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Hi... Welcome to Sleeping Giant Cane
Corsos! After a couple of years of researching
Rare Breeds, I purchased my first Cane Corso in 1995. Although the Corso
may not be for everyone, I found them to be smart, athletic, and eager
to please! Since then, we've found that ours
are great family dogs; they love kids and other animals. The Cane Corso
is a dominant breed that requires a lot of socialization and training
as a puppy. Given that, they will be loyal, loving additions to your family.
Sleeping
Giant is not a "kennel". We are small hobby breeders; in fact,
all of our dogs live in our home. We do have outdoor facilities where
our dogs can enjoy nice weather during the day. We both possess past experience
with larger, dominant breeds. Keith had Dogue de Bordeaux (French Mastiff)
before
his first Corso, and Kathy was born into a family who bred German Shepherds.
Her parents were President and Vice President of a large GSD club for
over 15 years, and Kathy was conformation showing and obedience training
Shepherds at a very young age.
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Keith
and CH Tonka (Dogue de Bordeaux) owned by the Browns
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Kathy
and Von Jo Beck's Cimmeron at 6 months of age
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Here at Sleeping Giant Cane Corso we breed
only OFA, Pennhip, or FCI HD certified dogs with no degenerative joint
disease (DJD) present. Our goal is to produce healthy, sound dogs with
great temperament and type. We usually only breed once a year because
quality is important to us. We never breed our females on back to back
heat cycles, so they always have a full year off between litters. We do
not breed just to sell puppies; we both have full time jobs to support
our household. We breed to improve upon our lines, striving to produce
the perfect Corso, both in temperament and type. We invest a lot of time
and money in this quest, and we were the first breeders to import frozen
semen from Italy. We have also imported dogs from Italy, and we breed
to meet both the AKC and FCI standards.
We take rearing a litter of puppies very seriously, and spend an
enormous amount of time observing, handling, and playing with
them. We employ the Bio Sensor, or Super Dog method on our pups
between 3-16 days of age, which we feel gives them a superior
advantage for life. Then, beginning at two weeks of age, our
puppies are each given at least 30 minutes of individual attention
daily. We have found that this time away from
their littermates increases their confidence and begins teaching them
social skills. Our puppies are also socialized with adult dogs and with
children before they leave our home. Many a puppy has gone to day care
and school with our daughter for "show and tell", which seems
to help them adjust easily to families with children. All of our puppies
are vet checked, vaccinated, micro-chipped and given a clean bill of health
before they are sold. We give a written health guarantee with our puppies, and
offer a lifetime of "puppy support" after they go to their new
homes.
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We
are very selective about the homes our puppies go to, and want to insure
that they are given enough love and attention as well as training and
socialization. The Cane Corso is a breed that requires a lot of human
interaction, so they can be quite time consuming. If you don't feel that
you have the time to invest, this may not be the breed for you. We strongly
suggest Puppy Kindergarten and Basic Obedience as a minimum amount of
training. The Corso breed is extremely intelligent, it learns quickly,
and seems to excel in obedience or any other type of training. They are
active and athletic mastiffs, but given the proper daily exercise, make
a good couch potato at night.
Please go to the links page if you need more information about the
breed. You can read about the breed's history on the CCAA website. We have been very active in the CCAA breed
club for over 20 years; both serving as board members and committee
members. Kathy is a CCAA approved breed mentor for AKC judges learning
about the breed. We also founded the breed club rescue which evolved into
the only National Rescue for the breed and feel very strongly about
helping other, less fortunate, Corsos.
Inquiries and visitors are always welcome. Please feel free to contact us via email or telephone. We'll always be happy to take your call, answer your questions and have you come over to meet our dogs. Please note that many of the dogs on our website, although produced by us, live in their own, co-own homes.
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