Fawn Black Brindle Cane Corso
February 28 2018 canine coat color genetics in the cane corso there are six basic coat colors that are accepted.
Fawn black brindle cane corso. Brindling is allowed on all of these colors. The correct colors of the cane corso. Brindle cane corso is very social as it needs to be part of the family s activity and not be isolated from it and this matter is harmful to his mental health and harms his training. The cane corso a large sized italian breed is a wonderful companion dog also known for its perfect guarding skills.
I am not just breeding for color but it is one of the many factors i am looking into. The mask does not go beyond the eyes. This is further modified by genetic pigment dilution to create blue from black and formentino from fawn colors. Black black brindle brindle fawn grey and grey brindle.
What 2 colors would best bring out fawn and blue colored puppies. In the study the long lived black brindles were followed closely by other brindle patterned dogs with a median lifespan of 10 13 years and gray or formentino brindle dogs 9 84 years. Solid fawn and red including lighter and darker shades have a black or gray mask. The brindle cane corso is a wonderful guard dog that is largely loyal to its owner and family but is conservative towards strangers and for this kind of dog has a protective nature as it can distinguish between enemies and friends.
In the cane corso italiano breed the fci standard allowed the following colours. Solid fawn and red including lighter and darker shades have a black or gray mask. By contrast non brindle solid colored cane corsos including blacks fawns grays and formentini had a median age of 9 years. I have a fawn with black mask male cane corso.
Color acceptable colors are black lighter and darker shades of gray lighter and darker shades of fawn and red. Black black brindle fawn blue blue brindle and formentino. It does not go beyond the eyes. Brindling is allowed on all of these colors.
Hailing from the lone star state khaleesi s bloodlines harken back to bel monte kennels founded by ed hodas the godfather of the breed. I have experience in breeding dogs. Corsos appear in two basic coat colors. There are varying shades of many of these and varying levels of bridling from more black blue to more read showing.
Khaleesi personifies the aloof but observant nature of the corso. She is athletic with a quiet energy and has a unique reverse brindle or tigrato coat with a fawn base that set off her fiery amber eyes. The inheritance patterns of different coat colours in the cane corso italiano has not been described so far. I wanted to get a female cane corso but didn t want all brindle puppies.
Brindling of varying intensity is common on both basic coat colors as well creating tigrato full brindle black brindle and blue brindle.