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Welcome to del Rio kennels!

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.

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Yearly Archives: 2007

What the heck? Pet, er, dog peeves….

I’ve been on a modified diet so I don’t drink as much coffee as I used to and I’ve given up nachos….but not beer.
But I do have a pot of fresh ground Sumatra Madheling ready for the morning.
But before I get jolly happy for Christmas, I get a little grouchy scroogie grintchie……
I hate seeing dogs...

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Helpful Training Links

Here are some links to help you with training.
http://www.flyingdogpress.com/artlibreg.htm
This is Suzanne Clothier’s site of free articles. She’s very well-known as a behaviorist and dog behavior expert, giving seminars across the country and writing books. She’s fabulous!
http://www.dogtrainersworkshop.com/default.asp
Well known obedience champion trainers with many years experience have articles on their site to help. Click...

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Brooklyn’s First Snow

From one of our “puppy mama’s”:  Just wanted to send some pics of Brooklyn’s first real snow.  I just wish the deck hadn’t been in the way so I could have caught more of her, she was having a blast!  She thinks it’s great fun to burrow for her marrow bone in the drifts.  We...

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What the heck? A rose by any other name…..

Taking the train from Delaware to Richmond, I began to think [sometimes, a dangerous thing]
I have all sorts of names for my dogs. Some make sense, some are derivatives of their registered names, and some have stories behind them. Yes, some of them can be profane at times but not often.
I’m sure y’all have similar...

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What the heck? Life moves fast…..

Growing old with your dog is a very interesting journey. Sometimes it reminds me of that commercial where the person goes to bed, kissing their beautiful and young loved one and wakes up to someone 30 years older. Another version has the father pushing the son on a swing only to have the son swing...

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Dude….gotta love it!

I don’t drink Bud Light…in fact, I don’t drink Bud at all or their products but for years, their advertising and marketing campaigns have been some of the best. This is another example

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Brooklyn is “all growed up”

Received a few pics from Kristen and Jay of their beautiful baby Brooklyn ["B" litter from Tammy and Socks]. She has Tammy’s eyes and earset and has strong resemblance to Thai and Asia [half sister]

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What the heck? The “Big Decision”……..

A few weeks ago [actually, its approaching more like two months], my little Asia-bean almost passed away. Her platelet count drop to less than half its normal count, her temperature jumped to 104.X, and she could barely stand. We spent a few tense days in and out of emergency before she was finally committed for...

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We visit with Bruce, Amber and Monica [and one Westie named Spice]

Monica is the human and owner of this wonderful Malinois pair. Bruce is from the B litter and is as big of a pill as any of the other puppies we have followed up with. He resembles his daddy Socks very much and his Saxo’s earset and shape.
More images can be found in the gallery...

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We visited with Baby Thai!

Or is that Thai the Terrible?
Thai has been at Camp Jo Ann and Adam for about a month. We had an opportunity to visit with her and it was just a quick hop down to Virginia Beach.
Well, she was as lively and rambunctious as I remember.  She was jumping, play bowing, running, tugging, etc. the...

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Mr. Bruce!

Pictures from his momma Monica in Georgia of Bruce [Allee Sablee Bruges del Rio - Tammy x Socks litter]
Bruce and “sister” Amber

Bruce loving his rope toy

“I can’t stand the Pup-arrazzi”

Bruce and his favorite toy!

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What the heck? A.R.D……..

From an email which was advertising an available litter:
<snippet ..Sire registered, Dam not….If you are anti-registered dogs please do not email me saying so….end snippet>
Now, I won’t reveal the names and not because I’m trying to protect the innocent because, well, there isn’t any innocence here.
In fact, I’m just incensed.
What goes through a person’s fricken...

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What the heck? Prima Donnas

Well, it took over 6.5 hours to make it back from Millwood, VA [normally its a three hour trip] yesterday. The saving grace was we had a new champion in the van [Tammy] and puppy Thai was going to her Auntie Jo Ann’s house for a few months. Life was good…..or so I thought.
I think...

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Thai’s brother Jackson is soooo craze-eeee!

There is no denying the Belgian antics of Mr. Jackson as he plays with his best friend Kaylu. As always, loved and owned by Ryan and Ashleigh.

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UKC SHOW! Warrenton, VA

Another show…..some more pictures!  You’ll see three of our girls in the mix: Thai, Tammy, and Asia. Also, there is a shot of a whippet looking very MEERKAT like.  Click on the thumbnail and/or use the slider to advance to the next image.  Or use the slideshow play button.
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