News California Cane Corso, Breeder - Home of Multi BIS 2004 National Specialty BOS Winner ICCF Ch. ARBA Master Ch. IABCA Ch. Rarities Gr. Int. Ch. Romeo del Morgan, CGC, TDI, TT and his son Multi BIS Puppy ICCF Ch. California's Cyrano, TT

March 2006

1 - We received Cyrano's OFA results back today and he has "GOOD" hips and "NORMAL" elbows.
28 - We received Nicoletta's OFA results (after being x-rayed again, this time not during her heat cycle!) back today and she has "GOOD" hips and "NORMAL" elbows.

February 2006

14 - Giulietta ended up not being pregnant, so we will try to breed her again in June.

January 2006

3 - The Show Calendar has been updated with 2006 shows.
9 - We have revised our Purchase Agreement & Guarantee.
20 - Happy 2nd Birthday, Litter A puppies!!!
22 - Check out our new blog ("weBLOG") at CaneCorsoBlog.com.
23 - We mailed in our application to become members of the ICCF/CCAA Breeder's Guild. We have always intended on joining since its inception, but decided to wait until we had plans for Litter B.
30 - We received Nicoletta's OFA results back today and they rated her "FAIR".

December 2005

3 - We just received an autographed copy of the book "Canine Reflections" by Duff Lueder (published by Authorhouse, August 2005) from Justice's owners. California's Justice was featured in a heartwarming story about the amazing bond between him and his 2-legged sister Jasmine, due to the successful training methods enforced by parents Joel and Jen. Thanks so much for the book, we really treasure you sharing the memory with us and we absolutely love the photo of Justice with Jasmine!
12 - Romeo and Giulietta were bred today; we expect the puppies to arrive around Valentine's Day!

November 2005

22 - Giulietta started her heat cycle today and will be bred to Romeo next month.

October 2005

11 - (Foundation Stock Service News, AKC.org) "From the October 2005 Board Meeting - The Cane Corso and the Icelandic Sheepdog have been approved to compete in AKC Companion Events (obedience, agility, tracking) effective July 1, 2006."

September 2005

24 - Congratulations to Arturo, who passed his CGC (Canine Good Citizen) with flying colors today! Great job, Leslee and Don!!

August 2005

3 - A new "FAQs" page has been added and the links pages have been updated.
7 - Congratulations to Nicoletta and Cyrano, who both earned their ATTS TT (Temperament Test) titles today!
19 - Congratulations to Arturo, who has earned his ICCF Championship! Also a special thanks to his owner/handler Leslee and owner Don for their hard work and dedication going to handling classes and attending dog shows in Oregon and Washington...congratulations to you all for your accomplishments!

July 2005

13 - We've finally (somewhat!) settled into our new home and have decided to postpone our repeat breeding, Litter B, until Giulietta's next heat cycle. We have been so busy lately, there has not been much time to dedicate to Cane Corso matters and it looks like we will remain quite busy through the end of 2005. We just purchased acreage in Livermore, CA which will be the site for our next home!

March 2005

20 - New photos of Arturo have been added to his homepage.

February 2005

19/20 - IABCA Dog Show (Enumclaw, WA)
- Arturo - Group 2, 3xBOB Puppy
26 - New photos have been added to Giulietta, Nicoletta, Adamo, Cypress, Delta and Arturo's homepages.

January 2005

5 - New photos have been added to Cyrano and Lola's homepages. We also have 2 new URL's: RomeodelMorgan.com and CaliforniasCyrano.com

December 2004

8 - Giulietta began her heat cycle, which came one month early (we were expecting it to happen in January). Due to our planned move in February, we have decided to wait until her next heat cycle (in May?) to breed her, as we do not want to be in the middle of a move when she is ready to have her puppies.
12 - The Show Calendar has been updated with 2005 shows.
26 - Nicoletta began her heat cycle.

November 2004

1 - Romeo is officially the #1 Rarities Cane Corso in 2004! He is also the #2 Working Dog and the #4 All-Breed Dog, with a total of 9901 points.
13/14 - ARBA Hollywood Classic (Claremont, California)
- Romeo - Group 2, Group 4, 4xBOB, BOW, WD
  - New ARBA Champion and ARBA Master Champion!
20/21 - IABCA Dog Show (Anaheim Hills, California)
- Romeo - BIS Rare Breed, Group 2, 4xBOB
- Cyrano - BIS Puppy, BIS Rare Breed Puppy, Group 1, Group 3, 4xBOB Puppy
  - New ICCF Champion!

October 2004

9/10 - Rarities Fall Classic (Woodstown, New Jersey)
- Romeo - ICCF National Specialty BOS Winner, also passed the ATTS TT!
- Cyrano - 1st place (6-9 month class)
16 - ARBA Micro Classic (Graham, Washington)
- Romeo - RBIS, Group 1, 3xGroup 2, 4xBOB, 4xBOW, 4xWD
- Giulietta - 3xBOS, 3xWB
  - New ARBA Champion!

September 2004

4/5 - ARBA California Classic (Claremont, California)

Giulietta - BOB, 2xBOS, BOW, 4xWB
Cyrano - 3xReserve WD
12 - New photos have been added (Cyrano, Arnaldo, Lola and the Dog Shows page)!
18/19 - IABCA Dog Show (Antioch, California)

Romeo - 3xGroup 3, 4xBOB
25/26 - Rarities Canyon Classic (Anaheim Hills, California)

Romeo - BIS, 2xRBIS, 4xGroup 1, Group 2, 5xBOB
Cyrano - 2xBest Junior Puppy in Group, 5xWD

August 2004

31/1 - Rarities Rocky Mountain Showdown (Northglenn, Colorado)
- Romeo - BIS, RBIS, 3xGroup 1, 2xGroup 2, 5xBOB
21/22 - IABCA Dog Show (Claremont, California)
- Romeo - RBIS Gold Cup, 4xBOB
- Cyrano - BIS Rare Breed Puppy, 3xBOB Puppy

July 2004

1 - New photos have been added from the ARBA Golden Gate Classic.
11 - Giulietta began her heat cycle.
19 - New photos have been added to the Dog Shows page and some puppies' pages.
20 - The Litter "A" puppies are 6 months old today!!!
24/25 - IABCA Dog Show (Antioch, California)
- Romeo - RBIS Rare Breed, RBIS Gold Cup, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, 4xBOB
- Cyrano - BOB Puppy
- Romeo/Cyrano/Cypress - 2xBIS Zuchtgruppe, RBIS Zuchtgruppe
31/1 - Rarities Rocky Mountain Showdown (Northglenn, Colorado)
- Romeo - BIS, RBIS, 3xGroup 1, 2xGroup 2, 5xBOB

June 2004

5/6 - ARBA Garden State Classic (Manapalan, New Jersey)
- Adamo - 2x BOS Puppy
19/20 - ARBA Golden Gate Classic (Hayward, California)
- Romeo - 2x WD
- Cyrano - BIS Puppy, 2x RBIS Puppy, Group 2, 4x BOB Puppy
- Cypress - 3x BOS Puppy
22 - New photos of Litter A puppies have been added. The 2004 Show Calendar is updated as well.
24 - New photos have been added to the Dog Shows page.
26/27 - Rarities Mt. Rainier Classic (Renton, Washington)
- Cyrano - Best Puppy in Group, BOB Puppy

May 2004

3 - New photos have been added from the IABCA Newport Beach show.
15/16 - Rarities Liberty Bell Classic (Bensalem, Pennsylvania)
- Adamo - 2x BOB Puppy

April 2004

1 - Adamo and Amalfi (now known as "Justice") flew to their new homes today!
2 - Alina (now known as "Monalina") and Azzino (now known as "Rocco") flew to their new homes today!
3 - Amato (now known as "Arturo") was picked up by his new family today!
6 - Anissa (now known as "Roxy") was picked up by her new owner today!
7 - We have decided to keep Cyrano for ourselves; his mild-mannered, easygoing temperament (similar to Romeo's) will be a great fit in our household and we feel that he "belongs" with us!
17/18 - IABCA Dog Show (Newport Beach, California)
- Romeo - Gold Cup Reserve BIS, 3x BOB
- Cyrano - BIS Puppy, Group 1, 3x BOB Puppy
20 - Alessia was picked up by her new owner today!
27 - New photos of some of the puppies have been uploaded today, please visit their webpages to view them. Thank you to our puppy owners for sending them and we hope to add more soon!

March 2004

1 - This past week, the puppies have grown completely out of their "babyhood" stage and all of their personalities have really started to emerge! They run, jump, pounce, bark, tug, bite, wrestle and some have even climbed out of the whelping box (Adamo was the first, Arnaldo was next, Amalfi followed)...oh, the joys of puppyhood! :)
2 - We took the puppies to the vet for their first set of vaccinations, they are six weeks old today. Although we were warned that they might cry in pain, none of the puppies even flinched! Since they all scored a "1" on the Volhard Touch Sensitivity test, we suspected they have a good tolerance for pain, but they made us proud anyway!
5 - Bob performed the Volhard test early this morning while I videotaped. You can review individual test results on each puppy's webpage, but the median score of the entire litter was 2.95! As a place to keep the puppies when I clean the whelping box (since they have gotten too big to stay in the two large tubs I used to use), Bob set up a puppy pen in our garage today and put a large plastic crate inside (without the door) so they can go inside their "den" and also so they start getting used to the crate. They absolutely love it - all of them pile inside to sleep! Today we will begin the puppy selection process so that each family knows which one they should be doting on for the next 4 weeks!
6 - This morning we went downstairs to the puppy nursery and lo and behold...all of the puppies were out of the whelping box! Bob says it's finally time that they sleep in the garage pen tonight, I guess I've kept them inside for as long as we could. :) Today we are enjoying beautiful 70 degree weather with lots of sunshine and bright blue skies and the puppies love their one-on-one time outside with us and their 4-legged mommy and daddy!
10 - Today the puppies had their first "real" baths in our laundry sink! We took photos of each one and posted them onto each puppy's webpage.
23 - The puppies received their 2nd set of vaccinations today as well as their AVID EuroChip microchips.
24 - 7 puppies ears were cropped today at the Loomis Basin Veterinary Clinic: Alina, Amalfi, Amato, Apollonia, Adamo and Azzino. Everything went well and we gave them some Baby Benadryl for a good night's sleep! Today, our first puppy left...Arnaldo is spending his first night at his new home, only 5 minutes away from us!
25 - Alfaro (now known as "Delta") went to his new home today, only 15 minutes away from us!
27 - Apollonia (now known as "Lola") went to her new home today, less than an hour away from us!
31 - Since Dr. Corey Cherrstrom only performs ear crops on Wednesdays, the remaining puppies' ears will be cropped today.

February 2004

1 - The puppies are starting to use their legs when getting around now; they're still quite wobbly but they're strong enough now to lift their body off the ground! They're also getting to be quite plump and are a lot stronger than they look. Today, we trimmed their nails for the first time so they start getting used to it and not become a challenge in the future!
3 - The puppies are two weeks old today! We had an appointment at the vet this afternoon to remove the stitches from their tails. We also recorded their weight, which was from 1.9 lbs. to 3.1 lbs. They are also getting better at wobbling around - you can see them "run" to mamma when they want to eat! We also managed to videotape them individually and most of them "walked" on camera, although a couple of puppies did not want to do anything but sleep!
4 - We took many individual photos of each puppy today and have added them to each puppy's web page. All puppies have opened their eyes now and I've managed to snap several action photos (yes, it was quite a challenge to photograph them now that they can move around pretty good!) They also began to start "playing" today, mouthing each other and pawing at each other as well.
5 - The puppies can now stand while they go pee and poo! They are all so polite and go to a far corner to do their business before returning to sleep with the littermates (except when they are awakened by Mamma Giulietta returning to the whelping box, then they pee and poo in the mad rush to get to her!)
6 - We put colored ribbons on the puppies today and assigned each one a color so that we can identify them in action as we evaluate their interaction.
7 - We saw the first signs of baby teeth today! Their vocalizations are getting much louder and they even bark and growl now.
9 - The puppies are 20 days of age and we took front and profile photos of each one (you can see them on their individual web pages on Our Dogs). Today, we also trimmed their nails again. They are getting quite playful with each other and with us, as well (biting on our fingers)!
15 - At 26 days of age, I managed to take a couple of head shots of each puppy. They are all growing so fast and walking better and faster (some puppies are even pouncing!) and are also noisier, too! Simply adorable...
16 - We took pictures of the puppies again today and they were all cooperative in stacking for the photos (some more than others!)
17 - Today, we took photos and video footage of the puppies eating puppy mush!
19 - Although we feel the puppies are still too young to get an accurate reading (they all scored mostly 3's), we went through the Volhard puppy aptitude tests today. We will perform the test again in 1-2 weeks when they are more mature.
23 - We said goodbye to our sweet baby Ariella today.

January 2004

1 - We've added photos of Giulietta (6 weeks pregnant) and have made revisions to our contract/guarantee.
4 - We've added a new "Video Clips" album to the "Photos" page (we're working on uploading clips!)
8 - Today was the first day we could actually see and feel the puppies moving around! Giulietta was laying on her side (she's getting to be quite large now, so that's probably the most comfortable position for her) and we could see small movements, like puppies kicking. She is also getting to be quite large...we are guessing that Giulietta will have...maybe...10 puppies???
12 - We are working on getting a webcam set up in the Puppy Nursery so puppy buyers can be right with their future puppies from birth!
13 - We've added photos of Giulietta (8 weeks pregnant) and the Puppy Nursery!
17 - Our Puppy WebCam is now live, and we've added more photos of Giulietta at 60 days pregnant. We're also expecting our first Romeo x Giulietta litter today, but it's 5:45pm and no signs yet...
19 - It's 11:00pm and no puppies yet...but Giulietta has been panting and restless since noon today, so we're expecting her to deliver them soon...maybe tomorrow?
20 - Giulietta delivered her first puppy at approximately 6:15am today and delivered puppy #13 at 10:45am!!! There were a total of 7 males and 6 females. So far, it looks like we have 4 fawns and the rest...formentino? We'll have to see how their coat turns out in the next couple of weeks!
21 - Mamma and the babies are all doing well! What a joy to observe them make baby noises as they eat with tails wagging! The umbilical cords have fallen off today.
22 - The puppies had their tails docked this afternoon.
23 - The pigment is just starting to appear in the puppies' pads and noses. Mamma is doing such a great job in feeding them and has an abundance of milk, so no need to bottle-feed as of now!
27 - The puppies are a week old today and have grown so much since birth! They are getting pretty adept at crawling around the whelping box and they have just begun to be turn up the volume in their vocalizations!
29 - The puppies are all still doing very well and even starting to develop more personality! Their sleeping positions seem to vary - some like to curl up in a ball, some like to squeeze in between their littermates and some like to sleep on top of their littermates!
30 - Today the puppies are 10 days old! The website will be updated tonight with new photos of all the puppies...together and individually. Now each puppy has their own web page!
31 - Their eyes are starting to open today at 11 days old! Some more than others, but we are able to see a tiny glint of an eye to eyes partly open to eyes wide open.

December 2003

27 - Our "California Cane Corso Contract/Guarantee" is now complete! Also, our downstairs den has been transformed into a "Puppy Nursery" so Giulietta and her babies will have their own space - among us, but separate...and warm!

November 2003

18 - Romeo and Giulietta got married!

October 2003

11 - Del Monte Kennel Club's AKC-Sanctioned All-Breed Match
- BIS Brace
- Romeo - BOB
- Giulietta - BOS

September 2003

6/7 - Rarities Canyon Classic II (Anaheim Hills, California)
- Romeo - Group 2, BOB, 2x BOS
- Nicoletta - BIS Puppy, 2x Best Puppy in Group, 4x BOB Puppy
- Romeo and Giulietta passed the FBCA (Fila Brasileiro Club of America) Rarities-sponsored Temperament Test
20/21 - IABCA Dog Show (Napa, California)
- RBIS Brace
- Romeo - RBIS Rare Breed, Group 1, 3x BOB
- Nicoletta - 2x BOB Puppy

August 2003

2/3 - IABCA Dog Show (Hillsboro, Oregon)
- 2x BIS Brace, RBIS Brace
- Romeo - Group 3, BOB
16 - Nicoletta arrives at San Francisco International Airport!
23/24 - Rarities Texas Free-For-All (Hutto, Texas)
- Romeo - BIS, Group 1/2/4, 3x BOB, 2x BOS
- Giulietta - BOS
- Nicoletta - 4x Best Puppy in Group, 4x BOB Puppy
30/31 - Rarities Labor Day Showdown (Lumberton, New Jersey)

June 2003

28/29 - Rarities Mt. Rainier Classic (Ravensdale, Washington)
- Romeo - BIS, Group 1/2/3/4, 4x BOB, 4x BOW
- Giulietta - 2x BOS

May 2003

10/11 - IABCA Dog Show (Hillsboro, Oregon)
- 3x BIS Brace
- Romeo - RBIS Rare Breed, 3x BOB

April 2003

12/13 - IABCA Dog Show (Anaheim Hills, California)
- 2x BIS Brace, RBIS Brace
- Romeo - Group 3, 2x BOB
- Giulietta - RBIS Rare Breed Puppy, Group 1, BOB
29 - Nicoletta is born in Genoa, Italy!

March 2003

22/23 - Rarities Canyon Classic (Anaheim Hills, California)
- Romeo - 2x Group 3, 4x BOB, BOS, 4x BOW
- Giulietta - Group 4, BOB, 4x BOS, BOW

February 2003

8/9 - ARBA Desert Sands Classic (Scottsdale, Arizona)

January 2003

11/12 - ARBA Golden Nugget Classic (Claremont, California)
- Romeo - BOW, WD
25/26 - IABCA Dog Show (Vallejo, California)
- BIS Brace, 2x RBIS Brace
- Romeo - 2x Group 2, 3x BOB

November 2002

16/17 - ARBA Hollywood Classic (Claremont, California)
- Romeo - BOW, WD
- Giulietta - BOS, WB
- Romeo and Giulietta passed their CGC
- Romeo passed the TDI exam
25 - We are proud to announce our affiliation and mentorship program with Morgan Cane Corso in Italy! We feel privileged to be a part of introducing the Morgan bloodlines here in the United States of America, while learning everything we can from him about the Cane Corso, the characteristics and genetics of the different Italian bloodlines, and using the knowledge to better the breed through a carefully-planned breeding program.

August 2002

10/11 - IABCA Dog Show (Vallejo, California)

24/25 - IABCA Dog Show (Anaheim Hills, California)
- BIS Brace

June 2002

22/23 - ARBA Golden Gate Classic (Hayward, California)
- Giulietta - BOW, WB

January 2002

4 - Romeo arrives at San Francisco International Airport!
14 - Romeo and Giulietta begin obedience training at Alert K-9 Training Center
27 - "Puppy Fun Match" (Fair Oaks, California)
- Romeo - BOB
- Giulietta - BOS

December 2001

21 - Giulietta arrives at San Francisco International Airport!

October 2001

15 - Giulietta is born in Rome, Italy!
31 - Romeo is born in Genoa, Italy!

California Cane Corso, Bob & Leilani Souza, 395A South Highway 65, Suite 201, Lincoln, CA 95648