Hard but successful way of the breed towards its acknowledgment
It was recognized as the 14th Italian dog breed. Society of
admirers of Cane Corso
(S.A.C.C.)
was officially acknowledged in 1995, February, 10. At this stage
it is difficult to say that SACC attacked any activities to
prohibit this event but rather took any possibility to throw light
on the breed.Under this pressure Cane Corso became to grow in number and its
population increased from several dozens of individuals in the
beginning to the stream coming to 2500 of annual registrations.
And yet despite the disadvantage of improvement as for the quality
of the animals, the breed became successful due to its numeric
population expansion. In 1996, May, 22 in city Arese (Italy) it
was a specialized exhibition where one could see the best breed
representatives of Cane Corso.
Ch. Boris was a pattern for representation of all breed
characteristics in the highest quarters of F.C.I. And finally, in
1996, November 12 the breed was registered by FCI and got the
number 343.
Ancient, wonderful breed was given a new life in modern
cynological world! Several months later in November 1996, Cane Corso received an
international recognition. If seemed to be a beneficial result but
led to further decline of the system, because many enthusiasts
outside Italy, who were inspired by the novelty, bought the Corso without reflecting on
proper care and beyond any considerations.
Very often their choice was based on the lack of the information
on availability, color or value of the puppies. Just that was
observed in the previous several centuries – entire shortage of
due and informational service and management of the breed
internationally. In total disarray, those few people who attempted
to organize enthusiasts of Cane
Corsoin their own country faced the difficulties
of clear-to-clear-communication with SACC that often hid
evident disadvantages beyond the wall of arrogance.
In June of 1999, after years of surface governance and repeated
complaints against regulatory bodies, at last, ENCI freed SACC
from status of official club on the breed Cane Corso. In attempting to
better the situation, some enthusiasts founded A.I.C.C.
If the end of the second millennium was free of confidence for Cane Corso then the
third millennium is starting with a big hope for the breed.
The presidents of several national associations: Renzo Carosio –
Italian AICC; Micheal Ertaskiran – Ameriacan ICCF and Erik de
Vries – Dutch CCNL decided to work together for international
breed coordination based on responsibilities of true dog fanciers.
A famous expert-cynologist Mario Perricone wrote in his article
attracting public attention to reborn breed: “Cane Corso is of great
archeological value. “ Without doubt, that Cane Corso and Mastino Napoletano are
close relatives.
Attempting to retrace the origin of the two breeds separately,
researchers of the developmental history of the breeds very much
embarrassed the situation, but when you generalize some well-known
historic facts (one need though to remember when and where P.
Scansioni discovered the archetype of the breed Mastino Napoletano,
he-dog Guaglino, who was declared as «cane'e presa» and did not
even have a certificate of origin), it comes out that Mastino
Napoletano is design pattern of southern type of Cane Corso.
Today these two breeds have acquired many distinctions, at that
owing to fast evolution of Mastino, but even now Cane Corso amazes by its
stature harmony without any ornamental extravagances, superior
working abilities. Not in vain enthusiasts of Cane Corso’s rebirth formulated
for themselves the top-priority problem consisting not in creation
of a new dog breed on the basis of some historic roots, but in
preservation of natural qualities of the dog that had almost the
same appearance over many centuries.
Therefore modern look of Cane
Corso is not a fantasy, resembling a military old Roman
dog, but an existing working animal that is a worthy descendant of
famous ancient molosses. Nowadays the breed is restored and funded
fully.
