Sleeping Giant Cane Corso

Hi and Welcome to Sleeping Giant Cane Corso! 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.

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 ICCF 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. Beginning at about five 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 guarantee with our puppies, and offer a lifetime of "puppy support" after they go to their new homes.

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 ICCF website (www.canecorso.org), as well as Buyer Beware and the OFA/PennHIP lists. We are very active in the ICCF breed club, and feel that a good breeder should be constantly trying to help educate people about the Cane Corso by devoting their free time to it.

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.


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	Hi and Welcome to Sleeping Giant Cane Corso! 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) *Keith and CH Tonka (Dogue de Bordeaux) owned by the Browns* 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. *Kathy and Von Jo Beck's Cimmeron* 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 ICCF 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. Beginning at about five 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 guarantee with our puppies, and offer a lifetime of "puppy support" after they go to their new homes. *Puppies go to pre-school.* 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 ICCF website (www.canecorso.org), as well as Buyer Beware and the OFA/PennHIP lists. We are very active in the ICCF breed club, and feel that a good breeder should be constantly trying to help educate people about the Cane Corso by devoting their free time to it. 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. *Stephanie (4 years-old) with puppy.* Keith Letourneau & Kathy Cressia Sleeping Giant Cane Corso Wallingford, CT 06492 Phone & Fax (203) 265-4894 E-mail: keith@sleepinggiantcanecorso.com kathy@sleepinggiantcanecorso.com