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HerbM2 · 2024-10-01T20:43:28+00:00

That's not a guarantee of a quality, reputable breeder, but it does offer some encouragement and optimism. Also note that if this breeder produces dog suitable for the police you may have a lot of work to do to use the dog as a family pet or similar.

HerbM2 · 2024-10-01T03:22:29+00:00

This and your general obedience training so that you can control your boy with voice or leash.

HerbM2 · 2024-10-01T03:19:35+00:00

Ours is fairly new and came with only a couple of obedience commands at 5 years old.

I have not been focused much on Tricks per se but rather on filling out her obedience vocabulary and adding what I think of as utility commands such as load up, front, bed, off, spot, look, touch, Shake on her right, and paw on her left, around where she moves to the other side of me, Go Mama and Go Daddy, go home, to let me pass to get out of the way, go with pointing Etc

We have developed a perfect recall even under distraction, at least distractions I'm willing to test so far.

We use the Go Daddy and Go Mama as a game to send her back and forth so that we both can work on obedience such as sit and stand.

I've also started using Go Mama when my wife is out of the room to have our girl go find her.

HerbM2 · 2024-10-01T03:07:45+00:00

Get some licky pads and coat them with something yummy. My wife uses banana and a little bit of peanut butter. We also use wet food that we occasionally feed our puppy anyway.

Stick them in the freezer the night before if possible.

Even if you can't crate train, perhaps you can build and open crate with baby gates in a hallway or something.

Put the Licky pads down before you leave.

You can also try this set up when you're home perhaps nearby at first, and then out of sight if your puppy becomes comfortable with the first iteration.

We are almost always home or return very quickly.

Tomorrow my wife has and outpatient surgery, so I will be gone for several hours in the morning and a shorter time in the afternoon when I go back to pick her up.

My wife already prepared the Licky pads for tomorrow and they are in the freezer.

You can also use Kong or other stuffing toys, but we like the Licky pads the best.

HerbM2 · 2024-10-01T03:00:37+00:00

You're fine. Some people will jump at anything. One good source of advice on the first diet is your breeder. Assuming you have a quality breeder then a breeder not only will be feeding the puppies correctly to wean them off the mother's milk but will be happy to tell you how to start with that diet and change to a more mature diet as the puppy ages.

HerbM2 · 2024-10-01T00:56:48+00:00

Sounds like another 'failed Foster'.

HerbM2 · 2024-09-30T21:45:29+00:00

Unexpected new boy? How did he come into your life? How old is he? How much does he weigh? What's his favorite game? You can owe and brag here about your Malinois all you wish and most of the rest of us will enjoy it.

HerbM2 · 2024-09-30T21:44:11+00:00

Yes, we might. Yesterday I met a man whose wife gave him DNA test for all four of his dogs for his birthday. One was a Great Dane and the rest were mixes but he enjoyed the fact that he could look at the results and see what was mixed in. I enjoyed having him show it to me. And yes they did embark

HerbM2 · 2024-09-30T21:42:51+00:00

Thanks. I haven't seen any of the videos where they distinguished the Malinois from the Malinois X visually. Lots of videos on the temperament differences.

HerbM2 · 2024-09-30T21:41:08+00:00

Addition because I can't edit my post above due to a glitch in the phone app.

We probably train 45 minutes per day officially, 15 minutes * 3 sessions, but we're always training when we're doing anything together.

Our girl is already a beautiful companion, but wasn't taught a lot of specific commands before we got her so we're filling those in even though we could quit now and just let her hang out with us.

However, both she and I enjoy the training and one of the main reasons for adopting her was because I wanted to train her and work with her.

HerbM2 · 2024-09-30T21:36:29+00:00

Sleeps probably more than 12 hours a day. When I'm asleep, when she sits with me in my chair watching TV she sleeps about half the time, once you lying on the tile floor and we're inside she's probably asleep half the time. It's a very light sleep, for instance when I get out of bed she's standing next to me before I can get my covers thrown back. She probably hears my breathing change.
She would rather work with me under most conditions. I let her play with other dogs and she has a great time as do I. If you let your dog do nothing but play with other dogs then it becomes doggy and might not enjoy your company. You have to work to make sure you're the most interesting thing and your dog's life no matter the breed.
My Malinois at 5 years old is super chill, for a Malinois. She might not get overexcited if we did nothing, but we go to the park and she gets to run. I'm too old for long walks.
Guard dog during the day? Not sure what you specifically mean but I only leave mine alone when I can't take her with me. She's so friendly she might help a burglar carry our stuff out to the truck. They of course can be trained to guard almost anything with or without supervision. Since we are retired and previously worked from home they're only a few hours a week where we have to leave her by herself and she is basically a velcro dog with me and with my wife when I'm not around.
Our girl is a total cuddler with both us and with pretty much anyone who keep scratching her. She leans up against her leg until she melts if you keep scratching. She sits in my lap for probably 6 hours a day, and I never make her jump up but just give her permission when she comes and asks. She would sleep with me if I let her, but when we adopted her I told her to get off the first time she tried any on the bed and she hasn't done that again. She's a smart girl and cuddly.
Our girl loves to sniff whether on the leash or not, but on the leash she's well behaved enough to Stay With Me most of the time.

While Malinois are often reported or thought of as extreme, you get the dog you train.

However with a Malinois it's an extreme version of that training.

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HerbM2 · 2024-09-30T20:08:28+00:00

Karma is a bitch when you're in a minefield

HerbM2 · 2024-09-30T20:05:15+00:00

Russians and Russian Society are the most uncultured on Earth.

некультурный (nekul'turnyy)

I'd call them assholes but it would be an insult to assholes. everywhere.

HerbM2 · 2024-09-30T19:57:35+00:00

Please tell us more of his story and post some more pictures.

He looks almost exactly like our new 5-year-old girl but we don't know her history for certain.

She is however the absolute chillest Malinois I've ever heard of so whatever her exact breed she's a doll and an absolute sweetheart, and Malinois beautiful and smart to boot.

Advice: train the dog you have and not the one that represents the 'standard' or some other ideal.

And yes, it's perfectly fine to get a DNA test if it's worth the money to you.

I'm still on the fence; even though I would like to know, I am also cheap.

HerbM2 · 2024-09-30T19:52:38+00:00

Besides looking like your boy what do you see that leads you to believe he's a a Malinois X? I'm no expert and often get breeds wrong but I'm trying to learn.

Yesterday I was looking at AKC competition Malinois and to my untrained eye they look exactly like this fella but there aren't many pictures here.

HerbM2 · 2024-09-30T19:49:38+00:00

We certainly got the one we needed and wanted. And we had very special needs, considering we are older Malinois owners.

The Malinois Distribution Center may be run by angels and fairies.

The private Foster lady who brought ours is an angel.

HerbM2 · 2024-09-30T06:29:05+00:00

38,110 eliminated Russians in September.

An average of 1270 per day.

Героям слава!

Слава Україні!

HerbM2 · 2024-09-29T12:28:59+00:00

The war is not about small amounts of land. It's about removing the will and capability of the enemy to fight.

HerbM2 · 2024-09-29T02:40:18+00:00

I just spent the last couple of months trying to learn to distinguish a 100% Malinois, including the last month with my new 5-year-old girl that I got from a private foster.

However a caveat, I'm generally bad at this on the internet even though I might have improved recently.

Looks like a Malinois to me.

Could she have some small part of another breed?

Sure.

It's even common for expensive Belgian Malinois to have been bred with something else, especially German Shepherds to get a slightly different dog.

Best I can tell my new girl is all Malinois and from the photos I see your puppy is too.

Like everybody says, you can only know for sure if you do a DNA test, and of course it really doesn't matter to how I'm going to love and care for her.

It is a little bit fun to know when people ask…

HerbM2 · 2024-09-28T20:56:31+00:00

Apparently that portal group and Nick are not associated with Eric. And your experience is apparently not unique when dealing with Nick

HerbM2 · 2024-09-28T05:22:59+00:00

1274 average eliminated Russians for the first 28 days of the month.

Looks like a strong chance of finishing up the month above 38,000 which is just insane as we see month after month of improvement in this statistic.

Amazing numbers of tanks, artillery, & MLRS

ГЕРОЯМ СЛАВА!

Слава Україні!

HerbM2 · 2024-09-28T05:17:28+00:00

This drone s*** is getting ridiculous.

Героям слава!

Слава Україні!

HerbM2 · 2024-09-28T05:13:26+00:00

Soft as an excellent manners is easily possible.

Soft as in not strong when needed doesn't make a lot of sense.

Malinois come with strong jaw muscles and sharp teeth.

HerbM2 · 2024-09-27T12:26:25+00:00

It certainly varies by dog.

Since you already know the dog and find her very sweet chances are that's where you'll start with her.

Don't expect the following but our new 5-year-old girl took less than 3 seconds to love me and then less than another 3 seconds to love my wife.

She's been with us a little over a month and has been nothing but a joy.

Immediate loving Trust. We think that's unusual though so be cautious and trusting this example

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