How to Advertise Your Cane Corso for Mating in the United States

Is your Cane Corso ready to be advertised for mating?

• Age: for AKC registration a sire must be at least 7 months and a dam at least 8 months on the mating date, and neither over 12 years. Health ratings take longer: official OFA hip ratings start at 24 months.
• Temperament: the standard asks for a dog that is intelligent, easily trained, and docile and affectionate with family. A dog that cannot be handled calmly by a stranger at a mating is not ready.
• Health: completed tests, a current vet check and no personal history of epilepsy or demodectic mange; PetMD advises that dogs with demodectic mange should not be bred.
• Papers: registration in your name if you offer registered litters, and a pedigree you can share.

Which health tests should you finish before listing a Cane Corso stud?

OFA says NCL and DSRA are both autosomal recessive. If your dog is a carrier, say so and accept only females that test clear, so no puppy can be affected. Also disclose any eyelid surgery for entropion, ectropion or cherry eye, which the breed club lists among its health issues.

How do you set a Cane Corso stud fee and breeding terms?

In AKC guidance the stud owner sets the fee and is responsible for collecting it. Payment can be cash, pick of the litter or one or more puppies. Fees vary with health results, titles and demand, so compare similar dogs before you choose a figure. Decide in advance:

• The fee, any deposit, and when the balance is due.
• For puppy payment: your place in the pick, the age you choose, and a cash alternative for a small litter.
• Your policy if no puppies are born, such as one repeat mating on the next heat.
• What you require of the female: age, completed CHIC tests, NCL and DSRA status and a negative brucellosis test.
• Who pays travel, boarding, progesterone tests or artificial insemination.
• That you sign the litter registration application only after the fee is paid.

If your stud becomes popular, the AKC requires a DNA profile before his fourth litter in a calendar year or his seventh in his lifetime can be registered.

How do you write a Cane Corso mating ad that gets serious replies?

• Start the title with breed, sex and stud or female, plus your city, for example Cane Corso male for stud, near Dallas.
• Give the dog's age, height, weight, color and registered name, and any titles in conformation, obedience or other sports.
• List every health result with dates, including NCL and DSRA status.
• Describe temperament honestly: with strangers, with other dogs, and when handled.
• State your fee structure, what you require of the female, and that a written contract is required.
• Use clear, recent photos and a short video of your own dog moving. Do not market color as a selling point.

Posting is free: post your Cane Corso mating ad on PetzLover, choosing the mating listing type and the breed, and owners can message you. You can also see other Cane Corsos listed for mating to compare how they present results and terms. Keep your phone number out of the ad text.

How do you screen the other Cane Corso's owner?

• What are your dog's OFA hip, elbow, cardiac and patella results and NCL and DSRA status, and can I see the reports?
• Has your dog or a close relative had seizures, eyelid surgery, demodectic mange or bloat?
• When was the last brucellosis test, and will you retest before the mating?
• Why do you want to breed, and do you have experienced homes lined up for large guardian puppies?
• Who is your vet, and who will help with whelping or a C-section?
• Will you sign a written contract and pay the deposit before the mating?

It is fine to say no. Turning down a female that is too young, untested, a carrier for the same disease, or nervous protects your dog's reputation and the puppies. The other side of this deal is covered in how to find a mate or stud for your Cane Corso.

How do you keep yourself and your Cane Corso safe?

• Supervise every mating and keep both dogs leashed until they have met calmly; two large, protective dogs need experienced handlers.
• Do not send your dog to a stranger's home without a contract and a visit.
• Refuse a check for more than the fee with a request to send back the difference; the FTC describes this as a fake check scam.
• Do not accept gift cards, and be careful with payment apps, which make money hard to recover.
• Check local rules: Los Angeles, for example, requires a breeding permit before a dog is bred.
• Use the Report Scam button on any suspicious listing or message.

If you plan to sell puppies from your own litters, read how to sell Cane Corso puppies, and see how to buy a Cane Corso puppy for what careful families will ask.