r/CaneCorso • u/jfit2331 • Mar 12 '25
Advice please What is it with cane owners and obsession with weight?
I have a cane. He's on the small side per standards but his frame and weight are good.
I follow multiple dog breed subs and this one by far has more posts about weight concerns than any other.
Unless your vet is concerned with the weight I don't get the obsession.
I love big dogs, bigger the better within reason.
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u/SteveyCee Mar 12 '25
I’ve had large breeds for just shy of 30yrs now, never have I met breed owners who are more concerned w weight than Corso owners. They want their dog monstrous, then comes the TPLO surgeries and they realize it was a mistake. Live and learn via expensive medical care and painful rehabilitation processes…just like us, the leaner, the better.
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u/eatrepeat Mar 12 '25
I've been extremely careful not to push too much weight and we still ended up with 2 tplo surgery's, the second was the beginning of February. She turns 2 in May.
Canine physiotherapist said she was close but still a few pounds heavier than ideal. Surgeon and physio believe she tweeked it but wouldn't have shown or slowed much because testing for the tear she didn't elicit pain. I was heart broken and it's been a whole boat ton of work since last July when we got the first done.
I keep trying to tell myself I didn't do anything wrong and followed guides and was clear about the diet with the vet and they never so much as hinted we should change anything. In the end though it's been helpful to be doing physio with regular weigh ins and have those professionals discussing our goals/progress. We talk about ounces now, yay!
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u/jfit2331 Mar 13 '25
FWIW i had a smaller frame presa female. 80 lbs and she tore both ACLs.
No surgery tho
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u/Firm_Ad3131 Mar 12 '25
It’s an alpha thing, we wouldn’t understand. Oh no, consequences. Ditches dog.
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u/Generic-Name-4732 Mar 12 '25
Internationally or in North America or Western Europe? I ask because the Romanians and some Eastern and Central Europeans are notorious for trying to get the biggest dogs they can. I saw someone brag their still growing Tosa In was 70kg or 154lb; my fully grown Tosa was 46lb or 100lbs and was the perfect size. Same with Central Asian Shepherds or Caucasian Shepherds, or other large and imposing breeds. We adopted a CAS who even at an ideal weight would be closer to 200lbs than 100lbs and he was imported from Central Europe.
Dogs aren’t meant to be that big.
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u/Jumpy_Yak3095 Mar 12 '25
There will always be someone with a bigger dog trying to make others feel inferior 😆 I think the leaner/fitter the Corso is, the longer their health span will be in the long run, so I try not to care about weight
Breed standard goes up to 110lbs and I have a 16 month old, 27.5 shoulder height, 106 lb lean male Corso and I was told by someone with a 145 lb adult Corso that mine is small for his age 🥲 Everything is relative
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u/Constant_Sentence_60 Mar 12 '25
Well, I had a vet tech say mine looked on the petite side of the breed and I was baffled, to say the least. Had to inform her that she was in fact, not. She stands at 27in at the shoulder and ranges between 100-105ibs and is extremely agile. Apparently, for the Houston area, that's small... 😅
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u/Syako Mar 12 '25
My 3yo male is 106lbs and I always get "what's he mixed with?? He seems small for a CC" He is well within breed standard, healthy, and the best 106lb lap dog I could ask for and that's all that matters.
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u/crashbangboooom Mar 12 '25
It's people that don't know any better. I have a male with a big build. Just because he can be 160lbs doesn't mean I want him to. I'd much rather he live the longest, healthiest life possible. He can have that at 135 and guess what? He's still the biggest, baddest man in town.
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u/AwayExamination2017 Mar 12 '25
Our vet literally called this out as soon as we got our rescue girl. We thought she was emaciated and malnourished and he was like “no, that’s just on the skinny end of healthy, and all CC owners have a weight obsession.”
I think it’s partly because their frames wear it so well, and partly just people liking the idea of a HIUUUGE dog. Giant things are cool, etc
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u/throw__away007 Mar 12 '25
I agree. To be fair I’ve also had strangers ask me how much my dog weighs when seeing him in person so it isn’t exclusive to this sub/online forums. I think it’s natural to see a larger than usual dog and have questions.
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u/Terrible-Ad-5744 Mar 12 '25
It's a large breed thing. I have a Giant schnauzer and I was concerned. Really it's just to make sure I'm feeding him enough and he's an appropriate weight for his age. But the giant schnauzer subreddit is full of people talking about weight as well
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u/Trumpetslayer1111 Mar 12 '25
Lots of fat dogs and fat people, so ppl think it’s the norm. They see a lean dog and get concerned about the weight since they are so used to seeing overweight dogs.
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u/Bitter_Offer1847 Mar 12 '25
It’s the same obsession with aesthetics that drives people to crop ears and dock tails. I agree with the OP, if your dog is healthy, eating and drinking and pooping and your vet isn’t concerned then that’s just how big that dog is gonna get. Overfeeding leads to obesity and health problems. A svelte dog is a healthy dog.
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Mar 12 '25
I think a lot of it is that this breed really takes up to 2.5 years intact to completely fill out. That last 5lbs they put on as their bones finish growing shows up in girth and face making them look thick and vicious sometimes as opposed to lean and mean.
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u/Mase0ne Mar 12 '25
I’m concerned about my both my dogs weight; however, I want them to be lean and healthy.
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u/adamHS Mar 12 '25
Corsos in US seem to be much more bred for size than in europe. Just the other day I saw someone being concerned about their 6 month puppy being small 85 pounds while my 4 month old pup is 45 pounds and our vet just told me "she's going to get big". +110 pounds in European standards is considered pretty big let alone specimen that get to over 150.
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u/nsanef Mar 12 '25
It’s definitely a American thing, Europe were not as focused on having a heaviest dog (although some still are). Other traits are much more desirable that’s why the breed looks so much different in America then to European Blood stock.
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u/NamingandEatingPets Mar 12 '25
It’s because they want their dog to look bad ass and intimidating instead of appreciating the breed for what it is -and- staying within proper breed conformation. I bought an FSS AKC bitch to breed and decided against it when she became massive - bitches should not be 155lbs. She was a wonderful girl and behaviorally as type-y as they come.
Also - I see far far too many dogs here with Hawkeyes that should not be bred.
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u/KalistoCA Mar 12 '25
The mastiff sub is the same and I don’t get it your dog should not be chonky
Working dogs should look like working dogs ..
My vet told me to get Charlie to shed 10% body weight so that’s 9.4 lbs and she now looks better and moves better
Plus you will have your pal likely much longer avoiding terrible conditions
They are not pillows they are dogs