Cane Corso in Dubai
If you’ve never been to Dubai, you might think of it as a city that grew out of nothing in the middle of a desert, which would make it the Las Vegas of the Middle East. This is true to some extent, but a major difference is that most of the things that make Las Vegas so attractive (alcohol, drugs, gambling, prostitution) are either illegal or very very difficult to get in Dubai. But the desert is the same.
So what has all this to do with the Cane Corso? Well, I’ve recently received an email from Mark, asking me about how his 2 year old Cane Corso would be affected by relocating to Dubai. I thought there may be more of you readers of this blog in a similar situation so it’s worth a post.
The first thing that comes to mind is whether the breed is allowed in the UAE. According to the UAE FAQ of Euro Puppy, the Cane Corso is not among the banned breeds, but even if it was, there are ways around the ban. So importing your dog or a new puppy to the UAE shouldn’t be much of a problem, but you may be better of requesting professional help if you can afford it.
The second issue that comes to mind is whether the Cane Corso can cope with the extreme weather conditions. The answer is definitely yes, or at least I haven’t found any evidence to the contrary in my thorough research. As long as they have plenty of water to drink and shade to hide from the sun, they’ll be fine. Without shade, however, just like any other breed or humans, it would only take a few hours for them to get a heat stroke. So be careful.
Other than that, relocating itself doesn’t affect this breed too much. I mean, the younger the dog, the easier it gets used to a new environment, but as the Cane Corso is a very family centered breed, it doesn’t care too much about where it is, as long as it is surrounded by its human family.
The reason why Cane Corsos are increasingly popular in the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries is probably due to a combination of the above mentioned affection they have for their family and their superb ability to guard property and intimidate potential intruders.
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We live in Qatar. Similar and close to Dubai. We have a 9,5 yr old Dogue De Bordeaux, 2,5 yr old Flatcoated Retriever and an 8 month old Cane Corso! We imported her from the Netherlands last Christmas. She likes it here very much and is the only one laying in the sun on a regular base during the day. We take her to the beach a lot and she loves to swim. I think Mark’s Cane Corso will do fine in Dubai. As long as he looks for a space to run/swim for his Cane Corso.
Must mention: we take our dogs back to Holland for the summer holiday (for 11 weeks). So they miss out on the ‘bad’ weather here in the summer.
Where is the dog coming from? We have a 2 year old Corso who we imported as a puppy and I’m more than happy to give Mark some advice about what we went through importing her.
We’ve just come through a summer where the temperature regualrly hit 50 degrees and our dog was fine. Its just a case of walking earlier or later on (5am or 11pm for us) and then keeping the aircon on through the day and making sure she had plenty of water. Common sense stuff.
Dogs need to be registered each year here and for the larger breeds you are not really allowed to keep them in apartments – although people do.
If you like you can pass on my details to Mark for him to contact me directly so I can guide him through the processes/issues with Dubai