After going to this website all I can do is laugh.   The word moron keeps flashing before my eyes.

JMO.

Why not email them and ask?  I did try, but the mail bounced.  Probably someone at Schutzhund Club told them the Mali is very talented and someone else told them that in Belgium/Holland/ France or wherever, Mali x GSD were the ultimate all round working dog, throw in a touch of sentiment because they love their dogs and a couple of admirers saying they would love a pup from Shelby and Prince and there you go - perfect excuse for a litter of crossbreeds!

Probably not bad or unkind folk, just uneducated.

Margaret N-J

Probably because Prince is so "pertective" (sorry, could not resist LOL)

I know there is some humour in this, and perhaps should be in this case. But, many of us remember the controvery caused by the S.V.'s Dr. Helmut Raiser when he publicly suggested the very same thing. His goal is/was to restore the working ability of the GSD. Needless to say, Dr. Raiser is quite outspoken regarding his opinions about this matter and this caused his fallout with the S.V..

Although I am strictly a fan of the GSD, I must say that a well-bred Malinois is a facinating dog that is still bred for working ability rather than for conformation to the flavour of the day. I wonder myself how Dr. Raiser is doing with his new venture, S.V. 2000? Does anyone have information other than what can be found on the web?

Regards,

Bob-O

Some people seem to think the grass is always greener on the othe side. As one who has owned and worked mals they as a breed have their own virtues and also problems.  They also can have alot of nerve issues that few people ever discuss.

All I hear is preserving the gsd, protecting the gsd, improving the gsd.

I can see cross's but they would have to be just that.   Not a Malinois, or a German Shepherd

A cross might make an interesting animal.  But to what end?

Why would someone breed a malinios to a shepherd? Good question. Here is what I see could be the benifits.....

What the Malinios could add to a GSD

1. drive

2. speed and agility

3 Environmental stability (dpending on the lines)

3. trainability (I have trained both and the Mals are much easier)

4. over all working ability

5. Overall stucture and health improvement (one near and dear to me right now)

What the GSD could bring to a Mal

1.) Size and Bone (if that is desired)

2) Grip

3) stability or "clear in the head"

In Holland ( who produce more police and military dogs than anywhere in the world) they cross breed all kinds of different breeds but always breed back to the Mal.

1992 Belgian Ring champion was a 1/2 GSD 1/2 Mal

Hard core working people seem to be the only ones who can see the benifits in cross breeding. They are looking only to produce structurally sound, ultimate working animals.

wow, clearly you people do have too much time on your hands!

I have never had any intesions of breeding Prince to Shelby, Shelby is a year and a half (she was six months old when she got her HIC if you read it properly) After Shelby gets her hips and elbows x-rayed she will be bred to another CKC Malinois. I am surprised that so many of you would jump to conclusions. I am not very computer Savy and asked my friend who knows nothing about dogs but is very good with computers to do the site for me and she agreed, she is a 16 year old high school student and it was for a school project. I think she did very well considering. So what if her spelling isn't perfect she tried. Clearly I will be going over the site with her tomorrow. Luckily for me there was a nice lady that noticed inquired. Unlike the several immature emails that I got today.

I DO NOT AGREE WITH CROSS BREEDING all of my dogs are registered with the CKC or AKC.

GARD, 
Thanks for sharing my thoughts. I knew it would not be P.C. in the dog world to suggest a cross breeding.
If the kennel has integrity of breeding practices, ie. willing to cull, willing to spend lots of time, money and heartache into something that may not come out as they hope, but are still interrested in trying to produce a dog that has good health, good hips, good drive, courage, brains, hardness, and gameness, then why not ?  

I know nothing of this breeder. If this is a byb that thinks a breeding or two is going to put them on the map then it will fail as all of these attempts do. But if you have a Max von Stephanitz that is determined to bring some vitality back into a breed and strive to produce something that turns out a higher % of working dogs then why not ?

It all goes back to the intentions of the breeder and the depth of their pocket and time. This is a task that I would take my hat off to someone that is willing to put their life on hold for a long time.