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lter. Barking, spinning and generally making sure everyone in the building knew there was a Malinois back there. His kennel behavior was intimidating enough that quite a few of the shelter staff were afraid of him.
Then our evaluator got him outside and basically found a completely different dog.
Brock was neutral around people and dogs, happily allowed her to handle him all over, check his teeth and scan him for a microchip. He sought out attention, followed her around, checked back in when she disengaged and was perfectly happy to get affection.
But what Brock REALLY wanted was the toy.
Tug is life for this guy.
Treats? He'll sniff them and think about it.
Toy? YES PLEASE.
He'll happily play tug, chase a thrown toy, bring it back, drop it at your feet so you'll throw it again and out it on command.
He knows sit and los/out, and interestingly, when she tried some other commands in Dutch, his ears perked up and he moved toward her like he definitely recognized that something was being asked of him. So there may be a little more rattling around in that handsome head than we know about yet.
Our evaluator liked him enough that she decided to foster him herself, and getting him into a home has pretty much confirmed what she thought at the shelter.
Remember that loud, spinning kennel dog everyone was afraid of?
Yeah. He has been completely quiet in his RuffLand at her house.
Sir.
So apparently the screaming was a shelter-specific complaint and Brock would like everyone to know he has since spoken with management.
He has been NO problem in the home. He was comfortable with her husband within minutes, has settled in ridiculously easily and has also been neutral around cats.
His foster knows working-line Malinois very well and has some pretty serious ones of her own, so when she says this guy is going to be much easier to live with than his shelter presentation suggested, we listen.
He's definitely still a Malinois. He's drivey, he wants to play and work, and he needs exercise, training and something productive to do with that brain. His impulse control also needs some work and he has plenty of prey drive, so his foster does not recommend small children.
But he's not frantic.
He can play hard and then settle. He seeks affection. He can hang out and just be a dog without needing someone to entertain him every second of the day.
Basically, Brock seems to have landed in that really nice middle ground of enough Malinois to be a ton of fun without making you question every decision that led you to this point in your life.
He could be a really fun sport prospect, running or hiking buddy, or just an awesome active companion for someone who understands the breed.
So far the scary shelter dog everyone was worried about has turned out to be a pretty damn nice dog who was apparently just VERY unhappy with his accommodations.
Welcome to MAD, Brock.
We're excited to see who you turn out to be.
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If you are interested in adopting this pet please complete an application at this link petstablished/adoption_form/24689/generic.
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For transport, if you reside within 4 hours of the pet's fostered location, please be prepared to pick the pet up. For further distances, there is limited transport assistance available, however the applicant will be required to drive no less than half of the total distance.
The basic information that we have available is in our posting, but sometimes fosters will post updates on the MAD Rescue Facebook page as well, .facebook/groups/malinoisanddutchshepherdrescueinc.
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