Rescued Belgian Malinois

by Barbara Dean

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Rescued Belgian Malinois

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Barbara Dean

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This is Jethro, my rescued Belgian Malinois. He was 3 months old when I rescued him. He had not been socialized, leash trained, or house broken. He was so malnourished that his ribs showed and he was undersized. He was not a cute cuddly puppy, he looked like a miniature adult. I had trained a lot of dogs, but never one like this! I almost gave up because I thought he was so unhappy. He did not respond to the female voice, he was unruly, high energy, disobedient, destructive to my house plants! He was reactive to people and other dogs except for my female Akita, who was quite old and who he insisted in playing too rough with and I had to keep them apart when outside. But slowly, but surely he began to make progress and so did I in learning about this breed. He overcame malnourishment and today is full size for an almost two year old. He is highly intelligent, anticipates my every move, knows many words and commands, is protective of me, but okay with who I say is okay, is obedient, and very, very affectionate. In other words, he is thankful for being rescued. It could have ended badly for him, and I thank God I was given this opportunity to help him have a better life. He is my companion, my only companion now, since my Akita left me after 14 years and 4 months and my children have their own lives.

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May 15th, 2014

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