Belgian Malinois Black Mask

Mask measures 7 wide x 4 5 tall excluding ear loops.

Belgian malinois black mask. What material is this item made of. A strict minimum of six points of skin pigmentation is called for. The laekenois finally is curlycoated and comes as reddish. Malinois is shortcoated and comes in the same colours as the tervueren.

The malinois is one of four types of existing belgian banks the others being the groenendael long haired black the laekenois and the tervueren. The two ears the two upper eyelids and the two lips upper and lower which must be black. 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. Black and long coat.

Four varieties of the breed exist sharing the same physical attributes and alluded only by coat and colour groenendael. Sheepdogs of this type date back in belgium to the middle ages. Sublimated layers of polyester cotton and spandex with a black contrast border. Long coated and seen in red fawn or grey often with a black mask and overlay.

Due to its history as a working dog i e being bred for function over form the malinois can vary greatly in appearance. Fawn or grey always with a black mask with differing amounts of the groenendael is longcoated and always black. The colour tends to be lighter with less black agouti or overlay on the dog s underside breeching and inner leg.