Thank you!
Zephan was actually #2 of the Mals I got. I first had Alexa, who was also GSD/Mal.
I had lost my male GSD to cancer beginning of 2013, and was looking for another GSD male at the GSD rescue I got him from. They didn't have any available, but they had a "blonde GSD" female that they said was mellow (yeah right). When I went to meet her, I said, "uh, she's got Malinois in her.." they said "are you sure??" Um, yeah. LOL
She was the start to my love for Malinos. I had her for three years, and she had some serious behavior issues, some that could not be fixed (likely due to poor genetics, and I ended up having to put her down.
I got Z when I still had Alexa. I hadn't realized the stress she put on the others (I also had a female GSD/Lab) until after Alexa was gone. It was heartbreaking to realize.
Neci's breeder gives the impression she's a "working breeder", but I later discovered she had been booted from the only FR club in the state, she later started a FR club, which she later got booted from as well.
I was tunnel visioned with the health testing and her portrayal of being active in FR, I didn't realize her BS until later. Live and learn though right?
Mal's are a popular breed now, there are more and more byb's out there.
Rescues are overflowing with Mal's. If you are ever serious, the two rescues I mainly support are Woof Project Rescue (west coast, BC Canada to southern CA) and Malinois Ranch Rescue (TN). MRR can help arrange transport, if you want to adopt from them.
A lot of byb's are watering down the breed, so you'd be surprised at how many are not as high drive as the breed is supposed to be.
A good rescue will fit you with the right temperament. (So will a good breeder).
With Mal's being popular, many get them because they're "cool" and they want a "badass protection dog", but they don't realize the many hours of training that goes into them because of their drive, and they end up ditching them.
The off switch is mostly a training thing. Some dogs are always "on", but many can be taught to chill. Anyone who tells you otherwise is full of it. LOL
Agility is a lot of fun, and a couple of mine LOVE it! I will never trial though, I cannot run, and I am horrible about remembering patterns LOL (18 years of multi-tasking has ruined my short term memory Haha) I got into agility because the trainer for barn hunt got hurt and was out for a while. I had to do something to keep my heathens busy. LOL
Bitework/protection sports are a lot of fun, but you have to have the right temperament in your dog. It's also super important to have a good trainer and decoy/helper.
nahhh!! I haven’t eaten either of those in forever actually! Though I do love Mac and cheese. Ramen not so much. My only meal today (at around 5, 5:30pm mind you) was grilled cheese that I had to microwave when it got cold, a couple bites of black beans (was gonna eat it for protein but was too salty) and a couple bites of peanut butter when the beans were making me sick. Oh and I put protein powder in my tea which btw was pumpkin spice caffeinated with milk and sugar. Oh and I did actually also sauté some yellow bell pepper, onion, and garlic so yay veggies 
and about the breeder deception thing. :/ but she sounds like a sweet dog anyway. 
can she do any bitework at all? I’ve heard that even some softer dogs still can cause they work in prey drive and think of it as a giant game??? But maybe that wouldn’t work for FR since I imagine defense is more needed there than the other sports. 
