If a Mal + Mal could produce a Tervueren.... - Page 2

malndobe,....it's getting clear to me now.  thanks a lot.

In the US, after years of separation, they do appear to be separate breeds, however.  Your chances of getting a intense working Terv are much lower than getting that drive in a mal.  If you find a long-haired mal that passes as a terv, please let me know!  He's going to be a better worker than most tervs in the US.

this is my dog...this picture was taken when she was just 6 months old. her hair on her belly, her legs and her ears are longer now. sometimes I think she looked more of a terv than a typical mal,. her father is MHELRIX OF MELBOURNE, where I guess she got her long beautiful hair.

yes, she has longer hair than a typical malinois.  just look for a short haired stud for her if you  prefer the short hair mals.

check this kennel out.  in this litter some are tervs and some are mals.  both parents are malinois....and there's no terv in the parent's pedigree to the fourth gen.


http://www.oddorrinky.estranky.cz/en/articles/c-malinois.html 

Your Malinois is actually a minimally coated Terv.  The tufts around the ears and the feathering on the tail are the clues. 

Personally I like this coat, and have had a number of them over the years. 

I guess tervs and mals are both eligent and beautiful dogs, so it doesn't matter if she would produce some tervs in her litter someday.. she's 1 and half years old now, but I think that she's still a baby though I know that she's like 6-8 years old in dog years.. sometimes I tell her "you're still a baby so don't make your own babies yet ok? hahaha"

just watch her, you know kids now.  They will do things without you knowing hehe. 

So the rule is most or all Malinois will grow a bit longer hair as they grow old compared to when they were younger?  Or not all of them?

maybe some...in my dog's case, her hair was already beautiful when she's young, but there was this month that she looked very different because it's like her hair went very very short. then her hair started to grow longer when she reached 6 months, and from then on, I started noticing longer hair strands growing at the back of her ears and belly and thighs.. and her tail too.  then but the breeder where I got her said some of her siblings have very very short hair, and some have longer hair.

Now my dog is starting to shed...again... so everyday I will be catching hair in my room...and my clothes will be full of hair, and my furnitures too.. huh... time to vaccuum her hahahaha
I've read in a magazine that you're a dog person if......You do not use vaccuum because your dog hates it... Not in my case...when she see me preparing the vaccuum, she would even run to me like "Alright, it's time for my massage I'm excited!" really she's not afraid.. and after literally using vaccuum to her body... she would never leave like "I want more!!!" I'm actually the one annoyed with the sound of the vaccuum..hehehe i really hate it. so noisy.