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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: family matters

Snow, snow, snow day

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February 7, 2010 - 2:08 pm Torrie Brown - Bobby...you take some great pictures! The dogs look fantastic.

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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dRk Malinois in PA

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Sneak Peak in PA

Here are few images from today. We were able to hang out with Cambria and Talli [both from the C litter] along with their sister Vesper.
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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!!

Cowboy – July 2009

Cowboy looking good.
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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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Tammy and Vesper at Play

We took Tammy and Vesper to the local park for some swimming and frisbee time.  Took a few shots when I had the chance.

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Visits with Cara and India

We took some time today to visit Cara [Green Girl] and India [Fuzzy Tervlet]. We took Vesper along with us so she could meet her C litter sisters.

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The C Litter Turns Six Months

The little monkeys from the C Litter will be six months old tomorrow. We took VP [short for VesPer] out to Petsmart but before we did, I caught her in a short video clip with a phone in her mouth.
She’s very much the talkative pup!

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Up Close and Personal with Cowboy

Cowboy chilling out at home in Florida.
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Love and Rockets

The sun melted the snow away today revealing a bit of what nature has in store for us. I was able to pull my camera out and shoot a bit. Through observation of my furry loves, I was able to find the song that I had been straining to hear the last few days. With...

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Winter Wonderland – before and after

I thought this might make a decent before and after – so I took a snapshot of the house before it snowed and after it snowed.  And a few of my Thai running toward me.

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March 21, 2009 - 2:19 pm Monica Shaw - Love these pictures of Thai. She and Bruce look so much alike!

March 8, 2009 - 6:48 am Bobby - Well, you'll have to send him up here to Virginia for a winter.

March 3, 2009 - 9:13 pm Kerrie Honey - I would so love to see my boy, Bronson, running through the snow. Not much hope of that happening in tropical Australia though. I'll just have to enjoy watching him swim. Great shots.

What the heck? Life is blessed…….

A week ago today, I thought I would be writing a different blog post. During a normal evening with my 52 lb. Belgian Malinois female laying all over me, I felt an unusual bump on her upper thigh.  At first I thought it might be an embedded tick although it wasn’t the season.  I asked...

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March 3, 2009 - 9:15 pm Kerrie Honey - I am very pleased that all has turned out well. Cheers.