFO AWESOME .......

Good video. I like what mike brought over. The old school look alot of corso in the show ring look like boxer mix

Excellent research!

Awesome. Please more.

Thank you so much 😊 I appreciate all your hard work

Hi there! I’ve been looking into corsos since last year when I lost my boxer. I’ve been in loved with the breed since first sight and ever since the research. Thanks for the info! Hopefully will have my first pup this year

Thanks for great info!!

Good video. I'm in same boat as you. Thanks for the video. Your Corso's look awesome

Good vid! My family recently got a corso pup and she’s awesome. Perfect family protection dog. Very smart and vigilant dogs. Thanks for the history and information!

Your vid is very informative. Thank you.

Thanks for the information 😊

I was only two minutes into the video, and I had to give it a thumbs up! 👍 good work here

Nice take on this breed. I wish you made history videos of other breeds as well. Great job and best of luck with your dogs.

Great video Sarah! Is it more so the Corso that is so controversial..or " all pure breeds" I am glad to have found you..someone, a well rounded breeder... who has a passion for the dog, and not so much about the prestige or the money, I do understand they do have a part play in the overall wellbeing of the breed...but shouldn't be one of there priorities , I know there is lots of good breeders out there. health should be number one priority, over who's dog is the best, instead of being caught in all the snobbery " my dogs better than your dogs, protect the health and safety of the breed.

Don't apologise for making the video! This is a great start and generous sharing, so thanks! - A fresh eye has to rely on the quality of her research and her argument - not her "authority" . Authority has so often been defeated by evidence and reason.

I love this breed, and love the history involved. I may be weird, but one of my favorite things about it, is that we cannot quite nail down exactly the history involved, and the reason is largely due to the fact that the Cane Corso is the ultimate utility dog. It can, and has, done everything. I have spent over a decade working with one of the founders of, and former Presidents of the ACCA, Brian Ward of Valkyrie Cane Corso. Unfortunately, he has gotten really fed up with the Corso community at large, and has retired from breeding the breed. Like you said, there is a LOT of politics and infighting regarding what should be the breed standard, and which direction the breed should go. One thing that I loved about Brian's approach was that he was entirely focused on FUNCTION. As you mentioned, this was the emphasis that breeders of old had regarding most breeds. He was breeding dogs that were the epitome of Athletic Mastiffs, with the temperaments we customarily expect out of the breed. As a result, his dogs were some of the only Corso's from American breeders that the traditional Italian breeders would buy from. I was fortunate enough to enlist his support, in selecting the perfect dog for me. It took 10 years, and hundreds of litters, but we got her! Storm of the Bayeaux (AKC name), we call her "Riot", is from a well known sire (ALCOR's) "Welcome to the Jungle" (Westminster BOO 2020), and her dam is from the Valkyrie line. So, we have a beautiful athletic Corso, from both a well established and respected true working line, and from a well established show line. Thank you for putting together this video. Sure, it airs some dirty laundry, but honestly, people need to know their dogs. They need to know what to expect with the breed. These type of videos do exactly that.

Wonderful video! Also your hair looks great! Lol

Good details 👍

Very well researched history on the breed. I have had multiple Cane Corsos since 2005, and I am in love the breed. But the history and politics has been interesting. My last 2 Corsos were ICCF registered, and my breeder is no longer breeding and I have not been able to contact him for more information. He started breeding Corsos in the late 1990s early 2000s. The way you laid out your research was awesome and filled in gaps I was curious about, but yes there are still gaps and politics. My Corsos were related to the Bel Monte dogs. That was fun to find out more about that. Thank you,

You doing awesome job

Learning so much lately thanks for adding your video....and i love you sweet noy with the reverse coat i think thats what he had hes so pretty

I’m blown away by how many great videos you have, like wow. Thank you so much! Update after watching video: I am so taken away by the way the Cane Corso developed. I have loved the Italian culture for so long as my grandfather is Italian but I’m third generation and I feel so close to my family by looking at these photos in a very weird way.

Great video with a lot of information. In my area there's a small group of people that fight over who has, and doesn't have an "original" corso. I have a 5 1/2 month old corso that already weighs 80lbs. He's very well behaved and I started training him from day 1. He'll most likely be about 175-180 full grown. I truly don't care if he's not "a real corso". He's very loving, intelligent, and protective. Everyone at the local dog park loves him (except the corso "judges"). It's just funny how people fight about this.

Good video; I have both Corso's and Neapolitan mastiff's (as well as other breeds) and its very obvious that these are two breeds are of the same origin; if you haven't had both breeds you may not understand

Loved your honesty about find the truth and facts about this breed. I wonder if the puppies that didn't make it had cleft palates.

Love it! Plz keep sharing the wonderful history of our breed!😁🤩 We can only do better in the future from learning from the past!😁 FYI its "Griffin" not "Griffen"😉😆

I'm subscribing to your channel after watching this video. I'm not sure if maybe you're trying to possibly improve the presentation of your speaking voice or studying up on your videography skills or if you're just getting more comfortable filming yourself but this video, content aside, is MUCH easier to listen to than previous videos you've posted! It just flows way better and sounds more natural...maybe less nervous...idk? Seeing/hearing ourselves on video can be so awkward and eye opening lol. And for viewers sake sometimes we need to examine ourselves and try to make vids more "viewer-friendly" if you will. I hope I'm making sense and not just reaching here. Regardless, your speech in this video was a lot better than previous ones! As far as content we need more videos like this. I hope you continue to research literature on the subject and continue to help educate people and fill in some of these blanks we're finding in their history! Also I've seen it mentioned several times online but could only find one article that mentions other breeds being bred into Corsi during their resurrection in the US myself. It makes a lot of sense that it would have happened and considering the wide range of variances in different bloodlines of dogs that are all supposed to be "pure" Corsi I highly suspect it happened at some point. But if it did and the lineage of some corsi even born today can be traced back to the original 6 (or whatever they're called. I forget.) Then why wouldn't at least some lines have those other breeds mentioned in their pedigree? Were breeders maybe ashamed? Was there a cover-up?.... this has always been a big question in my mind because I really think I see some boxer in my CC but then again she also looks like many standard corsi. (She is a rescue so I have no clue about her bloodline) Thanks for posting. Sorry so long!

Thank you very much I will start looking up the breed much more is it best to buy one from Italy or the American Standard and what's the price range

The Cane Corso really looks like a smaller version of Neapolitan Mastiff. They are many Neapolitan Mastiffs that don't have as many wrinkles on the skin and normally they are not at shows because of the breed standards but I have seen them in backyard guarding houses. Also the Corso is more square then a Neapolitan Mastiff. In my opinion the Italians have used Neapolitan Mastiff and possibly old style Russian version of Boxer to rebuild the breed. In order to creat the short muzzle and more square body you need a dog like this the only dog that matches is the old Style large working Russian version of the Boxer.

What should I expect of a cane corso german shepherd mix

The traditional CC should have a scissors bite; the Italian Kennel Club got it wrong here asking for an undershot jaw. M. Sottile breeds old type Neapolitan Mastiffs. "Corso" is an old term for "body" so that CC translates "body dog". This is the way mastiffs used as cattle dogs and for hunting were called. Bonatti knew about the dog but he had never seen it; he wrote to me asking to find it..

Nice job! Would you consider doing a brief video of Mastiffs in general? Just a suggestion; when people approach me with my Corso; they question what type of Mastiff is she..

I am not an expert either but I want to try Senza Tempo Cane Corso one day.

It’s admitted that neo were used which isn’t a big deal at all. Neo and corsos were literally the same dog breed. European lines introduced boxer Great Danes not Rotties

The most needy dog I've ever owned! I have a 15 month old female (outlaw cane corso). Love the dog but that rascal is neeeeeeedy lol! Big ole baby

Beautiful Breed. I'm trying to get me a protection Cane Corso here in New Zealand...

I appreciate your effort in educating around this topic. I have a "Corso" and have been around the breed for years. Sooo I've spent countless hours trying to understand breed origins...until I came to the realization that was both freeing and disheartening at the same time. Ive learned my lesson about trying to convince people...however...I can usually tell when an individual is on the track to discovering this realization. I see you are close...Unfortunately many of the commenters are....romantically Deceived... Please don't get me wrong I don't wanna come across as a know-it-all... What I know is that it all is not Possible to know... But I will attempt to offer a comment that may provide a glimpse of my understanding.... The term "Pure Breed" Really deceived and skewed the general public's opinion of what a good dog is and where a good dog comes from. "pedigree" is the Process of largely falsifying I dogs history... Beware of doctors, society's, organizations,and even clubs... If you ever have the opportunity to breed a dog for any purpose (working breed, cosmetics, or even for profit)...your eyes will be opened to the Game...lastly... Everybody desires a dog that fits their exact needs With the minimal amount of training necessary to do so.... Most people really feel A "smart dog" is a dog that learns what you want quickly... A "good dog" is a dog that fits your size requirement as well as Obedience.... A "great dog" is simply a "smart dog"+ "good dog" that lived a long life but has passed away. Pure breed, pedigree, Bloodline Are all terms used to promise a great dog.... Even all that said I love my Corsos...

Great information! Do you have on Instagram?

I love cane corso breed and the history do you breed

What do you feed your Corso's and what's your view on the raw diet

Mike sotille is pronounced “so-till-ee “

Should I register her here in pa?

My dogs perfect 😆😆💜

If you can get in contact with Dr. Pablo Berber, it would be great he has alot of info you would find interesting.

I have a backyard bed corso but he actually looks pretty good. Kinda want to know what you think. I dont plan to continue his line, even though he's my best buddy, but his protection work is amazing!

Do cane corsos come white small white patches on their noses. Im looking at buying one from a breeder and most of the pups have a small white patch on their noses.

Holy cow whys this video not main streamed to the Cane Corso, community?? The most significant video I've seen. A hidden jew of the youtube cane corso community.

I know at least one of the pumps. That was not of show quality was sold to the Pennsylvania Dutch Amish...got my babby from them...she not of show quality but a great working class... the Amish breeder has been breeding for 20 year's...hope that helps...

thank you very much for your research and sharing it, I was always wondering how can this huge dog with floppy jowls could work as described in historical propaganda about the breed. I really wish i could find a cane corso, that doesnt slobber all the time and able to work.

Amazing, but where can I get the real CC Breed?

looks and logic would say pits and neos were used. but who knows for sure. also the american breed tends to be much larger than the italian which says something. ive herd great dane was used. the standard was 110 lbs but its not uncommon to see 150 to 160lbs corsos now.

Maybe we should converse. Not on an open forum though. I have not seen your dogs so that is first to start with.

The audio breaks up so much I can't follow what you're saying

Gr t vi eo!

Didn't they add boxer blood for recovery of the breed? Bashir?

Hi madam..... I have a cane Corso female.. one year, one month only ..... but she is not as big as you have ..... her hair falls out ...... can you give me some tips .... I want to take good care of her, but the doctor is afraid to look at her .... even if everyone sees her .... I am not satisfied with her In development... I don't know...... maybe from my looks she looks small also don't know.... Its knees are also worn out.... What I have to do......

USA dogs produce tri color or pointed dogs all the time... only a few Italian lines have boxer... but some Italian kennels introduced high voltage meaning the introduced some incorrect blood... high voltage is half USA and half Italian

Love your video and the history but the halting audio and the shrinking text thing going on is killing me!! Just a suggestion from a fan, I really appreciate all of the research, but it makes it a bit less fluid to watch. Thank you for the video!

How do I know what kind of corso I have? When im walking her a lot of men say she looks like a pit. So how will I know if she's mixed. I do take her to petsmart for check ups but they only worry if im mating her..

temperment ? i had boxers

Its pronounced like sa tilly mike sa tilly it sounds like the way i spelled thst

Why mutilate it? I love my corso's ears and tail. The ears stop infection and help its hearing. He communicates so much with his tail.

Corsica they are from corsica italy!!

One Corso, two or more Corsi.

Beg you check your audio next time it's so stuttered

Corso stands for corsisa italy!!

What's wrong with the audio. The glitching is gonna give someone a seizure

My cane corso is almost perfect

That's that's not true I have two that were iccf that I got registered AKC

lol... Corso means rough/strong. Rough/strong Dog.

Find a man name salhudeen salaam face book or rustic corso

Fix your audio

All USA cocomo stuff is fake... some euro lines have a little boxer if Cheno is in the pedigree...

yeeeea theres a lot of fake and misinfo here . learn about the cane de presa first . why would a cane corso be used as catch dog? . the name means running dog or to course . i had this breed back in 1998 and the breed has a fake history . research the cane de presa cane corso is a very new term that wasnt used widely at all in italy ,

please... you should not crop ears and tails! Really! I'm a owner of a CC female 7 yrs. That's really brutal, with no sense and against animals welfarare law (at least here) WHY do you do that terrible process?!

Corso= Corsisa spanish Corso= Corsica inglish !!