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The Modern Cane Corso Handbook

Behaviour, training and everyday life, from choosing a puppy to the senior years

Most breed books tell you a Cane Corso is a powerful guard dog. Then you bring one home and meet the real thing.

A big guardian with a soft side. This book is about that dog, and what to do about it today.

I've been training dogs for over 30 years, and I wrote this the way I'd talk to you if we were stood in a field together.

Inside the book: 111 pages, 18 chapters, 2 formats (PDF and EPUB). Try this today: small things to do with your dog at the end of almost every chapter.

What's inside

  • Where the Cane Corso came from, Italy's farm guardian

  • Is a Cane Corso right for you? Size, strength, the law and real commitment

  • Hips, elbows, bloat, eyelids and heat

  • Exercise, home life and your puppy's first week

  • Socialisation, adolescence and training foundations

  • Guarding, meeting people and muzzle training: Cane Corso training challenges

  • Watchful, loyal and strong, enrichment, family life and other animals

  • Common behaviour problems, and how to stop small ones growing

  • Cane Corso myths, and living well with your dog into the senior years

What's inside The Modern Cane Corso Handbook: three real pages from the book, fanned out

There's a Cane Corso checklist at the back to keep coming back to.

Who it's for

Anyone thinking about a Cane Corso, bringing a puppy home, living with a teenager who's forgotten their own name, or sharing life with an older dog.

About the author: Renee Patience with her boxer Kookie. Qualified behaviourist and founder of Paws Academy Dog Training & Behaviour, Mayo. Over 30 years training dogs, Dog Trainer of the Year 2025 at the National Ireland Pet Awards, competed at Crufts and Olympia.

What you get

A PDF and an EPUB in one ZIP file, emailed to you straight after checkout. Read it on your phone, tablet, e-reader or computer.

The Modern Cane Corso Handbook

€9.99Price
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