What a dote! Very easy to train and especially so if play/food focused.
Yeah sorry but that's youtube bullshit which only applies to puppies.
The only way I could get the previous one to release his football was by getting another football and kicking it away, trust me I tried all the youtube bullshit that was the only way non violent way to go.
I could have used a noose and pulled it cutting off the airflow/electronic zapper which would get him to release the football promptly.
That's now how I like to work.
It'd taken over a year of doing that, daily training, and shouting at him before he succumbed and understood the command but only when he was drained of all excessive energy.
He once even bitten me in the head just trying to grab the ball, totally good quality that one. I could explain why there were some people who once saw him at it's best did a u'ie if they spotted me and him at 200 yards. Life's too short.
It'd taken three months of treat training for him to understand stay, sit, lay down command that one was easy.
He was three years old when I got him. Got him from a so called 'I train police dogs for the Miami police' idiot.
Luckily he was never maltreated just never properly trained.
Once they're a bit older I find them hard to train because they're so hyper.
A malinois is like a labrador on coke and boozed up.
Not a fan, they have no facial expression.
They most certainly do, getting one to show their expression is another matter as they're so hyper and just want to go and sniff stuff out or go and kill things.
Once they reach a certain age they reach a new level of understanding/appreciation of their owner which is why I was totally gutted they killed the last one.
He would be submissive and lay on his back every day for me just for cuddles.
Just ask I can post pictures of facial expressions of the previous one.