The Belgian Mals that our military uses (and perhaps the dogs they’re talking about in the article) are from Belgium. They have a much sharper temperment than the Amercian bred Mals. I’ve been told by a military dog training consultant that the Belgian bred Mals favorite thing to do is bite; that’s what they’re bred for and if they don’t do that they’re basically cut from the military program (probably put down because they don’t have the temperment for “normal” homes, but that’s just my guess) and certainly not included in further breeding. The Belgian bred Mals are NOT family dogs.
Interesting.
Both my Mals had an import Male parent from Belgium, and neither of them ever bit anyone, but my male could do a very good Cujo imitation when strangers came to our front door.
He would stop as soon as I told him to.