My brother has a gagle of Mals in his house. . .it's a nightmare.

I hate those damn dogs.

It's an average day to walk in his front door and find a Mal on the couch chewing a pillow, a Mal standing on the island in the kitchen eating Bisquick out of the box, and a Dutch Shepherd swinging from the chandalier. . .while James is playing X-box, oblivious.


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Oh my Robert, your post was funny. I agree completely - personal opinion here - I see lots of very impressive working Malis, but nope I could never live with one of them. I have 5 working-line GSDs living in my house with me, along with 3 cats. No destructive behavior whatsoever. Never an accident, no chewing, no breaking things, no anything except for some dog hair and occasional cat litter-box raid. Ok Adra opened the cabinet and demolished a box of brownie-mix a few weeks ago - that was a mess (powder stuff everywhere). But those incidents are few, far between, and harmless. And, unlike what would happen (I think) if I had 5 Malinois in the house - I have cats that are alive and kicking at 15 and 20 years old.
I just got a call from someone interested in a pup - he mentioned he was also thinking of Malinois. I said "well yeah they can work if you find a good one - but could you live with one?" That's the question.

Well after this past wk with Hardy, if no one is in the immediate area, he's in a crate. First day he was here, he decided to strip the bed sheets off and put my pillows on the floor. Pillow I hadn't touched, he left on the bed. Few days later, did the same thing again, this time shredded the flat sheet. Ok, no more leaving him in the bedroom during the day. Few days later, put him in the bedroom (figured me being home he would be ok???) NOT, he decided to pull back over 6 feet of carpet and padding up from the tack strips (matter of maybe 5 min!). Warned hubby not to leave him in the house alone. He didn't listen either. Went to the garage to talk on the phone, came back in, 10lbs of flour out of the pantry ALL OVER the kitchen floor. Like that phone call wasn't fun getting at 8:30 in the morning, you know the "Guess what YOUR dog did now" Just like kids, now he's MY dog, lol. Came home that night, white paw prints on the carpet <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Hubby has finally learned <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Damn Angela, NICE freaking pedigree on that dog. I'd like to hear what he's like. vancamp04@comcast.net <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Interesting, the range of dog behaviors reported here. To add one: my GSD (Sch lines) has never been destructive, and can be left in the house for as long as one likes (up to his bladder's capacity, that is) without consequences--except that, like most dogs, he thinks the cat box is a candy store.

One caveat: his favorite indoor game is chasing the laser pointer and pouncing on it, and if you don't end the game by running it up the wall and out the door, he'll dig up the rug later looking for the "bug."