14 Fun And Interesting Facts About Belgian Malinois

Clearly loved by their owners, they are also a dog that needs an owner that has the time to spend exercising and training them.

#1 The Belgian Malinois is a medium to large breed of dog.

#2 They are bred primarily as a working dog for personal protection, detection, police work, search and rescue.

#3 However, they can make fantastic pets with the right owner.

#4 They have a short mahogany coloured coat with black marking.

#5 They are often being compared to a German Shepherd.

#6 The Belgian Malinois is a working dog and is well known for detecting explosives, accelerants and narcotics.

#7 They are known to be active, intelligent, friendly, protective and hard working.

#8 They have extreme amounts of energy and need an owner who has time to exercise them.

#9 If not exercised enough they are known to be destructive.

#10 They have puppy like energy at least until 3 years of age and often up to 5 years and more!

#11 They require consistent obedience training and love being given a challenge.

#12 While hard work is needed they are very easy to train because of their love of rewards.

#13 The Belgian Malinois is know to guard the grounds of the White House.

#14 The police dog killed in the Paris terrorist attacks was a Malinois named Diesel.