When you hear a handler say they want an "edgy" dog, what they mean is they like or want a dog that likes to bite. That would be a malinois.
When I'm handling or training a dog I want control and a nice dog not a loaded revolver with a mind of it's own. Bite dogs do not have to be anti social crazy animals.
The answer to this is simple. Put the dog down now.
By the way, a bunch of dogs is not a herd it is a pack. So much for the K-9 knowledge of this writer.
Kill the canine.
“When I’m handling or training a dog I want control and a nice dog not a loaded revolver with a mind of it’s own.”
I love LE’s attitude about their animals vs ours. If ours even looks at a cop, it is a rabid killer than must be stopped instantly. Even if squirrels laugh at his bark.
While their animal can be a proven danger. LE does not belong using attack trained animals of any kind. It is always as you say “A loaded revolver with a mind of its own.” And it is an aggressive mind.
Nothing is like a pit-bull-bulldog type dog. They have not just the aggression but the tenacity. The sheer will to hang on no matter what.
Malinois may be hyper but as even this story shows, a pregnant woman could stop him.
Don’t criticize the words; this is a Scandinavian story, so translation - even the usage - may be different.
As to this story, I would not be averse to putting down the dog.
Malinois are almost as useless as pit bulls.. The are smarter than pits and the choice of many LE dog handlers. I do not like them or their attitude about life.
When you hear a handler say they want an “edgy” dog, what they mean is they like or want a dog that likes to bite. That would be a malinois.
When I’m handling or training a dog I want control and a nice dog not a loaded revolver with a mind of it’s own. Bite dogs do not have to be anti social crazy animals.
This is true, and the vast majority of malinois are at least as social as a german shepherd, IMO more social. I have a good friend who trains dogs at the top level (special forces, seals, etc), he will tell you that the social dogs are normally more confident, don’t feel threatened, and trust me that his dogs are tough as nails biters when needed.
I have a malinois myself, she is as safe as a beagle with kids, very definitely will bite and hold if commanded. In my experience they are less likely to bite without a command than a GS, you don’t want the dog making the decisions about whether to bite or not, liking to bite has nothing to do with doing it on their own, that’s training and control.
Good handlers don’t want a dog of any breed that isn’t social, it is at best a giant pain in the posterior.