My PitBull/Cane Corso puppy?

You need to get this pup into puppy classes and later obedience classes. Bully breeds are stubborn. You need to have a firm training technique, not mean, firm. Go to classes, the trainers will teach you how to train your pup. Left untrained you will have your hands full of a dog that will be alpha.

Pitbull Cane Corso Mix

Cane Corso Pitbull Mix

I can tell you the problem.

A pitbull is a very very gentle dog when its a puppy and if people raise them right, they will be the exact same way when they are adults. They are not born killers. Your mom has a right to worry. With a dog that is that young, displaying so much temperment problems, can be dangerous and a liabilty when full grown. A cane Corso is a bred guard dog. Not very friendly with strangers, and usually will only except lose family friends, they can be and are dangerous if they have an aggression problem. Both of these breeds are not born killers though. However, if you got your puppy from an irresponsible person who was just looking for a quick buck, then your most likely gonna be some aggression issues. What your family should do is take it to a trainer and seek professional help. If she is already that aggressive, then without the proper training, your looking at a dog that is a huge liability.

BTW both of those breeds may be know for there aggressivness, but they are not aggressive by nature. Look up on the internet and see their temperment. The Pitbull scored higher than the lab and golden on the temperment testing. Meaning they were friendier than those breeds. One here are not experts. and they may give you the wrong answer. Call a trainer and they will tell you what to do. And please for future refrences, research your breeds fully before getting one like this. A cane corso is for experienced dog owners only. You have to be familiar with the breed before hand. Good luck to you!:)

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My PitBull/Cane Corso puppy?

I have an 8 week old, female, half Pit bull and half Cane Corso puppy. Both of those breeds are known for their aggressiveness...

I've only ever had Labs, and they are amazingly easy to train, and they're just ALL-around gentle dogs. But this puppy that I've had for 2 weeks is CRAZY......

Okay. First of all, she needs to be kennel trained. Letting her sleep with any human is giving her the *lead*. She is not the Leader. The HUMANS are. Change that immediately.

Also, love and affection is wonderful but the rule goes like this: Exercise, discipline, affection. Rules, boundaries and limitations.

She needs serious mind/body exercise and when did you think to start training her? THAT will take care of ALL your problems.

Teaching her to sit and wait for her food is a big one. You put a collar on her, a leash, put her in a sit/wait, then put the bowl down. If she moves, you use the leash to give a small jerk, use a command and put her back in the sit/wait position. (I use *Hey Hey!* The word *NO* is badly over used)

Then after she has WORKED for her food you allow her to have it. Then you step in to remove it. If she growls? Use that leash AGAIN and put her back in the SIT/WAIT. You MUST be consistent! Don't let her get away with this ONE time. HUMAN leadership must be established and this MUST be done by ALL humans in the family.

Good exercise will help the growling/snarling/biting. Which I am not seeing as *aggression* but simply a mixed breed of two POWER breeds of a puppy. She is playing with the humans like she would another pup.

When she starts this? Use your tone of voice, stand tall, snap your fingers and give a good solid *BACK OFF*. Then you BACK her off. Go forward. NOT backwards. Keep it up until SHE relents.

I also suggest some good chew toys along with training and exercise. And NEVER play with her with any part of your body.

The Pit Bull & Cane Corso are not known for HUMAN aggression. Other animal aggression, yes.

But, without good, solid training/exercise she will continue to do this crap.

I hope you know she needs her full round of puppy shots before she should be taken anywhere other strange dogs have been.

Get going. Your whole family has a lot of work to do. Take the LEAD!

My mother was the person responsible for introducing the Cane Corso the the US.

Cane Corsos by themselves can be great family dogs, and were made for coursing/hunting/ and even some herding. (Only mastiff that does that)

Pit Bulls are on the other hand not made for that, they are made to pit fight. Putting the two together makes for a ticking time bomb and is VERY unstable. I do NOT recommend the mix due to terrible attacks I have seen personally in the past.

DO NOT buy a pit mastiff mix is really all I can say. I have seen too many Cujos from them.

Argentine Dogos are a great example and put my mother in the hospital a very long time, along with nearly killing me. Pit Bulls are not the same as a Cane Corso at all, and if mixed make for bad times.

The breed matters because some dogs have to be trained differently due to certain natural instincts.

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This is how I trained my dogs, hope it helps:

Throw the toy, give the command "fetch" or whatever you use and have the dog bring the toy back. Don't let her know you have the treat. (If she knows, just hold it behind your back.)

Grab the toy still in her mouth and say "thank you". She should release, if not hold the treat in front of her nose. When she lets go, quickly praise her and give her the treat. Pet her alot too. Do this over and over. Then after a week or two, give her a treat one time, but not the next, giving her praise both times. If she does not bring you the toy, ignore her. When she does bring it to you, do as above.

When she plays tug of war, do the same, tell her "thank you" and put a treat under her nose and when she lets go, praise her and give treat. Give the toy back, sometimes they don't want to bring you the toy because they think you wont give it back (hence the "throwing it" part of fetch).

If she runs away with it, let her go. To her it's a game, "watch me make them chase me" is what she's thinking. If you don't show interest in it when she runs, she'll stop, but this will take time too.

Enrolling in training classes can help too. Just be consistant.

I play tug of war with my two Great Danes and there is never a problem. When I want them to let go I say "thank you" and they drop it immediately. Sometimes they win, sometimes I win when I say thank you. Its all about training and dominance. They know I am Alpha in the house, there is no question about it and I am consistant with training.

You have a lot to learn REAL FAST. or hire a good trainer. aggression is genetic, it is an inherited trait or fault. with the genetics that that dog has you need to start early & hope that you can train her to be a good dog.

seriously, think about hiring someone to teach you what you need to know to be able to handle this dog. her father is an example of her adulthood if you don't take some serious actions now.

she is highly, highly, highly predisposed for aggression, you need to nip it in the bud & use a strong hand in handling her. the stronger the temperament the stronger you have to be in corrections.

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An 8 week old puppy vicious? Hardly... just misbehaving, and you guys do not have the knowledge to correct her behavior. If you can't handle her, give her to someone who knows how to deal with stubborn dogs.

As for the food aggression, it is easy to fix if you know what you are doing. You need to teach her that it is not acceptable. Make her sit and stay before you put her food down. If she snaps or growls at you, pick the food up until she behaves.

I seriously suggest you give the dog to someone else... your inexperience will turn this dog into a very spoiled and naughty dog. She will end up biting someone and will most likely be killed afterwards. Do what's best for her and rehome her.

Oh for the love of god - take this pup BACK to the pos breeder you bought from. NEITHER of these breeds are for inexperienced owners and having only labs doesn't count. She's an untrained 8 week old pup, what do you expect.

As for what her ADULT temperament will be - no way to say since no one in their right mind would mix these breeds and there is no guarantee her parents had appropriate temperaments for their breeds.

Either way this is not the mix for you. Take her back.

ETA: Then find a rescue willing to take her in. You mean well but this is still not the type of dog for you. A mix like this will need a very firm strong and consistent owner and considering what you know of her father she needs to be in the hands of an owner who is EXPERIENCED in handling dogs like that.

Its not arrogance to tell you, that you are out of your depth here. What's wrong with finding her a more experienced home? Better than having her in the hands of people who have zero experience with breeds like this and have her end up being put down because you couldn't control her properly.