Mike Sottile

Michael Sottile, Mike Sottile, Sicilian Branchiero, Rare Molossers

Sicily's Answer to the Cane Corso

A classic butcher's dog, the Sicilian Branchiero is all but extinct today.

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Future Champion Rocco and his littermates. Rocco would go on to be one of the foundation dogs of the American selection. Photo: M. Sottile

Ground Zero

Over the years, there has been much conjecture surrounding the first litters of Cane Corsos imported from Sicily by Michael Sottile Sr. in the late 1980s.

Molosser Moolah

Caroline Coile asks Molosser owners just how much it costs to maintain these big'uns.

Cane Corsos Take a Straw Poll

Referred to as "paglia," or the color of straw, this shade of Cane Corso is considered rare. But is it acceptable in the show ring? The DNA tells the tale.

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