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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: Updates

Vesper and her new toy

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More pics of Talli…from the beach to the snow!

Philly Girl Talli was out in the recent snows and her momma Anne took some pics of her.  Enjoy!

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Talli Frisbee Fun

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!

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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...

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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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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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Warning: Nudity (of the Belgian kind)

Got some pix today of the kids while Bobby was out hunting for plumbing at Lowe’s.  Is there nothing sacred anymore??  Tami was willing to pose nude on the grooming table, got a couple butt shots of puppies, these Malinois are completely shameless.

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Gorgeous Sunset in Virginia

Just wanted to share a beautiful sunset here in rural Virginia.  To make it Malinois-related, the pups barked at me when I first tried to shoot it out back!  I gave up to spare the neighbors and went out front, where I wasn’t paying attention and fell off the front porch!

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UBSDA – Characters and Character Test

Found a few minutes to snap a few pictures from the UBSDA Nationals. Pictured will be a Terv at play, the real camera photo of the coolest Belgian, and a few of the dogs during the character test playing tug with list member Jona Decker.

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Bond x Tami Litter – PUPPIES!!!!!

Ok, some of you may have noticed (or not) that Bobby is in the process of turning over the blog to me.  I am still learning, so please be gentle.  If you can’t, send me a note with suggestions and I’ll try to implement them.  Anyway, we have co-bred our second litter, the "C" litter,...

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September 16, 2008 - 1:31 pm bennie driver - love your website and your dogs i may be looking for a bitch here in the next few months.

Dune Collies

Yes, I know – these are definitely NOT Malinois but they are my second favorite breed: COLLIES! This litter is from Dune Collies in central VA. Angela and I went down to hang with Gene, play with puppies and take some fotos. I unfortunately lost all the images I had taken on one CF card...

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What the heck? Finally a new look

I’ve finally gotten off my ass and changed the look of the site. Its a little less doggie and a bit more….well, a bit more “artsy” is what my dog friends would say. I’d say “Its about damn time”. AND it matches with the gallery. And that is a plus in my book.

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