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we rescue Belgian malinois dogs to rehabilitate into service dogs for veterans with PTSD. 501c 3 .

08/19/2026

Kalinka my love.I will forever miss you untill the day we reunite.
When i rescued you,i promised to never leave you.
But now you have gone on to heaven.
Thank you for helping me train so many young and fearful dogs.
You were my everything.
You were my ride or die partner.my soul mate.
You passed away in my arms.
Sleep peacefully. No more pain.
Ill see you on the other side.

08/12/2026

Its summer time and hot.
A Belgian Malinois dodent know when to stop.
So as an owner we need to watch the signs of exertion.

07/29/2026

Well here she is folks.
The beautiful blue eyed malinois,husky x.
She is 1 year old and we were contacted to surrender her.
I offered her free training and they came today.
She was a lovely dog.
I went to work teaching the handler and dog leash pressure. And how to turn it off.
Leash handling skills.
Communication skills using markers and voice inflection.
Both are quick learner's.
Ill have them back next week.

07/27/2026

We recieved a call about surrendering a malinois/ husky x.
(Terrible combo imo)
I offered some free training to try to save this puppy from going back to a shelter.

07/25/2026

Human & dog aggressive female.

Today we had a client with a 18 month old female malinois.

The handler has had a male Mal before this female.
The problem thier having is this girl lunges and tries to bite people and dogs.
She has a bite/nip history.
The handler thought having a muzzle on her would be best.
I told him to not put it on untill i met them both.
This is the initial meet and evaluation.
Diagnois.
Her issues are fear based.
The handler dosent quite understand how sensitive she is.
Most mals are sensitive to corrections.
Unfortunately a lot of trainers dont understand that.
She was a joy to work with.
She even let me take the leash and handler.
I built a relationship with her.
This video is just the first 3 minutes.
I have more video.

07/17/2026

Hello and happy Friday tomorrow.
We have another case of someone wanting to surrender a 6 month old puppy.
The puppy was rescued. the rescue told the 70 year old lady.that the puppy was a shepherd crossed with a stafffordshire bull terrier.
I can defintley see the bully part.
I was contacted by her friend trying to find a rescue to take the pup.
So i told her all i can do is help with training.
She talked to the owner and gave her my number.
She called this morning.
Were meeting sunday.
Time to be determined.
Im still waiting to confirm with Stormys handler for session 2.
I will try to get somer video.
The puppy is reactive with other dogs.
Hackles up.meaning hes most likely fearful.

07/13/2026

Hello everyone.
Hoping everyone had a nice weekend.
I posted about a lady who contacted [email protected].
A 501c3 non-profit we run.
She was looking to rehome 3 year old female malinois.
Various reasons including nipping a grand child.
Since we can't take in another female malinois at this time.
I offered to donate my time.to do an assessment and training.to try to turn the situation around.
Well they both came today.
After a a few minutes of diagnois i could tell all of the problems are based in fear.
I was able to handle her after 20 minutes.
No eye contact at first.
Handing some special treats to the owner who gave them to the dog.after 4 or 5 treats from the owner..the subsequent treats came from me.with out eye contact.scratching her under the chin( not over the head) as i delivered the treats.
I built some trust with her.so she would let me work with her.unknown to the owner.
I was able to assure her there was no aggression or bad intent in this beautiful afraid girl.she just needs a good handler and perhaps a confident mentor dog to help her.
So i went right to work.
Teaching the owner how to communicate with the leash and the baby 2.25 mm Herm Sprenger prong collar.
First teaching the dog how to turn off the leash pressure by coming closer.
Night and day difference after a hour.
After working in the parking lot we entered the busy park.
Both the handler and the dog did fantastic.
Im confident were turning this situation around.
Her handler was pretty amazed and happy.
We will meet again next week.to continue the progress

07/11/2026

Hello.
Let me tell you about a beautiful female puppy named Sky.

Today i did a 30 minute consultation with a couple that just adoped a 4 month old belgian malinois pup.
Her neighbor adopted a sibling.
Both dogs came from some rescue ranch in mexico.Baja i assume.
Both dogs were with other dogs while at the rescue.
When she told how afaid both dogs were on a walk.when they saw a dog.even a small dog..even hearing a bark.
So they might have experienced some type of traumatic experience.

Now im making a training plan to build this poor females confidence.
Its going to be very hard.
There are dogs on leash everywhere.
A confident mentor dog can do wonders on building a fearful dogs confidence.
Hopefully she wont have PTSD.
Shes young so her future looks bright to me.

07/09/2026

We get about 10 calls every week from people wanting to surrender thier belgian malinois...
We can't take all of these dogs.
But one thing we can offer is free training.
We've turned these situations arounf before
So meet Stormy.
A 3 year old female..the owner says the dog bit a couple grand children..
I asked "bit" or "nipped".
Big difference in my book.
She replied " nipped".
I offered free training and she said yes.
This sunday at 4 pm.
I will evaluate both dog and handler.
Then i will get to work.
We will turn this around.
I will ask the children be brought in as things progress.
I will keep you posted.

07/05/2026

Miss Merica during the ghetto neighborhood fireworks.
She did much better this year.
No hiding.
A little panting you can see.
She came out of this stronger.

Address

1419 Holly Avenue
San Diego, CA
91932

Telephone

+16192498833

Website

http://www.malinoisrescueofsandiego.com/

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