German Shepherd or Belgian Malinois

Thanks for bringing up the old post Noah. While my first two hopefully hog dogs will be hitting the woods soon as deer season is over, I still think about this subject. Since I am just getting started I am going with some curs until I learn about and figure out what I want and need in a dog. But a few years down the road I would like to try a cross with a mal.

I do think it is a crap shoot though and probably would take several breedings to get what is needed, but thats true with a lot of proven hunting breeds as well, correct? But if I could get the brain, drive, nose and bite out of a mal, along with the hunt, drive, nose and brains out of a cur; I think it would make a kick a$$ dog.

And it would definitely take the right dog to make the cross. Your backyard bred dog aint gonna get it done. People who are serious about their GSDs or Mals cull every bit as hard hunters do to get what they want.I am not as knowledgeable in the Malinois blood as I am the GSD's. But if crossed with a GSD it would definitely have to be out of some old Czech blood for me. Either dog, I wouldnt look for so much a breeder who breeds for schutzhund, but rather a breeder who breeds specifically for police K9 or personal protection dogs. Like someone said a lot of the ring sport dogs never take a real beating, but I have seen some protection dogs take some good beatings and it only seemed to turn them on more.