Every week ? I’m brushing my gsd every 2 days but ur so right mental stimulation is much more important then physical she runs fetch’s twice a day but she loves when I teach her commands

My rescue Malinois is not mouthy at all. She's very calm. She's a couch potato (would really rather sleep than do almost anything). She was listed as a German Shepherd/Husky mix, and we didn't discover that she was a Malinois until we took her for her after adoption checkup (the Vet Tech had two). She came to us with several issues: she was terrified of people (more than the wariness of a Mal), she was terrified of cars (understandable, since she was hit and lost an eye), and severe Isolation Anxiety. With time, and a lot of patience, she's conquered two out of the three. The Isolation Anxiety is being managed by medicine. She's a fantastic dog and I love her to bits.

I found my Mali about 6 months ago out in the vineyards in the Salinas Valley. She might of been about 6 months old. Honestly she found me, she has been really loyal and loving with my children.Very super smart dog and fun too.

You are absolutely right about the exercise. Our Malinois have ones a week a pyjama day. They do nothing else but play lazzy couch potatoes😂 The same for our Boxers and Spaniel.

I mentally work my Mals everyday, if not they will not stop!!

Great info video! A lot of people love the breed but don’t truly understand the breed & their needs & their intelligence. I love all your videos. Thank you

I have Belgian Tervurens (same dog, long coat). I agree with your comments 100%. Spot on!!! They are needy, so true. AKC breed standard on temperament: "giving and demanding attention." That's very accurate. My Belgians join me in everything - walk, sleep, work, cook, open the UPS package, scrub the floor... Talk in a video conference 🙄. I adore them. That being said, while my friends, family, and neighbors all admire my Tervs, not ONE person who has met them thinks they could live with one - too much work and training for most people. 🤷

You're a natural at this. Dog training is an art. You have the gift. Great work.

Your dogs are beautiful. I have a 7 mo old black Mal mix that we rescued. Hes very smart!

I agree with you about over excerise. They need brain work. I have a 1 yr girl mal and People also need to know they can be very vocal. They are very busy dogs and high prey. They learn very fast and love having a job to do.

I couldn’t agree more. I have a eight month old And she does follow me everywhere thank you very much for putting your video up

Freedom is so regal and beautiful. And I could not agree with you more about the difference between nental and physical exhaustion. Great info.

Hi you are absolutely correct about the breed. It’s great that you are stating the facts about this wonderful breed. Yes Exercise is a must but mental stimulation is also a MUST as the breed is very intelligent & is a working breed. Thank you for doing this video as someone looks at your dogs & say they are beautiful & yes they are but all the things Whiskey & Freedom do is due to your training : consistency and patience and reward. It’s a Constant daily routine and training that you do. People Who are interested in getting a Malinois need to do their research go to the correct breeder and understand the work and the commitment you put in to this dog for the dogs life for the rest of the dogs life and if you are not willing to do that then this is not the breed for them. Thank you again.

Thank you for saying they don't need to be over trained, climb trees Jump through windows, good training, and consistent training, well round off the dog,

I so love these dogs ❤ I wish I had the time, patience and room for one in my life. Love your videos 😊

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I’m new to your channel and I absolutely agree. I have a Czech German Shepherd and yes she likes to chase a ball but I mix it up a bit by doing different things so that she can be mentally challenged. Thank you for bringing this up because I do believe this is what most people do not realize before they get these great working breeds.

I totally agree. You must exercise the body and mind. Especially the mind. I can wear out my 2 malinois in 10 minutes..making them work for the ball. Then sprinting full stride to get it and return. Waiting for the next command. Running these dogs alot can create a cardiovascular monster. Hard to tire out. Too each thier own. But pay attention to your dogs tongue. When the tip of the tongue swells out.gets much wider at the tip. It's time to rest and hydrate.

Love your vids. We have two at home, one low-med drive, the other high drive. Most astonishingly intelligent animals that I have ever had. What floors me is all the traits they display that come naturally. Their problem solving skills and desire to serve, are off the charts. They deserve a different level of love and respect than other breeds. Happy New Year!

i just picked up a black female belgian.,yours is beautiful. thanks for the knowledge.

Most excellent information…. Loved the “Mental Exercise” balance with physical…

My 2 dogs do this, especially my mini Schnauzer. He "mouthes" my hands. he knows if i say gentle, he needs to back off. My mini poodle is still learning.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video. It’s so important for people to SEE this side of the now “hot, celebrity KZfaq dog” and it also validated what I intuitively know about my own GSD/BM rescue. She is amazing if I mentally train her several times a day along with exercise but on those days when all hell is breaking loose and I just run her with the ball for short periods I have a much more frenetic dog who is driving me crazy as she follows me around begging for more playtime. And YES to the Velcro part…to the point that if we go out for a few hours and I leave her loose she will do something like eat my boots and if I crate her she will destroy her bed. These dogs can’t bear to be separated from their person. My dog has locked me out of the house several times (yesterday as I was getting the clothes off the line) in her frantic struggle to open the door 🤣 people have NO idea! The rescues are not so much someone else’s problem dog because it suggests the dog was born with problems, it is more like the person who got this dog didn’t know how to handle and train it and got in over their head creating a dog they couldn’t handle then those of us who do rescue must try to figure out what the hell those idiots did. Right now my daughter and fiancée are visiting and my dog barks every time they enter the room so I have to keep her on a leash at all times to correct her. I had a consult with the GSD rescue last night and they said they had the feeling she had been harshly trained and may possibly have been improperly introduced to puppy bite work. She was definitely afraid of men when they got her. Sigh…You are SO right, CONSISTENCY IS EVERYTHING!

Belgian machine gun nibbles really set these guys apart from other breeds, they communicate so much with their mouths and noses and have awesome bite inhibition which is weird because they are powerful chewers. I agree with everything you said especially that they’re just dogs. Like any dog you get out what you put in, if you want an aggressive dog play rough, put yourself on their level and make them mad, if you want a companion dog treat them with respect. It works the same with any breed. I got my dog from an ‘Oorah’ ex-military guy that got tired of how aggressive the dog had become, surprisingly once I got him away from that environment he calmed down a lot. It took years to get where we are now but I fully trust my guy in any social situation as long as I keep people from wrestling or playing tug of war with him.

I just adopted my 1+yr old Malinois and she is Ah Maze ING! She is mixed with German Shephard so I feel I have the best dog ever. I appreciate your tips. Glad I found you! Thank you *** Bella and ME

Thank you for your guidance!! You have been so helpful. After one month, our rescue mal has made so much progress! Thank you for your suggestions!!

Absolutely love this video! Great perspective on the mental v physical exercise.

I love the cleaning the toilet scene! My mals trip me constantly!

I have an 11 month old mal shepherd mix. But his heart/drive is mainly mal! His body is mal/shepherd mix. I wholeheartedly agree with the MENTAL exercise being as or more important than the physical exercise. He is a lovey, toothy, smart doggo. God help me as I try to train this amazing dog, as my 30 year experience is with golden retrievers 🤣

I’ve had golden retrievers all my life a very loyal dog. I have always wanted a Belgian malinois I am a dog breeder.

You are spot on, I love watching your videos.

Thank you for this video. Your little honey lying there next to you is so sweet. After watching this, I still want a Mal. I really enjoy your videos and your 2 fur babies look so calm and happy.

Accurate and valuable information! Your dogs are absolutely amazing and beautifully trained!

Yes, all good. I suspect that you've not yet had a Malinois aging. These begin to slow a bit at 3.5 years. By six years I place them on part senior diet and stop working them out, just a couple play sessions and inside the house mostly. With just one of these little shepherds have to vacuum every day, dust mop, then damp mop travel areas, every single day. These do NOT shed as much as the GSDs. I'm on my third Malinois now who's almost nine years. The past two made in nicely to 14. I only recommend one at at time. When younger, we've had three GSDs, at same time. And we've enjoyed several other breeds, large and toy. Take away here, from me, is to slow down training early. Even at five years, ok to slow them down; please keep these inside house with family if possible and often softly talk to them. They WILL listen to everything, just like all dogs. :)

Great video. Thank you! ❤

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She's absolutely gorgeous! You are absolutely right. There is alot of hype about insanely exercising this breed and alot of people create this mystique about them as if almost nobody can handle them and that they can't be pets so it can be counterproductive and alot of people are probably afraid they can't deal with one who so they miss the opportunity to get a great dog. I have found that there are games you can play with them even in the house that get them to use their brain. My 3 month old puppy still has not learned to be gentle but he's gradually getting better about it. I have bruises and scabs from scratches he's left all over my arms. One of the trainers, Susan Garrett, that I watch on KZfaq suggested a specific game to distract puppies who are chewing on you or other things they aren't supposed to where you say something like "What you doing?" and drop a piece of food or treat near them. It actually works pretty well to get them to stop what they're doing and focus. Sometimes mine will suddenly get the urge to chew on me in the middle of my training him and 9 times out of 10 that cue works to get him to stop. When he's not mauling my arms he's very comical and has some really unique traits such as sitting up on his haunches and lifting up his front legs. Being as long-bodied as he is you wouldn't think he could balance that way but amazingly he does! He also likes to hold his leash in his mouth when I take him outside to go to the bathroom. I was clearing some vines and small trees in my yard and he tries to tug on some of them while I'm breaking up sticks and branches. When he's settling down to go to sleep he makes these funny sounds like groans. Tonight he was a bit wound up and whining and circling when it was time for bed so I put this crackle toy in his crate with him and he's been entertaining himself with it for the passt 15 minutes or so and quiet (other than the sound of the toy). It's a disk-shaped fabric thing that is stuffed with crackle material that I bought on Chewy and he absolutely loves the sound of it. He's now fast asleep.

Thank you for teaching us awa your dogs.

Excellent information, greetings from Belgium!

Very sweet. I appreciate the info.

Thank you very much. Useful info in such a short time.

Great video, I will be watching more x 🐾💜

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Freedom is a gorgeous, gorgeous girl!

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Hi new sub love your channel and your beautiful dogs....your honest approach is nice.

Freedom is so cute and beautiful!! I love at the end the video how she looked like a retro hipster or hippie puppy dog!! Ohh my freaking gosh!!🥹😭🥰💋🐶💁🏻‍♀️😎☮️💋❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕♾️

Hallo. Ich bin ganz Deiner Meinung. Ohne Geistige Beschäftigung hat man keinen glücklichen Hund. Nur Körperlich alleine reicht nicht. Wünsche euch weiter viel Spaß mit den Hunden und viel Gesundheit.

My dog is a Mix from Spain with a Mali part and I recognize a lot of things you say in this video

Ojt of my 4 dogs my mal is my wild child. She needs to live in a boot camp routine or she’s a devil. She’s a good dog though. She’s less drivey than my working line GSDs and more mellow BUT she’s so sensitive. You have to handle her consistent and gentle or she will melt down. She redirects on her handler when she’s over threshold. It’s been a learning process on how to best meet her needs Great dog, a lot of work. Worth every minute. Glad I have the other guys though to balance her out. I’d go mental with out my steady Eddie dogs that require less mental effort on my part.

Good advice

She is beautiful 🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕

Happy New Year! 😊

Happy New Year

Things are going really well with my pup.. Harley is 8 weeks now and she will answer to her name, sit, stay and go down.. she has a little recall and will respond to her name when you call her back. Iv noticed she's at my feet all the time so agree with the being with you all the time 😂 she trips me up, sleeps at my feet everything. My pup will be energetic for a hour or so then she does a lot of sleeping. So happy so far. Iv put another little vid up of her doing her little sit and stay and lay down 😂 so clever. Ohh she keeps bringing me her empty food bowl that reminded me of your dog! I think putting time in with your pup, like you said is key. Thanks for your videos.. very accurate. My dog seems pretty laid back tbh. Totally agree with you aswel.. "there just dogs" all dogs have certain issues and needs. Iv seen some of these videos over complicate things.

Great in puts!

Good looking dog!

Great video. Well done.

I so wish we were neighbors. Would love to play fetch with Whiskey. I saw the other video where you weighed them. 108 pounds of all muscle. He's a stud. Thank you for the videos. fyi I'll keep with the dachshunds, they are small enough to fetch inside.....

My shepherd does that mouthing too.

THIS!!! You are so very very very RIGHT! Thank you for sharing your lives and teaching us in this dream of ours of a GREAT dog Life! We are not Mally owners< We are a Recuse Dutch Shep owner. She showed up with another BIG BIG very aggressive dog on our ten aches which tried to attack me at 530am Sept12-2023. Yes, I tried to shoot the attacking dog. The DS ran out to our plane Hanger under Our RV and the attacking dog ran to another property. NO, I did not kill dog, I missed, and I do have a scar. We won't go into anymore of story. But the two dogs looked nothing alike. At full light, my husband and I went out to call out. Unreal she came belly crawling right to my feet; My Husband immediately goes that's a puppy and She just imprinted on you. Didn't know what that meant at that time, but She has never left myside other than visit at her vet. And super protective of me that was not taught! Vet said she was either a Malino or a Dutch Shepard or reg Shepard. Not chipped. And about 4mon. Lots of baby teeth. And she was under at least 20lbs under lbs. and didn't know if she would make it. We went ahead with due dalliances and Posted in all Pet lost founds areas, FB, Local areas, etc. for 6wks and had generally Vet treatment. Fast forward 3/6/24 SUPER spoiled super healthy still has not nor leaves myside. And has been determined A Dutch Shepard. I use everything you teach with her to great happiness with us! Thank you and all be blessed!

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Your exactly right fiscal responsibility is important, mental temperament will only be fixed through some type of brain stimulation.

What a beauty, this dog is, I mean look at that face !!

Lov my Mal.

I HAVE two american akitas and the female wants to be with me all the time. velcro dog😂! Great problem solvers too , they too shed a lot! If I hadn't already two dogs I'd definitely would love to get a malinois, to have a malinois must be one of the most exciting experiences ever!!

We having a walky-date with a mallinois-mix rescue. If the dog likes us we will take him unless the shelter-staff do not approve us to be worthy (like, we don't show enough confidence and so on). All my knowledge currently is theoretical and although I grew up with dogs this would be the very first dog of my own. I am so looking forward and I gonna buy some treats today. Maybe that gives a little convincing help hehe ^^ But yeah. We live in an apartement and we have tons of parks around us yet I couldn't get any dog thats too small and low drive since the walks to those places take some time and at minimum always half and hour up to 1 1/2 hours just to get to those places. Stay crunchy. (That means, extra treats for the doggos if you read this)

A job well done... 🏆👑🥇🥈

Thank you for those great informations. May I ask you for what drive and type of breeder you opted in case of your dogs?

they look same as mines ahahah long life to them ! Hello from Romania

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Basically an extreme Border Collie 🤣

Your German Shepherd was the one on the scale. I have both and the German is Uber loyal as is the Malinois

Really beautiful dog. Our Roo is a Malinois from the Sacramento area. Age 14 and we love her to pieces. It’s now time to start looking for another puppy. Would really appreciate if you could give me contact info for a good breeder. Just stumbled on your KZfaq channel. If you are breeding, we are interested. We are in Victoria British Columbia but willing to travel. thanks!

you're not wrong...... at all.....

Could you please your audience a bit about your background? I’m interested in what made you and your husband so good in dog training. Did you visit any puppy school with your both Malinois? Thank you!

You commit on the mental exercise couldn't be more accurate!

Sadly so many are in need of rescue due to being popularized in a John Wick movie. Plan to retire and thinking about adopting a male and female.

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hello i'm very interested with your videos just you did good job so i want to have a dog in my life so could you give me some advice ?please jus how should i start ?

I rescued a American Pitbull Terrier Mix puppy (about 6 months old) and I'm pretty sure he is mixed with Belgian Malinois do you have any advice? I work 10 to 12 hours a day 4 days a week. I have a 2yr old female Weimaraner Mix that I rescued 9 months ago.

Оу круто, вы тоже разрешаете кусать свои руки,,они понимают, что их зубы острые)

I would love a Dog lime Freedom. Does your breeder still breed? How much did you pay if you don't mind me asking?

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Do you have any recommendations on supplements ? I have a 8 month old female Mal and I was doing NUVET vitamins and joint supplements but heard it wasn’t all that.

Do you have a “responsible” breeder recommendation ?

I couldn't agree more. I have a brother and sister but my male only made it to 9 due to bad genetics so I will be getting a male puppy soon for Rocket who is 10 now. I'm sure she will be a bitch at first like she was with her younger brother but having 2 is perfect for my lifestyle. I tell people all the time don't get one just because mine are well-behaved. They are very high maintenance but worth it.

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There's alot of people that say the Belgium Malinois isn't a good dog cause of the drive they have. But yet breeders keep breeding them & I've never seen any in a shelter if they're that bad. I've seen a puppy but that's it. I see more Pit Bulls & GSD.

I HAVE ONE ALSO SINCE PUP. 5 YRS OLD NOW. HAVE YOU SEEN ONE MISSING BOTTOM JAW TEETH . VET SAYS HE IT'S NORMAL FOR

how are they around smaller animals? cats?

02:30 Literally the worst part in this video, I wish german/swiss/belgian shepherds just did not shed like that .c

Holy crap, why?

The current fad to own these dogs that are solely working dogs