Oh boy, you've had the best of the dog world! Dachies and now Belgian Malinois! Alas, it's true that my dachsies only come when called, when they think it's their idea...(I have food, or treats.) I was busy typing last night and my daughter came in and said, Look behind you! The gang had torn the stuffing out of a large pillow, quietly, right there on 'our' bed. No shame, either. I'm fascinated by the thought of a really, really sensitive dog. Dachsies are sensitive, as you know, if yelled at or spanked, even a tiny swat. I had greyhounds for some years, and they were sensitive characters. Not even a tiny swat allowed. I suspect a former trainer of at least one grey I had, had used a cattle prod on her. Horrible thought.
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Hey, forget calling dachsies with treats if they smell a rabbit. They do have a ranking system, you know... and rabbits are higher up than any treats we might provide.
Malinois are very cued in to what matters to you, while Dachsies are much more independant. My male dachsie would "tip-toe" past me on rainy days so he could "pee" on the stair landing, rather than get "it" wet outside... really was kinda funny when you saw him trying to pull it off.
My Malinois would rather die than pee in the house. And, all they need to see is a frown on your face to try to figure out how to please you. They are the easiest dogs in the whole wide workd to train... so easy that it isn't a good idea to take them to "dog classes"... for they learn by watching! We do not need to expose them to other dogs being clueless.
All it takes to teach a Malinois something is five minutes. They are that quick, but the downside is trhat they get very bored, and long training sessions just do not work for them. If you push the training session too long, they start to goof off. Not at all like dachsies, where it takes forever to get it into that hard little head that it is your way, not their way.
Anyway, to keep this thread-related, I will bet that Malinois are in the dog group they are trying to get into Aruba, and they know better than to put these dogs in cargo. I would NEVER do that to one of my Belgians, for it would totally mess up their heads. These dogs need to be close to their "beloved" humans at all times.
I guarantee you, that if they are using Belgians, the owner/handlers are very used to having these dogs "velcroed" to their hip at all times, even in the bathroom. Both of mine follow me everywhere, including there, ansd watch with worried eyes until I have completed my mission.