Just curious. It is actually rare someone knows what she is. It seems that the only people who know her breed are other Malinois owners. I've gotten comments such as "You need to feed that shepherd, she's skinny." Or "What kind of GSD mix is that?"
She was purchased at 8 weeks from a respectable breeder and I have her pedigree. She is my first Malinois, but she looks like all of the other ones I see.
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Just curious. It is actually rare someone knows what she is. It seems that the only people who know her breed are other Malinois owners. I've gotten comments such as "You need to feed that shepherd, she's skinny." Or "What kind of GSD mix is that?"
She was purchased at 8 weeks from a respectable breeder and I have her pedigree. She is my first Malinois, but she looks like all of the other ones I see.
Daniel, she's a lovely Mal !!! And you are not alone, LOL -- I don't have one, but when my boss recently adopted a 4 month old rescue dog from her local animal shelter, they billed it as a "GSD-Mix" ... Soon as I saw his photos, I told her, "That's a purebred Malinois puppy", and their Vet later confirmed my ID
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Daniel,
On a semi, kinda, somewhat related context, I have two GSD males, both with papers, and both different. One is an 'American' looking and one is a 'German' looking GSD. One has a longer more elegant muzzle and one has the square muzzle. One is more sleek and one exudes brute force.
When together, the differences are really obvious. And I get comments from the uninformed which cue up on the pro and anti sides of both looks.
Most people wouldn't know a Mal if it bit them in the butt. But there is no shortage of opinions from the uninformed.
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Daniel,
On a semi, kinda, somewhat related context, I have two GSD males, both with papers, and both different. One is an 'American' looking and one is a 'German' looking GSD. One has a longer more elegant muzzle and one has the square muzzle. One is more sleek and one exudes brute force.
When together, the differences are really obvious. And I get comments from the uninformed which cue up on the pro and anti sides of both looks.
Most people wouldn't know a Mal if it bit them in the butt. But there is no shortage of opinions from the uninformed.
Your dog, your joy, and devil take the hindmost.
I hear ya, Mike !!! Dobie-lovers recognize my two rescue Dobermans with their natural-born ears & tails as purebred Dobies -- But many others ask me if they're (wait for it...) Black & Tan COONHOUNDS Of course I happen to LOVE coonhounds, so no offense is ever taken by yours truly, LOL.
Our mal, Bailey, gets mistaken all the time. Some just want to know what mix she is. Others think she's a police dog, as if it were a distinct breed. Others think she's all or part greyhound. And, last but not least, she's also been mistaken for an Alaskan Mala, whatever. They can never even pronounce what they mistakenly think is her breed. The most surprising encounter we had was with a 10 year old boy. He wanted to know her breed. I, thinking he's too young to really understand completely, just answered that she's a Belgian Shepherd. The boy, without a pause, responded saying he thought so, that she had all the appearances of a Belgian Malinois, his words. Blew me away.
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Of course I happen to LOVE coonhounds, so no offense is ever taken by yours truly, LOL.
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