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Welcome to del Rio kennels!

The Belgian Malinois is a highly athletic, intelligient 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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Category Archives: belgian malinois

Cowwwwwww…BOY!

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!
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Email Wars [Original from July 2006]

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...

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The Surprise!

in a few days, Angela will be back from Europe.  She spent time in Belgium, France and England.  The main goal was to bring back a puppy from du Hameau Saint Blaise.  The puppy boy will be named Ireland du Hameau Saint Blaise.
Call name?  BONO as in Bono from U2.
Still don’t know who I’m talking...

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September 8, 2009 - 7:47 am Glenda Pearson - Love the name (we are going to see U2 in 2 weeks)! And he is sooo cute!

Big Congrats to Sarah & Cambria

Here’s Sarah’s email to us after her second Rally appearance Sunday:
I am so proud of our baby. The rally judge was a collie breeder and asked how old she was.  When I told her that she was only 8 months, she was super impressed.  She said that it was amazing that such a young Mal...

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Cowboy hits the beach!

Allee Sablee Cheyenne del Rio at about 8 months, hits the Florida beach with a friend.
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Dogs who are part of our family

Our dear friend Sandy placed Star & Sequin  with our friends, Ann & Mike.  After Sandy passed away, they also took Avi, who has fit in well.  They are cherished members of their family and we love to see how well they are doing.  [click on the thumbnails to enlarge]
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July 21, 2009 - 2:31 pm Julie Marco - relatives of Cowboy and the C Litter? Beautiful!!

Kudos to Brooklyn in Illinois!

So this afternoon Miss Brooklyn ran in her first CPE trial.  We ran the standard course and jumped 16 inches.  Not only did she run perfectly, she had the best course time by more than 25 seconds at 30.07 seconds.  So we got a 1st place ribbon at her 1st run at her 1st trial! ...

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Up Close and Personal with Cowboy

Cowboy chilling out at home in Florida.
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From the artist formerly known as Green Dazzle

Hi BoBbY & AnGelA!
SenDing AffEctiONate KisSes & Some New PicTureS.  HaVe Been VeRY BusY WitH PuPPy ClAsSes (I am SO SMART), Toy StacKIng & EngINeeRing, WaLks & PlAyTimes, & LaP-SITTing. AnNE & KeN ThiNK theY Are teAchinG Me the “CouCh poTatO” command BuT I UsuALLy preFer to pLAY!  I am SUch A GooD pUppY! AnD BEAutIFUL too!
taLLi

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MalinoisClub.com Looking for Help!

It’s that time of year again – time for the American Belgian Malinois Club National Specialty. And during the week, we will hold a rescue raffle to raise money to support our Rescue organization
Because its based on volunteers and internal support, we always need any extra help we can get.  Sometimes we get a...

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We’re now set up for cell phones!

If you have a cell phone that can surf the internet, try coming back to delriokennels.com and view a surprise!  You will now have a faster and easier site to surf.  Through a nice little piece of code, the website is now “mobilized” and “miniaturized” for cell phones!  Of course I’m a little biased but...

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Vesper Lynd in the Wild

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Interesting Pet Articles – USAToday.com

This one is about having pets in the workplace. It seems they run a similar article once to twice a year but it always makes you wish……..
This article is about dangerous pets.  I guess this was prompted by the recent chimp attack on its long time handler/owner.  Remember, its not the pet but the owners!
Bobby
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Thai – Pretty Girl

Thai is out of Tammy and Socks [B Litter two years ago]. Its a picture I had that I’m just now getting to process and post.

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Scout, dear Scout

I spotted a favorite Belgian Malinois of mine. Tribal’s Apache Scout made an appearance with a junior handler at a match in No. Virginia. He is still ever the show dog!
It was a very cold day and more than a few snow flurries were spotted.  Miss Vesper took a puppy Group 3 and...

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