Our Canine Family Members

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Originally Posted by Shelby

Your malteses look very well cared for! Good for you! As a groomer I see alot in deplorable conditions.. matted to the skin and when I shave it off there's sores underneath and often pokey things stuck in the mats.

They're gorgeous. :D

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Ohhh, amazing, as soon as I saw the pics of the maltese, my first comment was also, "wow, very pretty, and she loves them and brushes them. It must be nice to be her groomer".

They are very pretty. And as always Freya is beautiful!

Is there any possibility Freya could be a Belgian Malinois? I was watching a dog show the other day and out came one of those and my gosh but she could have been Freya's twin (or at least to my inexperienced eye anyways). I did a google image search and some of the pics are incredibly close to her looks, with the lovely dark mask and light solid body color. I know she was a pound puppy but stranger things have happened finding nice purebreds in pounds and all that. Just a thought really....



~~Jo~~

Belgian malinois are a fairly rare breed. I have seen GSDs like Freya before (color-wise, but not so pretty as she is. :P)

They're not really that rare. Many police forces choose to use them over GSD's these days (not really sure why, but most of them here anyway are Malinois).

Really? I hadn't heard that. At the groom shop where I work we get a billion GSD, but no belgian malinois. We had a pair of shiloh shepherds a month ago.. those guys are cool!

Her genetic makeup is a mystery to us. We had to assume some German Shepherd because physically, that's what she looks like. It's only her color that sets her apart. I assume she has to have some other breed mixed in because I just can't imagine someone leaving purebred German Shepherd puppies at the animal shelter. Nevertheless, she's beautiful and sweet, and we love her. If it weren't for all the shedding she does, she would be absolutely perfect.

Well whatever Freya is she's one beautiful girl! As I said I was just sort of set back watching that dog show and seeing a purebred Malanois that looked so much like her.


~~Jo~~

Lots and lots of purebred puppies/dogs are dumped at shelters unfortunately..

But she was quite a catch!

Aw, your doggies are adorable. And they look so well-cared-for and clean. Those are some pups I would not mind letting into my house! :) I hate when people let their dogs get dirty/matted; it is a real issue with me.