Ranting about stupid dog ownership

[PamNY]

As an aside -- I don't know one cop who likes the Malinois. They call them "mayonnaise dogs" because they are hard to warm up to.

Interesting -- I saw an explosive-sniffing demo with a Malinois and the guy raved about his dog (but it was a public presentation, so of course he did). I do notice the police here still have GSDs, but had heard they are going out of favor as you said

I can't determine any preferred breed among the dogs that sniff for explosives. They are handled by private contractors, not police. There's such a variety of dogs, and I've wanted to ask the handlers, but usually have my dog with me when I see them, so I can't.

[teigyr]

It's difficult to show his size unless you realize that what he's standing on is about 2.5' long. He's a good boy but he knows his size (ie when he wants food in the morning he knows that sitting on my chest and staring at my face will usually get me up) and he's been known to accidentally hurt us