OSCAR'S STORY.

The whole thing for dogs started when I was a kid. I would get into a lot of trouble at school and outside of school and so my parents would send me to my Grandmother's house in Mexico as punishment. In Mexico, there were a bunch of stray dogs, and there wasn't much to do other than hang out with the dogs. I would always just be hanging out with dogs and I remember I found a bunch of puppies and brought them to my grandma's house. My natural bond with dogs continued throughout my whole life.

As an adult, I was in a band and I had a full-time job at a big aerospace company. After I saw that the band thing was coming to an end I was like, "Man, I kind of want to get a dog." Back then, I had a bunch of time because at my aerospace job I was basically pushing a button on a machine. During that time I dug deep into Corsi pedigrees and I would travel to different shows meeting people, breeders, and becoming very educated on the breed. That's where my love for the Cane Corso started.

After looking at Corsi s online I put a deposit down and bought a Corso from New Jersey. This was the first dog I had to take care of that I own and when I brought her in, I realized I had no clue about dog training. I soon realized I was a bit in over my head. At the time I was watching Cesar Millan, and I wanted to learn more about dog training from what I was watching with Cesar. Long story short, I was driving one day and came across a field where people were training police canines, so I stopped by. That’s where I met this old man named Peter Burmeister. I started taking my Corso there trying to learn more.

There at the field, I met another guy named Steve Garvin, and he was competing in Mondioring. He came to me and was like, “Hey, it looks like you're really into this. Maybe you should go check out this other trainer.” The other trainer's name was OJ Knighten. And so I went to OJ. They were doing PSA, getting into Mondioring and I began getting into the training side of things.

From there I went to French ring club where I spent three years learning about French ring training and decoy work while training my Corso. It turns out, my Corso wasn't cut out for the sport, so I ended up buying a Corso from a kennel. I wanted to meet the litter and pick out my prospect that I was going to do sport with, and that's where I got my first sport dog named AC Slater. He was born in my house and was the first one born in the litter and I raised him from a baby.

AC Slater was my first Corso that I was trying to compete with, so I started training him intensely right away. While I was training him I was decoying and I got certified as a decoy for mostly every dog sport such as Mondioring and Schutzhund. I was doing different trials and trying different dog sports while training my dog, and eventually titled in various competitions. That was the beginning of my dog training journey. In the beginning, I wanted to become a breeder, but eventually I had gotten so involved in the training side of it, I realized breeding is not for me and that I'd rather just focus on the training side.

Ever since then, I've always had a Corso and I've always been into the breed. I've always studied different pedigrees, what dogs came from where, and what dogs are working the best because my goal from the beginning was to do something with a breed that is not as common in dog sports (such as a Malinois or German Shepherd).