Malinois (or Mechelen) Belgian Shepherd, Malinois (or Mechelen) Belgian Shepherd Dog, Malinois (or Mechelen) Belgian Shepherd Breeders, Picture
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Belgium.
MOST SUITED AS Historically a cattle-driving dog, today a guard-dog, defense dog, and family pet.
SIZE
The shoulder-height is about 62cm (241/tin) for dogs and 58cm (221/tin) for bitches. The breed standard permits both sexes to be 2cm (1/tin) shorter and 4cm (11/tin) taller.
COAT
The coat is short-haired, drab sandy-colored with black tips to the hairs and a black muzzle.
CARE REQUIRED
The Mechelen Belgian Shepherd does not require much in the way of grooming for its coat. The occasional brushing, particularly during moulting, is sufficient. They are quite happy in an outdoor kennel provided they get sufficient Exercise and attention.
CHARACTER
This breed is attentive, brave, tough, a good guard dog, intelligent, eager to work, has considerable stamina, bonds with its own people, is dominant, and temperamental.
TRAINING
The dog learns relatively quickly. Its potentially dominant character demands a handler who is confident.
SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
generally this breed gets on with children. Prodded it has been correctly socialized, contact other pets should present no problems. They are rather aggressive to their own kind.
EXERCISE
his breed is ideally suited to defense dog- and curity-training and performs well in such )mpetitions. Even if you have no interests in this direction, you will need to take the dog for mg walks to burn off its energies.
lost Mechelen Belgian Shepherds enjoy laying ball games, swimming, retrieving, running beside a cycle, and playing.
Malinois (or Mechelen) Belgian Shepherd, Malinois (or Mechelen) Belgian Shepherd Dog, Malinois (or Mechelen) Belgian Shepherd Breeders, Picture