[quote=Wolf]Add to the stew the Italian Corso Ortognato and its Canadian version named Corso Pugliese and you have even more variety in the group. Not to mention original regional breeds of the Cane e Presa Italiano type, many of which are on their way of dissapearing and some that have been lost due to the popularity of the Cane Corso programmes...[/quote] Good point. Being that dogs are like people, and other living creatures, regional variations occurs and consistency is nebulous thing - of course "regionalism" can also have its variations. Really, the various "breeds" native to So. Italy which are being collected into the Cane Corso, aren't being lost, IMO. Rather, in a way, they're being preserved. What's more important is that Cane Corso breeders are being consistent in their use of So. Italian dogs and producing dogs fitting of their original purpose, even if those specific purposes won't be fulfilled.