[csheff]

Hi all,

My husband and I have a wonderful 3 year old belgian malinois who is very well trained and pretty much the perfect dog for us (she keeps us active). We are thinking about getting another mal puppy from the same parents, but I'm wondering if anyone on this forum has experience with owning two Mals? Does anyone have any input on whether or not two mals is better than one?

 

[csheff]

Thank you everyone! Since both parents are the same I am hoping the new puppy's nature will be similar to our Nala, but I agree that it is a good idea to talk to our breeder about temperament and drive when we choose which puppy we want!

My husband worked with Mals in the military so he knew what we were getting into, and he worked very hard to train Nala right away. We also put her in puppy play classes for socialization and she has always been great with other dogs, we will do the same for the new puppy. We live in a house that's on a trail leading to an 8-acre dog park so giving them plenty of exercise is fairly easy.

I give a lot a credit to my husband for how well behaved Nala is, but I feel like we also got lucky because she is not nearly as hyperactive as I my research on Mals suggest, in fact at times she can be quite lazy.

I really would love Nala to have a companion that she can play with when we are too busy, but I've never seen her interact with another Malinois so I just hope that they will get along well!

 

[csheff]

And Artdog thank you for the link! When that puppy got in the box my heart kind of melted a little lol, but I do think it's a good demonstration of what high-drive entails. That is the kind of hyperactiveness I was expecting when we got a mal but Nala wasn't quite that energetic, she would have quick bursts of energy and then fall asleep lol. Maybe girls are just less hyper than boys?