I’m not trying to be a jerk, but be careful with everything this person is saying. He has a bias to his Malinois. Much of the commentary is benign, but some of his comments are fairly inaccurate. To start, Malinois don’t enjoy dog parks, yet the owner keeps taking him there. Malinois want to work, and a dog park isn’t work for them. Navy Seals don’t like to train and hang out at donut shop with the local police department. Malinois were bred for a specific high octane duty, and a dog park is not even close to being on their bucket list. To a malinois, a dog park is like making an entrepreneur work in a corporate cubicle their whole life when they could go out in the field and absolute clean up. I recommend stop taking the malinois to the dog park, and give it the life it was bred for.

@@markhoffman I think it's kind of a weird statement saying "Malinois don't like the dog park, they want to work" Like, you don't know if he's working his Mal or not. He's probably just taking Ronin to the park to meet other dogs and get some video footage. Nobody knows what he's doing all of the other time. Yeah, Malinois are bred to be working dogs but they do fine living as family dogs, as long as they have a purpose and a task. And yes, most Malinois like meeting other dogs. They're social animals after all.

@@kiru_red4691 I know it’s not what people want to hear, but if you talked with most malinois owner they would confirm they don’t take theirs to the dog park. There are much better places to socialize a malinois. You can see in the videos that the ronin is panting a lot even without activity, it’s stressed a lot of the time it’s there.

Also, dog parks are wholly unnatural places. Tons of dogs in a relatively small space, accompanied by their owners, with some dogs thinking they're the protector of their humans, some dogs terrified by so many "dangers", etc. Also, that hierarchy stuff gets weird quick when you have over a dozen dogs all trying to sort themselves out. I'm with you, I don't think it's an overall healthy environment, but it can be OK if you are as fully dog language-aware as this guy here, I guess.

its like a bunch of gangs in a fenced area.

You would be better off watching the Dog Whisperer. Get the real facts from an actual expert.

It’s his dog that’s the problem.

As they should. Too many owners, especially male owners, seem to enjoy their dog's manliness. This guy here seems to enjoy his big Malinois and his intimidation of other dogs. Like the proud father of the school yard bully. Reflected glory and toughness. Intact dogs (and unspayed female dogs) have NO business at the dog park.

He's punking them

A lot of dog parks require vet documentation before you can enter. At least the dog parks I go to.

@@goldem0_derp393Is someone there checking the paper work? There are signs posted at my local dog park and no one pays attention to the rules whatsoever, including picking up the poo.

What

Read my dig that’s been with me since birth but passed away was a strong dog hopefully I made it stupider for u

​@@blayze-qh3fm lmfao. Why do people like you exist. Your comment was racist and outlandish. To suggest your dog was racist because it bit a Hispanic person is ridiculous.. and I can't say for certain but I would imagine the other comment of "what" was directed at how bizarre your comment is, and not because they couldn't understand you. For the record it was dumbed down enough to begin with. Since the Malinois breed isn't a place or position you're using the wrong noun/pronoun. Since you're talking about the breed specifically, the pronoun you want, is, their. Or better yet the contraction of "they are" which is they're.

It's spelled APBT, not ABPT.. American Pit Bull Terrier

define what you call bully breeds

Ignorant comment.

You literally sound like a broken record. You come across to me as someone who has just read this information somewhere and this sums up the entirety of Malinois worldwide. Malinois were bred for certain things, fine. But that does not define the dog. It needs high energy exercise and to be stimulated mentally. This doesn't always translate into police attack dog or bomb sniffer. Their needs can be met with other activities provided they are intense enough. Now just like humans, dogs have personality traits that make up 90% of who and what they are, and just like us they need downtime too. Since it's a family pet, it needs to be socialised regardless. Dog park is probably not the best place since they are easily exited but certainly not the worst way to socialise. The fact it's a puppy still. He shows great restraint. Which is a testament to the work this guy has done with him.

@@robertshaw3619 are you considering the dog park down time? Your message isn’t clear.

@@markhoffman My message is very clear. Stop acting like you're the authority on Malinois across the world, do you even own one? It honestly gets really aggravating when self confessed know-it-alls act like they know everything there is to know about dogs/breeds yet just seem to spout off the most basic of information readily available on the internet. You do understand that ALL dogs were bred with a specific purpose in mind right, and I'm sure throughout history said breeds haven't always followed their purpose, that being said, it doesn't matter if the owner strays from what is considered the dogs purpose as long as the animals is given adequate and fulfilling activities. Most Bully breeds have a history of pit fighting, and if their history is to be believed they were bred for that specific purpose, does that mean the breed needs to fight constantly????? I think we both know the answer to the question. Being closed off to what an animal can be is ignorant and imo people like you are part of the problem. We need to have a more expansive mindset in order to afford our animals the care and respect they deserve. Pigeon-holing them all into one breed acting like neither one of them is an individual and/or have the capacity to break the mould isn't doing anyone any favours. Least of all, them.

@@robertshaw3619 my comments stay the same, and the malinois continues to be stressed at the dog park, regardless of your long winded drivel. And no I don’t own a malinois because it wouldn’t get what it needs in our family environment. We would have to radically change our lifestyle just to fit the dog. And that’s unfair to my family and the dog.

@@robertshaw3619 bro its just how the Breed is, if you think he's coming off condescending that's a you problem

It’s not useless there’s something called socializing your dog and it helps ronin gain confidence

@@coolshield8197 dogs don’t always like each other. Socializing is important but it shouldn’t happen just randomly. You will just provoke fights and injuries

You know nothing about socializing dogs

HAHAHAHAHA, so you are saying there is no dominance in the dog world? :D :D :D