Health Risks in the breed & WHY it’s important to health test prior to breeding

As a breeder the most important thing for you to do is health test your dogs prior to breeding. Cane Corso sadly have many risks within certain bloodlines and determining these bloodlines by relevant health testing is what any reputable breeder who actually cares about the preservation of the breed would do! There is no excuse not to health test a pair you have in your program you wish to breed together to rule out any risk being passed down further into bloodlines and puppies. 

How is this done? 

A - PEDIGREE research! It’s amazing how many unruly breeders who claim to care about this breed don’t even know what they have! They know nothing about bloodlines in the breed. No research on kennels which bred these bloodlines and no idea which ones have been noted to be problematic or risk for certain devestating diseases such as Epilepsy for one ( EPI ). Although EPI is still so