I tried to adopt a Belgian Malinois last year from the Humane Society but they said this particular one would be a bad choice around small children, because it had been rather severely police-trained. So I got a Husky-Shepherd mix instead.
Well, you have to listen to the "experts". My experience has been with Belgians who have been socialized to small children as puppies.
That said, I would never trust any dog around small children. In my opinion, this is a bad mix, because small children just do not understand the differences between a dog and a stuffed animal.
Properly trained, and supervised, a good Belgian would make the adjustment very quickly, because they are very smart, quick to pick up on your desires, and not all that hard to "re-train".
Because they are so smart, they really aren't appropriate dogs for fools, and humans societies are smart to be careful about placement, in my humble opinion.
I just lost the cable modem network for about ten minutes.
This may be my last post for awhile.
Strong winds from the North. Light rain.
Benji is scared sh!tless.
I have beer, so I'm cool.