The Pride Rock Kennel
Welcome to the Online Home of
The Pride Rock Tosa Kennnel!
NEWS: Among our 2025 litters we will have the first mating of a Japanese Dog and a Korean Dog in the US since Our Sumo/Suki Litter long ago!
Welcome to the Online Home of
The Pride Rock Tosa Kennnel!
NEWS: Among our 2025 litters we will have the first mating of a Japanese Dog and a Korean Dog in the US since Our Sumo/Suki Litter long ago!
About Pride Rock Kennels
About Pride Rock Kennels
If we can only say one thing, let it be this:
We. Love. The Tosa.
This statement is just as it sounds, with no strings or “special clauses”. We strongly believe and are deeply committed to seeing the breed recognized in its true form in Japan and abroad. It's history, origin, culture, temperament, all of it is part of what made this awesome breed.
The Tosa is truly a dog like no other.
Dig in to the site to learn more about us and why we do what we do!
If we can only say one thing, let it be this:
We. Love. The Tosa.
This statement is just as it sounds, with no strings or “special clauses”. We strongly believe and are deeply committed to seeing the breed recognized in its true form in Japan and abroad. It's history, origin, culture, temperament, all of it is part of what made this awesome breed.
We. Love. The Tosa.
This statement is just as it sounds, with no strings or “special clauses”. We strongly believe and are deeply committed to seeing the breed recognized in its true form in Japan and abroad. It's history, origin, culture, temperament, all of it is part of what made this awesome breed.
The Tosa is truly a dog like no other.
Dig in to the site to learn more about us and why we do what we do!
Dig in to the site to learn more about us and why we do what we do!
The Story Behind the Kennel
The Story Behind the Kennel
Hi! My name is Corey Vitatoe and I'm originally from Houston, Texas, though now we live in a small town just outside of Waco! ("Way-Ko")
I’ve been training dogs for twenty-five years now and I've been working with Tosas since 2006! In 2002, after the loss of my previous dog, Casey, I decided it was time to go at it again. I had owned and/or worked with hundreds of different dogs over the years and I was very interested in large dogs like the Mastiff Breeds. There was just one major problem: I couldn’t seem to find a large breed that didn’t sacrifice something important. Short life spans, frequent vet visits with staggering bills due to size, lack of energy, no athleticism, and so many other issues seemed to block my attempts at finding the right dog. It had been two years since I’d had a dog of my own when I stumbled across a rare and gorgeous mastiff. The Tosa! I found myself completely enamored with them! A mastiff that can actually do stuff! I didn’t have to sacrifice anything, in fact, I’d found more than I could’ve dreamed of!I’ve been in love with the breed ever since and now it’s become a family hobby! At Pride Rock Kennels, when we say our dogs are great from the inside out it means something a bit deeper than most people realize. Working with dogs all these years has taught me great things, and one of them is the basis for our breeding program. Great dogs are made, not born! For dogs, certain things are inherited from parents, like color, and even certain breed traits, though not always. However, temperament and character are things we believe are instilled in a dog by upbringing and lifestyle. Simply put, any dog is what you make of him/her. The theme is responsibility. We take great care in raising all our dogs according to the highest standards. We take full responsibility for them from the moment they’re born to the day they die, and as of 2024 we have never had a pup we bred end up in a shelter. We treat all our dogs like family, taking the utmost care in nutrition, mental and physical exercise, mental and physical development, training, and everything else we can think of! We stay up to date on all sorts of health information for Tosas and other breeds and dogs in general so as to best aid our dogs and any others that may need our help. We personally develop and plan every moment these wonderful creatures spend with us and we believe it shows in the hearts of our dogs and in the lives of their new owners! Come! Give us a call or visit and see why our dogs truly are the greatest from the inside out!
Hi! My name is Corey Vitatoe and I'm originally from Houston, Texas, though now we live in a small town just outside of Waco! ("Way-Ko")
I’ve been training dogs for twenty-five years now and I've been working with Tosas since 2006!
I’ve been training dogs for twenty-five years now and I've been working with Tosas since 2006!
In 2002, after the loss of my previous dog, Casey, I decided it was time to go at it again. I had owned and/or worked with hundreds of different dogs over the years and I was very interested in large dogs like the Mastiff Breeds. There was just one major problem: I couldn’t seem to find a large breed that didn’t sacrifice something important. Short life spans, frequent vet visits with staggering bills due to size, lack of energy, no athleticism, and so many other issues seemed to block my attempts at finding the right dog. It had been two years since I’d had a dog of my own when I stumbled across a rare and gorgeous mastiff. The Tosa! I found myself completely enamored with them! A mastiff that can actually do stuff! I didn’t have to sacrifice anything, in fact, I’d found more than I could’ve dreamed of!
I’ve been in love with the breed ever since and now it’s become a family hobby! At Pride Rock Kennels, when we say our dogs are great from the inside out it means something a bit deeper than most people realize. Working with dogs all these years has taught me great things, and one of them is the basis for our breeding program. Great dogs are made, not born! For dogs, certain things are inherited from parents, like color, and even certain breed traits, though not always. However, temperament and character are things we believe are instilled in a dog by upbringing and lifestyle. Simply put, any dog is what you make of him/her. The theme is responsibility. We take great care in raising all our dogs according to the highest standards. We take full responsibility for them from the moment they’re born to the day they die, and as of 2024 we have never had a pup we bred end up in a shelter.
We treat all our dogs like family, taking the utmost care in nutrition, mental and physical exercise, mental and physical development, training, and everything else we can think of! We stay up to date on all sorts of health information for Tosas and other breeds and dogs in general so as to best aid our dogs and any others that may need our help. We personally develop and plan every moment these wonderful creatures spend with us and we believe it shows in the hearts of our dogs and in the lives of their new owners!
Come! Give us a call or visit and see why our dogs truly are the greatest from the inside out!