Belgian Malinois Colors And Markings

The belgian malinois dog specifically got its beginnings in the city of malines where breeders drew up a standard for their own sheep dogs and then gathered forty dogs who had similar looks and temperaments to be the foundation stock.

Belgian malinois colors and markings. Our belgian malinois are a. The underparts of their body should be lighter fawn. The colour tends to be lighter with less black agouti or overlay on the dog s underside breeching and inner leg. The belgian malinois is a well balanced square dog elegant in appearance with an exceedingly proud carriage of the head and neck.

Belgian malinois have a basic coloring that is rich fawn to mahogany. The tips of the hair should be black to provide an overlay appearance. We bring joy love and happiness to more than 100 families each year with our pups and strive to produce healthier more adorable pups in our breeding program. At first the dogs that were produced had three distinct coat types short long and rough.

These breeders worked hard to refine the breed but their work was. We got our first belgian malinois over 9 years ago and fell in love with the breed. The acceptable colours of pure bred malinois are a base colour fawn to mahogany and tan with a black mask and black ears with some degree of black tipping on the hairs giving an overlay appearance. White markings are also allowed on the tips of the toes and the chest.