Malinios vs GSD

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by Uber Land on 21 March 2011 - 08:03

I've thought about this for a long time and would like to throw a question out there that maybe people can easily answer.

what made you stop with your gsd's and start working a malinios. was it a physical limitation on the handlerd part, or what?

what brought you over.

I want this discussion to be fair and civil as I would really like to here these answers.

by EKvonEarnhardt on 21 March 2011 - 12:03

I can not say for other people but I went with a Dutchie due to health and drives. Not to say all German SHepherds have problems but it was easier finding what I wanted in a Dutchie then in a Shepherd
I still have my Shepherds, will always have them but for my new working dog it will be Dutchie or MAli from here on out.

JMPO

by duke1965 on 21 March 2011 - 16:03

because of lower brainlevel and higher drive , malinois can handle handlermistakes better than any other breed

by SportySchGuy on 21 March 2011 - 17:03

Duke I don't even know what the hell you are talking about. It is actually the opposite. You need to work more dogs LMAO!

by duke1965 on 21 March 2011 - 17:03

sporty , stay clear of the bottle , if you dont know what Im talking about , how do you know its the opposite

by SportySchGuy on 21 March 2011 - 19:03

Ok........LOL...YOU dont know what you are talking about! Does that clear things up? Sheesh what an idiot!

by duke1965 on 21 March 2011 - 19:03

says the pussy

by Peter Cho on 21 March 2011 - 20:03

Well, I have had Malinois and now shepherds. The working lines are a product of the sport or function that produced the working temperament of the breed. Mal, ring......much of it is dancing with decoys with almost all prey drive as primary working drive. Loads of prey drive! Shepherd, scutzhund. A mal is extremely eager worker. Much easier to tell at early age if you got a good one. A Gsd, it is tougher to tell. Slow to mature. Painfully slow. I think that is why a lot of people love the mals. It is tougher to bring out a Gsd to potential, IMO. You have to bring them out in a balanced way to get the power. A power of a good shepherd is hard to beat. The eagerness of a Malinois is hard to beat. I think a good dog is a good dog. Having had both, my preference is the working Gsd. Lol, although I still love a great mal.

by duke1965 on 21 March 2011 - 20:03

over the top preydrive is recognizeable and workable from very young age , but when top of the top malitrainers tell me their guarding is nothing more than waiting for a ball to drop ,I pass

each their own I guess , but if I talk to diehard malinois KNPV people , and they say there are more and more good gsd and lesser good malis around it makes you wonder

by Mystere on 21 March 2011 - 20:03

Let's face it: many gsd folks went over to the "dark side" with Mals, because they saw people winning with mals. Most of the ones I know who "slid into darkness" and went mal have come repented and come back to gsds.

Mals mature much more quickly than gsds, so those who want to compete at high levels can do so earlier with a mal than with a gsd. But, then there are the mali nerves...

The learning ability of the mals make them easier to mess up. They mature and learn very quickly, especially compared to a gsd. But, when they learn something--they LEARN it. Once you mess up and make a mistake in the training, you are stuck with it. A gsd is more forgiving--you can make a mistake in training and fix it. Gsds can be re-trained. See anyone "re-training" a Mal for competition?

I will take the relative power and stability of a high-drive gsd over a high-drive mal anytime. My dogs live with me. I don't think I could live with a mal. Someone in the house must have good nerves and it aint me.

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