Congrats to Cornfed and his wife for their new addition

[grim]

Cornfed and his lovely wife got a new pooch to call their own saw pics on fb but was hoping he'd post some on here. Cute little bugger too!

[Cornfed]

Thanks Grim, been wanting a pup for a quite a while. He is a helluva good hound. On the road til Monday but will post up some pics then. In the meantime here is the kennel pics.
http://www.red-star-kennel.com/available.shtml

[sloridr]

I like it! Congrats Chad!

[bulldog]

Thanks Grim, been wanting a pup for a quite a while. He is a helluva good hound. On the road til Monday but will post up some pics then. In the meantime here is the kennel pics.
http://www.red-star-kennel.com/available.shtml Is it one of these pups? if so I love them all!!!!!! Same coloring that my English Bulldog that passed away a few months was; well not completly brindle.

http://www.red-star-kennel.com/dogsavailable/images/nvmale1.jpg

[Cornfed]

Is it one of these pups? if so I love them all!!!!!! Same coloring that my English Bulldog that passed away a few months was; well not completly brindle.

http://www.red-star-kennel.com/dogsavailable/images/nvmale1.jpg

Yep, the whole litter came out Brindle. He is gorgeous, and very ornery.

Sorry to hear about your loss though.

[bulldog]

Yep, the whole litter came out Brindle. He is gorgeous, and very ornery.

Sorry to hear about your loss though. Cool; I like them! I had never heard of the breed Presa Canario so been reading about them. Sound just like my type of dog. if you don't mind me asking are they really expensive?

[Cornfed]

Cool; I like them! I had never heard of the breed Presa Canario so been reading about them. Sound just like my type of dog. if you don't mind me asking are they really expensive?

Ya the breed is not for everyone but I've raised and worked with some pretty great dogs and have been interested in the Presa for a while. Redstar Kennels Produces some incredible working dogs. They breed for function over form which is what I wanted. And yes like all pure breds they are expensive. Could have bought a set of Marchisinis with the money I spent on Rossi.

Check out this video. Not any one I know but a great looking pair of dogs.


Presa and American Bulldog playin in the snow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjaW7cjPJdI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Cornfed]

I know its just a dog. But I like my dog, I like CSC, and I think some of yous like dogs too. So I thought I'd share some pics of him.

This is a couple days after we brought him home. About 7 weeks, 13lbs.
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb390/cdavis981/Rossi/rossi29.jpg



This is last week sometime, about 12 weeks, 26lbs.
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb390/cdavis981/Rossi/rossi45.jpg


This is the morning of his ear surgery.
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb390/cdavis981/Rossi/rossipreears.jpg


This is the afternoon of his ear surgery.
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb390/cdavis981/Rossi/rossiears10.jpg

There ya go my fellow dog people!

[grim]

How come you decided to crop his ears? i think floppy ears are awesome!

[Cornfed]

How come you decided to crop his ears? i think floppy ears are awesome!

I'm sure we could start a whole thread about this but it comes down to personal preference. The breed standard is to crop the ears and I wanted him to look the part. I understand the AKC doesn't require it and it's even banned in Europe, blah, blah, blah. It's cosmetic surgery, like a nose job, boob job, lipo whatever. It comes down to just personal preference, I like the cropped ears.

[madvlad]

Because its his dog and not yours /thread...

[bulldog]

I am digging this dog! For some reason reminds me of a mix of my three favorite breeds; English Bulldog, Pit Bull, and Mastiff. Colors are great too, but makes me miss my brindgle English Bulldog, Indy, that passed away a few months ago,

[Cornfed]

Because its his dog and not yours /thread...

I was avoiding saying it that way but you are 100% correct.

[bornwildnfree]

Grats on the dog...more pics!

[Cornfed]

Grats on the dog...more pics!

Be careful what you ask for. :D:yes:

[grim]

Because its his dog and not yours /thread...

Sounds like someone is a little on edge and butt hurt because they don't have a motorcycle eh?

Was just a question on his personal preference not a "how could you do that to your dog question" don't read too far into it and take it personal holmes.

[salsashark]

^^ I was curious as well... not from some moral front, but from a "I've never owned a dog w/ cropped anything" mindset and was curious.

[Nooch]

I'm sure we could start a whole thread about this but it comes down to personal preference. The breed standard is to crop the ears and I wanted him to look the part. I understand the AKC doesn't require it and it's even banned in Europe, blah, blah, blah. It's cosmetic surgery, like a nose job, boob job, lipo whatever. It comes down to just personal preference, I like the cropped ears.

Is there no argument to be made that cropping the ears can help stave off possible ear infections or similar issues? I dont know anything about it, but Ive heard an owner or two make this claim saying that if you leave the ears "floppy" they create a full "cover" over the ear and can increase the chance of dust, bugs, etc getting caught in there.

[Cornfed]

^^ I was curious as well... not from some moral front, but from a "I've never owned a dog w/ cropped anything" mindset and was curious.

The original reason for cropping ears was for fighting dogs. 100 years ago when it was a legitimate sport to have dog fights, bull baiting, dogs fighting a bear or wild boar etc. It was done so the ears couldn't be bitten, Rotts were used to heard cattle so there tails were docked so that didnt get stepped on. Then it became tradition, now it's just preference.

[grim]

The original reason for cropping ears was for fighting dogs. 100 years ago when it was a legitimate sport to have dog fights, bull baiting, dogs fighting a bear or wild boar etc. It was done so the ears couldn't be bitten, Rotts were used to heard cattle so there tails were docked so that didnt get stepped on. Then it became tradition, now it's just preference.

Don't forget Australian Sheppard's as well they are used for herding sheep and have their tails docked at birth. I understand the purpose just curious as to why you chose to do so at least you understand why people do it rather than just doing it to do it.

still a good lookin pup.

[Cornfed]

Don't forget Australian Sheppard's as well they are used for herding sheep and have their tails docked at birth. I understand the purpose just curious as to why you chose to do so at least you understand why people do it rather than just doing it to do it.

still a good lookin pup.

Thanks brother.

Aren't we about due for a night out? Txt me and let's set something up.

[grim]

Thanks brother.

Aren't we about due for a night out? Txt me and let's set something up.

Indeed we are sir we should do something this wknd ill hit you up later today.

[Cornfed]

Grats on the dog...more pics!

Here is a couple more. Ill post a pic Sunday, after the tape comes off his ears.

http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb390/cdavis981/Rossi/rossi46.jpg



http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb390/cdavis981/Rossi/rossi48.jpg

http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb390/cdavis981/Rossi/rossi49.jpg

[madvlad]

You should know me better than that lol

[Clovis]

I love Rossi! He's such a sweet boy.

His little ears look like devil horns now ;)

[biikChiQ]

Never heard of the Presa either.. but nice lookin dog