Cane Corso Dog (Definite Introduction)
The ideal shoulder height of male Cane Corso dogs should be 64-68 cm, and the shoulder height of female dogs should be 60 = 64 cm. The shoulder height should allow a deviation of 2 cm from left to right. The ideal body weight of a male dog should be 45-50kg, and the ideal body weight of a female dog should be 40-45kg.
Morphological characteristics
The Cane Corso is a brachycephalic breed. The surface of the head becomes sharply angular due to the abduction of the zygomatic arch. The skin is tight, smooth and stretchable. Viewed from the front, the skull is broad and slightly raised. Viewed from above, the skull appears square. The frontal section is very prominent because the forehead is significantly convex and the brow bone exceeds it.
The nose is large, flat at the top, large nostrils, wide spread, good mobility, moist and cool. The nose is black. The muzzle is very wide and deep. Because the sides of the muzzle are almost parallel and because the palate is wider, the muzzle looks flat and square in the past. The bridge of the nose is straight. The upper lip droops forming the surface of the base of the muzzle, and the lower part of the eye sockets are slightly sunken. Tight lips. When you look at your face, your upper lip forms an inverted "U" shape. Exceeds the bottom edge of the upper lip. The pigment of the lips is black. The mouth is broad, powerful and rich. The jaw is very powerful. The cheek masseter muscles are partially plump and prominent, but not fat or obese. The teeth are white, large, and perfectly embedded in the gums. The lower teeth project slightly outward. Therefore, the bite is downwardly convex. Eyes are of average size for all dogs. The shape of the eyes is similar to an oval, with the eyeball slightly larger than the eyeball and the eye rim pigment is black. The eyes are intelligent and alert. The ears are covered with short hair, and are triangular in shape. The ear cartilage is thick, the ear base is high, and the ears are hanging and close to the cheek. The intersection of the ears and cheeks should be slightly flabby and overturned, forming a semi-erect position when the dog is alert.
The top line of the neck is slightly distorted. Length is the length of the head, oval, healthy, muscular, with a clear break from the back. The skin at the base of the neck has a crop structure. The back is straight. The withers rise significantly from the topline and are higher than the croup. Broad and muscular, with a slight tendency to rise from topline to neck.
The waist is short and wide, blending well with the back and hips, and the muscles are well developed and rich. The hips are long, wide, and rounded by the strong gluteal muscles. The hips are slightly skewed. The chest is broad, well sloping, abducted, and has well-developed muscles.
The tail base is very high, and the tail base is thick and spreads toward the top without becoming thinner.
The forelimbs, when viewed from the side, are perpendicular to the body, and the height of the elbow is half the height of the withers. Healthy and powerful.
Shoulders are long, sloping and healthy, made up of long, strong and well-developed muscles. Upper Arm
Slightly stronger than the shoulder, healthy, strong bones and muscles. The elbows are long, overhanging, and close to the body, but not close to the ribs. They are covered by thin skin, just like the thin skin of human elbows, and are parallel to the plane of the torso. The forearm is straight, oval, and muscular. The wrist joint is slanted, wide, mobile and rich. The ball joint is significantly smaller than the forearm, but is very healthy, tilted, and flexible. The hind legs are straight when viewed from the front and side. Compatible with all dog body proportions, healthy and powerful.
The thighs are long, wide, muscular, and the buttocks are particularly pronounced.
The coat is short but not smooth, with glassy texture, shiny, close-to-skin growth, stiff, thick, with a slight undercoat, which will become thicker in winter. Unfeathered. The hair on the muzzle is very short, smooth and close to the skin. Color: black, lead grey, dark blue, light gray and light fawn, deer brown, dark fawn and tiger brown.
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