Cane Corsos Unpredictable?

Hi, my cousin brought his 13 mth old "beautiful" Cane Corso w/ him to a dog show 3 days ago. He told me it was extremely stable, but lashed out at another rotty trying to sniff my cousin.. I'm not sure if these dogs are really meant for social events, just as pitbulls or other breeds that don't play well w/ other's?

I'm afraid I don't know much about the temperament of Cane Corso's but I would never say that any breed of dog is unsuitable for public events.. Has he had the dog since being a pup?

We know a lot of people with Akitas that wouldn't take them to events because of their often aggressive/protective nature, but if such dogs had been socialised more as a pup at such public events they may cope with crowds of dogs better in their adult life.

We have no problem taking our Akitas to public events and always have done...they're the best places usually because you don't often find aggressive dog at such places. We often have charity stands and they are always there with their bandanas on, flying the flag lol.

I hope somebody is along soon with more info about Cane Corso's in particular for you x

I agree with Akitagirl. Its not the breed but the dog that may not be suited to such events. We were at a show yesterday where we spent 20 minutes behind a border collie that continually snarled at Tilly, even though she was well away, not making eye contact etc. Some dogs just dont like to be there. I wouldnt blame the breed.

Tilly, we met a mad collie yesterday at a horse show luckily for us it was just very excited not aggressive, bless, and my Keisha was most bemused by it

I'd say that so long as the dog IS behaved then the more of such breeds such a bull breeds that we see at shows, the better! Ambassadors for the breed, come on! We always have loooads of people coming up and asking about our Kita's!

This collie just seemed terrified. All the owner did was to keep yanking her lead everytime she heard her growl. Not really helping the dog! I couldnt agree with you more. When people see friendly, well behaved versions of so called ''aggressive'' breeds, it may go that little way to changing their opinions.

By "lashed out" what do you mean? Plenty of rude dogs have shoved their nose forcefully up my girl's behind and she sits down and gives them a warning growl. She'll air snap if they continue to annoy her.

She is a very stable girl, but has her boundaries and lets other dogs know when they've crossed it.

I`m just wondering why you put the word beautiful in quotes?
You don`t seem to know much about dog behaviour. Maybe you should read up a bit about dogs before making huge generalisations like this?

Maybe the dog is uncomfortable around crowds, noise and other dogs.

Ollie is the same we took him on holiday a few times he soon showed he did not like towns or markets with lots of people around and strange dogs. The time we took him too some show in Debyshire it was huge he was so stressed out we vowed never again would we put him through it.
We immediately took him back to the camper van and took it in turns too sit with him he de-stressed immediately.

We never take him too such places now some dogs cope others don't. Ollie is a non coper in such situations.

Kinder too let them stay at home.

I totally agree with you, and that's totally a possiblity - the corso could have very well been correcting the Rottie for being, well, rude.
I've noticed my Lilly can be a bit rude at times, and she's been corrected with a stern growl and posturing, and I always tell the other owner not to correct their dog, since their dog is correcting mine.

How did he feel when the rottie came up to him? Did he feel anxious or nervouse? The corso might have picked up on that and decided he'd better protect his handler. For the very little I know about Corsos, I know they can be a wee bit protective.

I wonder this too. Wind up? Or maybe just someone who doesn't think they're good looking dogs? I suppose we all see some dogs as ugly or not attractive to us? But still, I just keep my trap shut about them. lol