Tag: Belgian Malinois

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

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…


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

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…