Belgian Malinois Black Mask

Due to its history as a working dog i e being bred for function over form the malinois can vary greatly in appearance.

Belgian malinois black mask. Malinois is shortcoated and comes in the same colours as the tervueren. The laekenois finally is curlycoated and comes as reddish. Fawn or grey always with a black mask with differing amounts of the groenendael is longcoated and always black. Long coated and seen in red fawn or grey often with a black mask and overlay.

In addition to belgian malinois designs you can explore the marketplace for belgian malinois apparel belgian malinois mom and malinois designs sold by independent artists. A strict minimum of six points of skin pigmentation is called for. Sheepdogs of this type date back in belgium to the middle ages. For tervueren and malinois the mask must be very pronounced and tend to encompass the top and bottom lip the corners of the lips and the eyelids in one single black zone.

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. Four varieties of the breed exist sharing the same physical attributes and alluded only by coat and colour groenendael. What material is this item made of. Sublimated layers of polyester cotton and spandex with a black contrast border.

Mask measures 7 wide x 4 5 tall excluding ear loops. With a dense short coat and with the same colourings as the tervueren. The two ears the two upper eyelids and the two lips upper and lower which must be black.