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Anyone Own a Belgian Malinois?

He is a big boy. My friend's late Malinois was also huge. I am not used to seeing legs like that on dogs that are not Giant Breed dogs. It's hard to remember he is just a puppy. You and your wife have, indeed, outdone yourselves in raising both dogs. They really deserved a lot of time and attention and you gave it to them! Kudos.
 
zincwarrior said:
Good luck! I am tired just reading that. Our police dogs are usually M's and they are...intense.
Wiener dogs are more my energy level. My avatar demonstrates my ideal energy level 23 hours a day.
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Lol maybe your 23 hours ideal energy comes from your cat genes.
 
Bok Tuklo said:
I forgot to mention that. No cats. At least in my experience. A cat walks by the window and they go nuts. Worse than the Amazon truck.
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Lol
 
Jay Falcon said:
Here's a recent photo of the dogs with my nephew.

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They are beautiful babies. They may be big and strong, but they have been loved all their lives. That will make them really good dogs. Again, I congratulate you and your wife for the devotion you put into them. It has really been a labor of love.
 
Jay Falcon said:
Here's a recent photo of the dogs with my nephew.

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Thanks for the updated photo, they are beautiful dogs. Hugs for both of them and your sweet nephew. Much respect for you and your wife for training them and caring for them so lovingly. 💚 💚 💚
 
Jay Falcon said:
Do you own - or have you in the past owned - a Belgian Malinois?

We're moving to the country in December and decided to get one. We want a dog who will be a great companion but also an excellent watchdog, as there are a lot of home robberies in this area.

It seems like all you read about them is how high-energy they are and the insane amount of physical/mental exercise they need. I've never owned a working dog before, nor even a pure breed dog, but we're prepared to put in the work: trainers, daily workouts and obedience and protection training.

Any tips from present or past owners?

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Get a Rotweiller.

Great dogs and amazing how a well trained Rottie is a calm giant who still is an impressive deterrent to the anti-social individual.

Usually great with kids as well.
 
ModernDiogenes said:
Get a Rotweiller.

Great dogs and amazing how a well trained Rottie is a calm giant who still is an impressive deterrent to the anti-social individual.

Usually great with kids as well.
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I love them, but I ruled out getting one after my last dog, Hero, died of cancer because like so many of the breeds I love they are very prone to cancer. Two of the breeds I have owned, Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers, are also very prone to cancer. The Malinois is exceptionally free of cancer.

Beautiful new photos, @Jay Falcon. But your dogs can't take a bad picture. :)
 
NewfieMom said:
I love them, but I ruled out getting one after my last dog, Hero, died of cancer because like so many of the breeds I love they are very prone to cancer. Two of the breeds I have owned, Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers, are also very prone to cancer. The Malinois is exceptionally free of cancer.

Beautiful new photos, @Jay Falcon. But your dogs can't take a bad picture. :)
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I see. That makes sense.
 
NewfieMom said:
King of the mountain. How are they doing, @Jay Falcon? Tell us a little bit about them!
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They're doing great, thanks for asking.

They love to train, run, go to the beach, swim, travel - they're amazing companions who are down for anything at any time. The male, Troy (photo), is a bit rougher and has, on a few occasions, shown signs of aggression toward strangers. He's very wary of people he doesn't know. In fact, I've begun walking him with a muzzle just in case. He also gets into fights with other dogs. The trainer is teaching us how to use an electric collar, which is actually a lot more complex than I initially thought. If anyone is interested, I can share what we learned about it from the trainer. Very interesting stuff.
 
Jay Falcon said:
They're doing great, thanks for asking.

They love to train, run, go to the beach, swim, travel - they're amazing companions who are down for anything at any time. The male, Troy (photo), is a bit rougher and has, on a few occasions, shown signs of aggression toward strangers. He's very wary of people he doesn't know. In fact, I've begun walking him with a muzzle just in case. He also gets into fights with other dogs. The trainer is teaching us how to use an electric collar, which is actually a lot more complex than I initially thought. If anyone is interested, I can share what we learned about it from the trainer. Very interesting stuff.
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I had to use a muzzle on my last dog, Hero, until he became better acclimated to walking in our neighborhood. He still needed the prong (positive correction) collar and a walker strong enough to hold him if he lunged at another dog, but he only did that if provoked. Thank goodness he was never aggressive toward a human.
 
Jay Falcon said:
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What a handsome boy! (y)

Reading over some of your other posts seems like you have things well in hand. That's great, both for you and for your dogs.

We too have to walk Everett with a prong collar, as he's so excited to go for a walk that he lunges to smell everything and to go fast. Working on it and improving. :)
 
eohrnberger said:
What a handsome boy! (y)

Reading over some of your other posts seems like you have things well in hand. That's great, both for you and for your dogs.

We too have to walk Everett with a prong collar, as he's so excited to go for a walk that he lunges to smell everything and to go fast. Working on it and improving. :)
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One of the first things we learned from our trainer about the pron collar is that you have to get the dog used to it for a few weeks before actually using it. That means he has to wear it constantly until it feels normal to him. If he realizes you only put it on before walks, he’ll only behave when he’s wearing it. And if you forget to put it on one day, he’ll notice the difference right away.

There’s a lot more to using a prong collar than we initially thought. We assumed we could just put it on and press the button whenever he did something wrong, but we couldn’t have been more mistaken. We also learned that even the cheapest of the good collars starts at around 200 bucks, and you need to use at least two receivers, meaning you have to buy an extra one since they usually only come with one.
 
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