The Belgian Malinois is a highly athletic, intelligent and active breed. These are traits that first drew us into the Belgian Malinois. Once you have brought one into your life, you discover how much more there is to fall in love with. The Malinois can bring endless joy and at times, heartache. But through out the journey with this wonderful breed, you will realize your life is much more enriched than it would have been without a "Maligator" by your side.
Bobby and Angela live in Petersburg, Virginia which is located just south of Richmond, the state capitol of Virginia. Their breeding program takes into consideration the ultimate health of the parents, the development of the litter through the first few weeks of their lives, and the training and upbringing of the Malinois once accepted into their loving homes. We stand by our puppies, not just as breeders, but as champions of the breed and friends of their new owners.
This blog will present you with the images, stories, and videos of our Malinois. At times, we will carry a story and a picture from our extended Malinois family. Feel free to contact us or comment on our site.
Twitter: Bobby is delriofoto
Facebook: Angela is Angela McCalla and Bobby is Bobby Arellano
We have some great news to share! Cowboy [Allee Sablee Cheyenne del Rio], owned by Julie and David Marco was named Winner’s Dog at this year’s American Belgian Malinois Specialty. And our little mess Bono [Ireland du Hameau St. Blaise] was named Reserve Winner’s Dog as a 10 month old puppy!
Thank you to Julie and David for what they have done with Cowboy! They were able to go home with two very nice Rosettes!
May 18, 2010 - 9:44 pm - Yee Haw Cowboy! Congratulations Angela on a job well done in the ring. And Bono...irrepressible Bono! Good puppy! Bobby, you and Angela breed and raise such beautiful Mals. They are such perfection and ambassadors of the breed.
May 18, 2010 - 6:31 pm - Wow! Congratulations! Well done!
We closed on our new house this past Friday. We now have a house in the mountains and one down South….relatively speaking.
Puppy Bono was nice enough to pose for me. He was all elbows, knees and ears but I was able to save three photos of this pony boy.
Philly Girl Talli was out in the recent snows and her momma Anne took some pics of her. Enjoy!
Images from our Philly Girl, Allee Sablee Chatelet del Rio, on the beach in Atlantic City. Talli, is an active girl and obviously has the love of chasing flying objects just as her mother does.
AND a video!
After scoring a 98, this youngster from the C litter [8 months old], now has his Rally Novice title following in the footsteps of his precocious sister Cambria. Vesper applauds them as she chases squirrels without being asked to do so……
Cowboy with his New Title ribbon at Hilton Head..LOVED by Julie and David!
Allee Sablee Cheyenne del Rio "COWBOY"
February 7, 2010 - 2:08 pm - Bobby...you take some great pictures! The dogs look fantastic.
On rainy Sunday, I dragged the two puppies out to the front yard for some mandatory picture posing and posturing….these two puppies love each other to death. They are always playing and truly enjoy hanging out together.
April 11, 2010 - 10:56 am - This must be the best Malinois page I've seen so far. The photos are just perfect:)
January 17, 2010 - 8:43 pm - Very good pix....the one is Bono right saying "out of my way, here I come". Love the pix. Sue and the Bru
More Brooklyn happy dance videos……
January 4, 2010 - 3:20 am - @Torrie, all of our dogs are used to seeing the camera from the time they were pups so when I do bring one out, its a non-event for them. I do have to guard against them jumping on me when I squat or kneel though - they think I want to play. Bobby
January 3, 2010 - 10:05 pm - I love these vidoes! They are so funny. What do you think our dogs are thinking when they see the vidoe camera or digital come out? This girl looked like she knew she was being filmed. She stops her happy dance, looks right at the camera for a few, sort of lifts an eyebrow like, "Ok, I'll do it again." and off she goes. Mals are such comedians and hams.
January 3, 2010 - 7:12 pm - Jackson does the same thing after he eats his dinner!!
January 3, 2010 - 7:01 pm - It is so cute. What is the soundtrack. It is perfect.
January 2, 2010 - 8:11 pm - So cute we had to play it five times! The soundtrack is perfect too.
Took a few pictures to share of Miss Brooklyn and puppy Bono. Miss Brooklyn is owned by Jay and Kristen who have just welcomed their first baby into the family. Brooklyn will be with us for a few months. We’ll be taking a good hard looking at breeding this beautiful bitch who looks a lot like her daddy Socks. Enjoy!
I thought that this would be a good time to rehash an old email/blog post from 2006.
Funny how history repeats itself?
“Ok, I had some coffee [but no toast yet] when I read a post from yesterday that started me thinking………..[yes, cue the music....but nothing from the Sound of Music]
What are those repeated subjects that send people off on the email flaming/hurricane wars – not just this Belgian lists but other groups as well [but especially with Belgians]?
My picks but not necessarily in order of rank:
1. Raw vs kibble [my dogs coats/teeth are better than yours, I've raised many litters on this/that, raw is guesswork...........]
2. Protection type sports [don't understand/get it, our breed was meant to do this, I don't want my dog to want to bite children]
3. “Show” vs. “working” lines [which often leads to number 4 and often meanders into "What is the standard, screw the standard"]
4. Our Belgian temperaments
5. New age vs. traditional training [Clicker, yank and spank, negative reinforcement/negative punishment, e-collars]
6. Shampoos, coat types
7. Bad breeder, good breeder
8. AKC ‘good’, AKC ’sucks’
9. Pro vs. amateur handling and handlers, “Biased” judges and favoritism
10. Brags [you're bragging about that?, no one replied to my brag with congrats, I wouldn't brag about that, he/she's always bragging]
11. PETA! and animal rights, legislation
12. Where will my dog go, when I finally go?
13. stupid emails such as this…………
**14. Health checks, clearances, interpretations i.e. OFA [new to 2010]
………..Gotta get more coffee…..
Bobby
Tammy and Thai do this thing in which they will tug on a toy but without TUGGING. They will just stand there, waiting for the other to do something. They will not make a sound or move a muscle. Its bizarre.
December 25, 2009 - 10:59 pm - The silent tug is really bizarre, and very funny! Moto growls Beau off anything she feels is, or should be hers -- that is, until he flattens her.
December 25, 2009 - 11:03 am - it is the 'tai chi' of tugging : )
December 24, 2009 - 8:20 pm - Oh that is hilarious Bobby. I wish Xander would play that quietly. He's all about the growling
December 24, 2009 - 7:53 pm - That is HILARIOUS!
Finally took some time to take some pictures of Bono-Bono-Bono. He’s grown into a nice pup with the sweetest temperament – although, he himself will admit that he is spoiled. ENJOY!
I just realized after I posted the recent pics of Vesper and Bono in the fight to the finish that there was a prelude…….The Original Cage Match!
Bono and Vesper like to play fight and challenge each other. They end up covered in spit, tired and happy. What else is there for puppies to do?
December 22, 2009 - 6:27 am - OMG playfight is awesome. The look on their faces is priceless. What a team. Sue, The Bru and Kala boy too
by Bobby
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