Salvo – 8 year old male Cane Corso
Salvo is an 8 year old blue Cane Corso neutered male who came to us through Battersea London although we are aware of his old owners, Salvo did nothing wrong, but what happened to the family was so bad that he had to be rehomed. He is in foster care in Coventry, and apparently is so bombproof you’d have to put a firecracker under his bed to make him blink!
He’s great with kids of all ages, and dogs, loves the car, great on the lead, a proper gentleman, well trained, very healthy and no-one can believe he is 8. I know his provenance and he is from extremely good Italian lines. Salvo is neutered, vaccinated, wormed and de-flead and comes with 3 months free insurance and a clean bill of health.
*Update from foster family June 2010*
Salvo is gorgeous, whoever gets him for life is going to be the luckiest person! He is so loving and gentle and chilled! To give you an idea of size, I have a 34″ inside leg, he is as long as me from waist to bottom of foot. I’m 6’2″, when we are both sat down we are the same height. His front legs are the same thickness as my arms, and his paws are nearly as big as my hands. When I first saw him at Battersea though what made me think bloomin’ heck he’s big is his head, it’s absolutely massive, and wouldn’t be out of place on an adolescent elephant!
OK, I’m only used to boxer dogs, but there is a gorgeous DDB at the end of the road who was 10 stone at 10 months old, I’m sure Salvo’s head is bigger. I’m saving meeting that dog with Salvo ’til we all know each other better.
He really needs to go to someone with a stately home; he makes normal sized houses feel small! Kitchen worktops are nose height, dinner tables are chin height. He loves the fridge, and will try and put his head in as soon as any one opens the door. We’ve got it out to a respectful distance now.
He’s not keen on his crate now he’s in a home environment, which contrasts to wanting to jump straight into it when Nicola opened the backdoor to the van when we met at Battersea.
He is a 100lb, 8 year old puppy when he plays, yet when he goes out he ignores everything and anyone unless they come into his space, cute little red setter in heat walks passed within 4′ nothing, random people with random apparatus, nothing, cat with hackles raised 6′ away, Ok that got a second glance with a really cute face, then he just carried on. He readily accepts fuss from anyone.
He’s loves walking in long grass, given the option of the mowed bit or the unmowed bit, he takes the unmowed bit. Which leads to his – to me – most bizarre habit: using spikey things as lavatories. We’ve done brambles, blackthorn, hawthorn, holly, dog roses, nettles, thistles, pyracanthus, and berberis. Trying to pick up with a plastic bag out of a clump of nettles is right up there in the list of not fun things to do.
Salvo continues to be a star. Ok, he is a bit naughty, he’s got a bit of separation anxiety, if everyone is upstairs, you’ve got a minute before he’ll jump the stair gate and come up. He barks and whimpers in the car. We did a few journeys of different lengths and all were accompanied by Salvo’s soundtrack. If he’s got an idea where he is going and it’s home, he’s much more settled, and classical music helps calm him a bit.
He had his first chicken wing breakfast this morning, he loved them until they were put in front of him. Then he wasn’t sure if he was meant to eat them or not! He got the hang of it after the second one though.
He has now started to think of us as his pack. He growls and and goes to see when the letters are put through the door, but doesn’t attack them. He growls and goes meaningfully to the door when someone comes in unannounced. He met a squirrel for the first time with us today, nearly pulled Ruth’s arm off, but stopped. He is interested in rabbits and will probably try and chase one if he sees one before it gets to cover. Cats near our garden better be feeling lucky I think. A number of dogs have come up to him now, and he is friendly with them, and only growls back if they are aggressive.
Today, when he was left in his cage he forced his way out, but only curled up on his bed, not the furniture or anything else naughty. I have just discovered he doesn’t like the vacuum cleaner, but he’s very manly about it, he casually goes where the vacuum cleaner isn’t.
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