For information, a malinois is a belgian shepherd. There are three belgian varieties, differing only in one being longer haired, one wire haired, the malinois smooth and closer coat.
NO. They are not. Been where they came from and trained many of them. The Belgian shepherd has a different shaped head, thicker body, longer hair and a different attitude about life then a malinois does.
Here are a few more wiki fantasies about these doge.
Look at this and then tell me what is true.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phhUTIRLXko
The Black dog is a belgian sheepdog not a belgian shepherd. It was posted by idiots.
Then we have this post.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Shepherd
and it is full of crap too. The posts on wiki that say the belgian shepherd are the same as a malinois are also full of crap.
We raise and train belgian sheepdogs and I've been to the areas of Europe where these bloodlines come from. The Belgian Shepherd, the German Shepherd, and the Belgian sheepdogs are all distinctly different dogs than the Malinois.
This is what Belgian shepherds look like.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Shepherd Sorry, next batter.