Category: Belgian Malinois

Rising Crime Rate Spurs Increased Demand for Highly-Trained Protection Dogs

July 15, 2023
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Connor Rafferty has been bitten dozens of times by canine “Ditto,” though he’s not shy when it happens. Wearing a padded safety suit, Rafferty, a professional “bite trainer” at K9 Defense in Scottsdale, Arizona, waited for Ditto to make a go at him on July 11. And Ditto, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, was quick…

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‘Pretty Dim’ Dognappers Try to Steal Highly-Trained Belgian Malinois, and Get Taught a Lesson

March 5, 2021
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The tables got turned on two would-be dognappers who thought they would steal a 66-pound Belgian Malinois right from their owner’s hand late January. Nellie, a highly-trained search and rescue dog, was accompanied by her owner, 19-year-old Toby Currier of Hampshire, England, when the would-be thieves approached. “Nellie and I were walking home from Cosham…

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