Iron Legacy is an AKC preservation breeder. Every home is vetted personally, including a consented background check and a live video walkthrough of where the puppy will actually live. If you meet every stipulation listed on this page, you can secure a deposit and reserve your place on the waiting list. There is no shopping cart, no first-come-first-served, and no rush. Below is exactly how the process works, start to finish.
Everything starts with the same form. The application on the Contact page opens with ten pre-screening questions — honest, direct, about your home, experience, and goals. If the pre-screening reads like a match, you complete the rest in the same submission. One form. One process. No back-and-forth.
Every application is read personally within 48 hours. Not an assistant. Not an auto-reply.
Approved applicants get on a call with me directly. We walk through your household, expectations, training plan, and which upcoming pairing might suit you best — companion, working prospect, or show potential.
Every approved applicant completes a consented background check before a puppy is reserved. If it is the standard to adopt a dog from a shelter, it is the standard here. A Cane Corso is a large, powerful guardian breed. The wrong home is not simply a poor match — it is unsafe for the dog and unsafe for the people around the dog.
A documented history of domestic violence is a disqualifier. Any documented history of animal cruelty, abuse, neglect, or failure to provide basic care is a disqualifier. This breed reads the temperament of the home and mirrors it; an unstable environment produces an unstable dog, and a history of harm toward people or animals tells me exactly how this dog would be treated. That outcome is unacceptable. The standard is deliberate. An Iron Legacy Cane Corso is placed only where the dog will be safe and the family will be safe with the dog.
Before any deposit is accepted, I require a live FaceTime with the buyer to see the dog’s future environment — the yard or outdoor space, the fencing, where the puppy will sleep, eat, and spend most of their time, and who else lives in the home.
Pictures can be edited and stories can be told. Video can’t. This one call tells me more about whether your home is right for a Cane Corso than any application ever will.
Once the background check and FaceTime clear, I send the Iron Legacy puppy contract for review. The contract lays out the health guarantee, right of first refusal, spay/neuter or breeding terms, and the responsibilities on both sides. Nothing is hidden. Nothing is boilerplate. This is a lifetime commitment on my end, and the contract reflects it.
A non-refundable deposit locks in your spot on the waiting list for a specific litter. Pricing is discussed privately with approved buyers — it depends on the pairing, pick order, and whether the placement is companion, working prospect, or show quality.
Once the litter is confirmed, reserved families receive regular updates — birth day, weight logs, milestone videos, and personality notes. This is a preservation program, not a puppy mill. Every litter is planned, documented, and raised with intention.
I also go live on TikTok at least once a day so reserved families and the wider community can watch the puppies grow and develop in real time. For the first two weeks after birth, that becomes a dedicated daily series — early handling, weight checks, and milestone-by-milestone development on camera. Follow along at @ironlegacycanecorso on TikTok.
At 7 weeks, puppies are formally evaluated for structure, temperament, and drive. Deposit order sets pick order. I match temperaments and drives to the households that will thrive with them — not just first-come, first-picked.
Every Iron Legacy puppy is raised with early neurological stimulation, exposure to household sights and sounds, novel surfaces, crate introduction, and socialization protocols proven to build resilient, stable adult dogs. Nothing is left to chance.
Puppies go home between 8 and 10 weeks with AKC registration, signed contract with health guarantee, complete vaccination and deworming record, registered microchip, copies of both parents’ health testing, and a starter kit to ease the transition.
Local pickup in Fort Worth / Dallas, or coast to coast delivery via ground pet transport or in-cabin flight nanny. No cargo. Ever.
Iron Legacy stays in your corner for the life of the dog — training questions, nutrition, health concerns, or anything in between. Every contract includes right of first refusal: if you ever can’t keep your dog, for any reason, the dog comes back to me. No Iron Legacy Cane Corso will ever end up in a shelter.
Iron Legacy prices reflect health testing, championship-titled bloodlines, and the value of the individual dog — which can change from litter to litter and pairing to pairing. I discuss pricing directly with approved buyers after the phone conversation, so the number reflects the actual puppy and the actual placement, not a marketing sticker.
If you’re serious about a Cane Corso, start with the application. We’ll talk numbers when it’s the right time.