The Belgian Malinois was named after the Belgian city of Malines. While the Belgian Malinois is still rare in the USA, it is popular in Belgium, it's country of origin. It is one of the four varieties of the Belgian Sheepdogs, the Belgian Malinois, Belgian Tervuren, Belgian Groenendael, and the less popular Belgian Laekenois, which all share a common foundation. In most countries and breed clubs all four dogs are considered the same breed with different varieties in coat types. All four dogs share a breed standard in all countries accept for the AKC who since 1959 recognizes them as separate breeds and does not recognize one of the four (the Laekenois), whereas the UKC, who is also a U.S. registry does recognize all four varieties as one breed. Versatile and highly intelligent, all four varieties of the Belgian Sheepdog excel at a variety of talents, including but not limited to police work such as, narcotics and bomb detection, protection and schutzhund, search and rescue, also obedience, agility, tracking, herding, sled and cart pulling and as a guide for the blind and assistant to the disabled. These high energy, extremely intelligent dogs need leadership, to be challenged, and well exercised daily and therefore are not for everyone, but can make an excellent family companion with the right owners. The Belgian Malinois was the first of the four sheepdogs to establish type. Until the other four were established in type they were called "Berger Belge a poil court autre que Malinois", which meant "Belgian short-coated Sheepdog who is not the Malinois." Today all four sheepdogs are popular in Belgian. Today the Laekenois and Malinois more often used as working type dogs, than the Belgian Groenendael and Tervuren but all types still make excellent workers.
The Belgian Malinois is a type of shepherd from the city of Mechelen in Belgium. Malinois is a derivative of the French name of the city "Malines".
Belgian Ma-lin-was
Belgian Labranois
Yes
The most common colors of a Belgian Malinois are black, dark brown, light brown and white. The Belgian Malinois is used as a working dog for tasks that require sensing of prohibited substances.
1891 was the first time a breed specification was made
mine does
Mechelaar
The winners of the Belgian League in 1943 were RFC Malinois.
The winners of the Belgian League in 1946 were RFC Malinois.
The winners of the Belgian League in 1948 were RFC Malinois.
Belgian Malinois