I’ve only met one Belgian Malinois “in person” and that was a K9 that an AF handler brought to do bomb investigations to an event where President Bush was appearing in 2004. He was a magnificent animal — just awesome. I never use the word awesome, but it is appropriate in this case. My husband and I were providing civilian “security” for the event. We were there early and had ample time to watch the AF lady and her dog patrol the perimeter.
They visited us as guests at a Kiwanis breakfast meeting a couple months ago. Beautiful dog. But Emilie said we shouldn't touch or move too overtly toward her or another person. "That's something you don't want to do". He's trained for drugs interdiction, but he's also prepared to defend.