German Malinois
German Shepherd / Belgian Malinois
Hybrid
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"Marley, as a 4 month old puppy. Her sire
(father) was a German Shepherd and her Dam (mother) was a Belgian
Malinois. She has exceptional intelligence. She understands sit, lie
down, shake, speak and high-five by both verbal command
and hand signals. We're still working on several other commands of
which 'stay' seems to be the hardest. At 31.4 pounds of extreme energy,
she is the energizer bunny on steroids! She must constantly have
something to chew on, otherwise she will shred anything within reach
in record time, so rawhide chewbones are a necessity. She also replaced
my broken paper shredder. Her herding instincts are very strong and
will chase anything that moves, including a leaf blowing across the
yard, butterflies, birds, etc. She has a variety of toys, but prefers
the stuffed animal ones that squeak or make noise. She loves to play
tug-of-war with her toys, be chased and chase you. Her love of water
and mud puddles is exceptional and if you have a walk-in shower, don't
leave the door open with the water running! She amuses herself by
playing with her toys when left alone, but if someone is around, she
has to be with them. When she needs to go out, she will find someone
and lick their hand (kisses) until they take her out, otherwise she
will lick and nip at your toes and heels to get you moving. She's very
alert and will bark and growl at anything unfamiliar as long as she is
standing behind your legs. Her worst fault is that is she is out in the
open, she does not want to come when you call her. She wants you to
come after her and just as you get within reach, she bolts off like a
jack rabbit, and there's no catching her. We've learned the best way to get her attention is to ignore her and walk
off like we're leaving her. The other fault is her constant attempts to
get your attention to play with her, especially if you're trying to get
ready for work. She waits until you get one leg into your jeans and
then grabs the other making you hop around on one leg trying to get the
other pants leg back. As you pull on a sock, she either grabs the end
and pulls it off, or she takes off with the other one so you'll have to
chase her down. After you've gone through this same scenario with the
shoes, she then follows you around pulling the laces to untie them or
pulls back the velcro straps. Her antics are limitless as is her energy
level.
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