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Welcome to del Rio malinois!

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 throughout the journey with this wonderful breed, you will realize your life is so much more enriched than it would have been without a "Maligator" by your side.

Bobby and Angela live in Frederick County near Winchester, Virginia which is located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of northern Virginia, about an hour west of Washington, DC.

Their breeding program takes into consideration temperment and character, first and foremost, as well as the physical health of the parents.  The utmost concern is spent on development of the litter through the first few weeks of their lives, and 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: Thai

Anniversary Day

Today is a del Rio anniversary.  We have been married four wonderful years and have been del Rio just over 10 years.  We took some time to give the dogs some play time.  The last picture is from a herding trial in which turkeys were on the menu and a Sheltie thought that was just...

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December 27, 2011 - 4:23 pm susan-Bruja mother - Happy Anniversay Bobby and Angela. May you have many more. beautiful photos. Love the last one...run turkey run....

Featured Stars: Thai and Tammy!

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June 18, 2011 - 6:29 pm Anne Gilley - So precious!

Fun in the Sun & Water

We have a small creek which runs at the back of our property. The dogs just love to play in it regardless of the season but today was a wonderful day.

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Thai is back home!

I haven’t posted in a long time…..but I have something to say. Thai came home. Slightly changed. A bit different. More mature but the same mischievous character was there. What did I expect? I sent her out on a jet plane, knowing she’d be back but not really sure when. I sent her off in...

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Tammy and Thai,,,Belgian Standoff

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.

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December 25, 2009 - 10:59 pm Alice (& Beau + Moto) - 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 elissa cline - it is the 'tai chi' of tugging : )

December 24, 2009 - 8:20 pm Jay - Oh that is hilarious Bobby. I wish Xander would play that quietly. He's all about the growling

December 24, 2009 - 7:53 pm Anne & Ken - That is HILARIOUS!

Vesper Goes a-Herding….sort of

We took the Mali girls herding today.  Thai was stellar in her training time, Tammy sort of had inklings in her first meeting with sheep and Vesper just looked pretty.  We met up with Sebastian [Tribal Malinois] and his owner Sara, as well as Steve and Meagen.  Steve and Meagen are interested in a Malinois...

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New video…Sister Thai plays with the kids

I’ve been in So. Cal this week so my opportunity to post has been limited. Been a bit busy with work….. AND….the home front reports that our crummy internet is out again at the house. I swear Comcast just is not a great company. That being said, we thought we would post a endearing video...

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December 20, 2008 - 7:57 am Anne & Ken - So great to see the sweet and funny interactions between Thai and the puppies. We are addicted to these beautiful and fun puppy pix and videos. Must have watched this 9 times already . . . have to watch at least once for each dog!

December 19, 2008 - 9:06 am Helen Gruenhut - So glad that you are home, Bobby. I really missed my puppy fix last week end. Thai reminds me of my own beloved bitches. Cannot get enough of these puppies.

December 18, 2008 - 5:38 pm Lori - That is absolutely adorable! What a good big sister Thai is :-)

Baby Thai gets another point

Thai went best of winners over the males yesterday in Bel Alton, MD for her second point!  She is slowly starting to come along.  Now, if we can just work on her puppy high butt [click to see full sized image]

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Jackson Meets Thai

Mr. Jackson’s daddy came up from Rhode Island during the ABMC National Specialty and was able to hang out for few hours. Jackson, at first overwhelmed by all of the Malinois in one place, soon came out of his shell and became the life of the party. At least my party. He was able to...

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