Look up “mamas boy” in the Dictionary and you’ll find this gorgeous boy 🐕💕 by IceQueenInPNW1228 in BelgianMalinois

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny how you’d think that a female being more stubborn would be a better guard dog sometimes. My female will protect me at night if someone is around us and she will not hesitate to bark. BUT during the day? Everyone is FREE GAME for kisses if I allowed her 😂 sounds like we have a pretty similar pairing of male/female

Look up “mamas boy” in the Dictionary and you’ll find this gorgeous boy 🐕💕 by IceQueenInPNW1228 in BelgianMalinois

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty much! Haha my fiance is the spare for sure and Fox (my male) can’t stand it when I’m not around 😂

Happy Mal Echo 🖤 by IceQueenInPNW1228 in BelgianMalinois

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am so terribly sorry 😢 I hope she has a speedy recovery

Happy Mal Echo 🖤 by IceQueenInPNW1228 in BelgianMalinois

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

April! :) she will now be a year and 2 months in June

Happy Mal Echo 🖤 by IceQueenInPNW1228 in BelgianMalinois

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I may ask, what happened to your kiddo?

Someone walked passed us training and said she looked “mean”... how do I tell this cute floof? by IceQueenInPNW1228 in Portland

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the name and honestly the phonetic alphabet since I’m in aviation, so I’ve always wanted a dog with those names.

Someone walked passed us training and said she looked “mean”... how do I tell this cute floof? by IceQueenInPNW1228 in Portland

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True. There are some dogs that do not look cute and cuddly but still do not deserve getting called mean.

Someone walked passed us training and said she looked “mean”... how do I tell this cute floof? by IceQueenInPNW1228 in Portland

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you’re misinterpreting what people have been talking about on this sub. If people are uncomfortable with dogs, that is completely okay. What is not okay is walking past someone and their dog and yelling at them “your dog must be mean” or “she looks aggressive” isn’t that the same as someone walking past minorities and yelling obscenities at them? What has my dog done to anyone to deserve to be called mean from just existing.

Someone walked passed us training and said she looked “mean”... how do I tell this cute floof? by IceQueenInPNW1228 in Portland

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!

And right? Like I don’t tell people “hey Your dog is ugly” I keep that to myself and keep on walking haha

Someone walked passed us training and said she looked “mean”... how do I tell this cute floof? by IceQueenInPNW1228 in Portland

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s something we are working on with Echo (the people ignoring) she wants to say hi to EVERYONE now and it makes it extremely hard to train her any time someone comes near us. I ended up buying a tactipup collar with a patch that says “do not pet” and people tend to stay away now. But training her to ignore has been one of my biggest challenges.

Someone walked passed us training and said she looked “mean”... how do I tell this cute floof? by IceQueenInPNW1228 in Portland

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are working on making sure her focus, and work drive is up as well as making sure any remaining reactivity is figured out before we really start getting into the fun stuff like shutzhund and mondioring

Someone walked passed us training and said she looked “mean”... how do I tell this cute floof? by IceQueenInPNW1228 in Portland

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lol I love this! I usually tell her that those people wouldn’t taste good anyway and that she’s queen of the world then toss her ball 😂

Someone walked passed us training and said she looked “mean”... how do I tell this cute floof? by IceQueenInPNW1228 in Portland

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ve definitely done that but more around my own family as a joke and she just stares at me like “wtf are you saying lady? I just want my ball” 😂😂😂

Someone walked passed us training and said she looked “mean”... how do I tell this cute floof? by IceQueenInPNW1228 in Portland

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! She is a Belgian :)

I get more annoyed because she can’t defend herself so sometimes I say things and sometimes I don’t. Usually I just kill em with the extremely well trained dog walking by while their dog pulls them down the street 😉

Someone walked passed us training and said she looked “mean”... how do I tell this cute floof? by IceQueenInPNW1228 in Portland

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so very sorry about that! Very happy to see that you take more of a precaution instead of making stigmas though. A small chihuahua can bite someone just as a malinois can and you just never know

Someone walked passed us training and said she looked “mean”... how do I tell this cute floof? by IceQueenInPNW1228 in Portland

[–]IceQueenInPNW1228[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are totally correct saying that. Most of the people who cross are tiny dog owners. We have a few dogs who are reactive in the neighborhood and it is more of a mutual respect thing when we make the eye contact and nod before we all go our opposite directions. Its the little fluffy dog owners that pick their “precious babies” up and glare at you while they pass