REINIER Geel Webboard User Reg: 01-12-2003
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My two cents -Well, we had to make the same choices you are faceing now, ten months back, we had no Mallie’s, but hay now we have 7, it’s not every body’s cup of tee, and we have had a lot of imports, two from Holland, one from the USA and 2 from Belgium and two local, they all differ, in traits, build and colour the dog is not the same as a GSD, but train very fast, very good at tracking but yes they have issues, and some of them are very highly strung, not a dog for a first time handler.
Howard Knauf Webboard User Reg: 09-24-2003
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I'll have to agree with Mr. Geel on that one. Mals are very high drive/maintenance and require a strong handler. Ive trained with many but havent handled one yet. This past year Ive had the opportunity to train two new handlers that someone chose malinois for, it wasnt pretty. To date, one handler is no more and the other is still having problems showing he is the boss. Mals may not be huge but they are very intimidating and love to fight. A strong, experienced handler and a BM make a fantastic team.
David Morris Webboard User Reg: 11-28-2002
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Sure Mals make great police dogs but unfotunately they are not in charge of their own training and handling. In my experience most Mals I see in the police k9 world are walking about an inch off the ground and operating on thier last nerve.The reason for this is I rarely see a handler dedicated enough to properely handle or train a Mal. I dont belive you can train a Mal with the same tactics that you can get away with when training a GSD. A Mal requires some finess in the training. GSDs are much more forgiving. Mals really want to work for you but if the handler is lazy and doesnt want to handle and work with a Mal the way it should be worked with they end up with a big bundle of nerves and then they blame the dog for being a Mal.
Stop making excuses for your dog and start training it!
Howard Knauf Webboard User Reg: 09-24-2003
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I have to admit, Whenever I get near a team that includes a mal I get nervous. I eye the handler more than the dog. Nothing worse than getting ventilated by a malinois because the handler had his head where the sun dont shine. Weak, lazy handlers and a BM is a scary combination. Can you believe they take these things to elementary schools? ( the weak handlers)
Howard and David , you are right on in saying the handlers need to be motivated and experienced. Unfortunately, the mal gets a bad rap when things go wrong. Everyone is quick to label them as weak nerved. Here in Ohio we had a mal working on one the local departments. He jumped out the car and bit a city worker. Of course the dog was then no good. I call that lack of control. My friend wound up with the dog, and sold him to an experienced handler, where he is excelling.
--Dan
Victoria Harter Webboard User Reg: 09-29-2003
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my parents used to breed GSD's For Police departments and now i only own one GSD and i just bought a mal puppy. I've never seen a dog w/ this much energy i'm totally amazed. Even though I know very little about this area I would say that if your a good handler (not a lazy and careless one) i would recommend a Belgian malinois. I am a big GSD lover and always will be. But now that i have a B.M I have to say that they have tons of energy and prey drive.
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