Dear Malinois Enthusiasts,
We hope you find our
web page informative and helpful in obtaining information on
this wonderful breed. Whether you already own a Malinois or are
looking into the purchase of one please feel free to contact us
with any questions you might have.
Our breeding goal has always been to produce quality
working dogs. Malinois are used by the French police and
Army, as well as being a popular sport dog for French Ring
Sport, Pistage (Tracking), Schutzhund, Agility, and Herding.
They are also used as Search and Rescue dogs, Therapy dogs and
are enjoyed especially for their companionship, loyalty,
trainability, and protective nature.
Our dogs are from the best working
lines from France and Belgium. Ron and I were the proud
owners of CH.Duc du
Creux Thatcher who is easily one of the most beautiful
and most highly titled working dogs to ever be imported to the
States. Additionally he has a spectacular working pedigree
and is an excellent producer of both working drives, stability
and excellent structure. Duc passed away on Monday, November 19,
2001. Our female, Int/Mex CH. Jessy du Domaine la
Rocheliere is French Ring II. Jessy is owner trained and
titled in French Ring Sport. She is a pretty female with
excellent temperament and trainability (Jessy photo at
bottom of page & top left on podium, 1st place FRII Chicago
trial). We have sold dogs for police work, Search &
Rescue, Schutzhund, French Ring Sport, Agility, Herding,
Obedience, Tracking, Family companion and Protection work.
We raise 1-3 litters of Malinois per year so it is important to contact us early as normally many of our puppies are reserved in advance. We extensively socialize our puppies with the help of friends and their children and expose them to cats, other dogs and different surroundings. Also, starting at a young age, they play puppy bite work and retrieve games with various people and during a lot of distractions (dogs being worked, barking dogs, gun-shots, clatter stick and with groups of people). I feel that it is important to be around the puppies from birth until they go to their new homes and feel that it is necessary to be at home with them. If I worked a job that required me to leave the home for long hours most days then we would never consider breeding the dogs.
We suggest when considering purchasing from any breeder to always *ask for references, *visit or have a friend visit the kennel to see how the dogs are raised and what training is actually done with them. There are many breeders that house their dogs in small runs or crates most of the day and are home rarely to even look in on the dogs and puppies. Please do your research before purchasing a puppy or dog from anyone over the Internet and be sure they can back up what they say and be sure that the dogs and puppies are raised in good conditions. Do not believe photos or videos because these can be done at a different location and/or years before. The Malinois are our passion (hobby) that my husband and I cherish. We are 100% dedicated and make the sacrifices necessary so that I can stay home with our beloved dogs and raise and train them. We are involved in the Belgian Malinois Rescue effort and have rescued over 10 dogs and puppies in the past year alone. If you want more information on rescue dogs that are available or to be put on a list for a rescue Malinois, please contact me or AMERICAN BELGIAN MALINOIS RESCUE PAGE Note: This link takes you off our page. To get back, hit the <Back> Option in your Internet Browser.
I, work at home and spend the majority of my time with
our dogs that live here. This includes training the dogs
in Protection Sport (Agility, Obedience, Protection) and also
many runs with the dogs during the week when I ride
horseback. We are fortunate to own acreage in a very rural
mountain area in Southern California. The dogs and I are
able to go for miles without encountering fences or another
ranch and there are streams and ponds and many mountain trails
for the dogs to enjoy. Ron has been a certified
French Ring Decoy, MondioRing Decoy, Certified NAPD Decoy and
accomplished training decoy. We train the dogs on our
field in the NVBK (Belgian Ring) style for evaluation
purposes. Our dogs are part of our lifestyle and they go
where we go whenever possible. The dogs come indoors with
us at different times. They also have large cross fenced
"play area" to romp in with each other. Our main emphasis
in breeding Malinois will continue to be to produce agile,
stable dogs with good work ethic (strong drives, energetic)
and healthy and sound structure. We only breed
working pedigreed dogs and most of our breeding stock is Belgian
stock. Our dogs have hip certifications and X-rayed
"normal" elbows and eyes are checked (CERF), OFA Cardiac
certified. We feed mainly natural bones, meat, tripe.
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To See photos and pedigrees of our Belgian Malinios:
Our Girls:
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More Les Ombres Valeureux Malinois:
Cyrrah des Ombres Valeureux, French Ring Brevet (1st Place!) Watch Her Brevet Video (Meagan Karnes, San Diego, CA, Training in French Ring) Breeze des Ombres Valeureux, French Ring Brevet, AKC pointed Elizabeth McCartney, Lakewood, CA) - training in Ring - Extreme Ring Dogs Brix des Ombres Valeureux (Christa Kennedy, Rancho Cucamunga, CA) - personal protection Blitz des Ombres Valeureux - French Ring I (High in Trials) (owned by Dean Porterfield, Anaheim, CA) - training in French Ring-Extreme Ring Dogs Benz des Ombres Valeureux - Police K9 Alabama B'Drogo des Ombres Valeureux, SchH III (owned by Cecil Terry, SoCal) - High in Protection & 1st Place SchHII DVG Regionals & Multiple High in Protection Awards, Competing at DVG nationals 2009 "Voodoo" Borly des Ombres Valeureux (Police K9, Macomb Police Dept, IL - retired - owned by Sweet Davis www.capk9.com ) Bogan des Ombres Valereureux, MR II, French Ring II (Steve Garvin, Long Beach, CA) - training in Ring Sport-Extreme Ring Dogs "Brasco" Blaster des Ombres Valeureux (Sandy Buelna, Texas) - Brasco is deceased "Slade" Ayden des Ombres Valeureux, Police K9 (Tulare Sheriff, Police K9) Sire: Oslo and Dam: Orly Paco des Ombres Valeureux, SchH III, IPO III (Carla van Duyvenbode - Virginia Beach, VA) - Paco now deceased Nicodemus des Ombres Valeureux, SchH/IPO III, 2004 DVG Champion (owned by Diane Wray, CO) CH.Roadie des Ombres Valeureux, FRII, SchH III, PSA III (Steve Garvin, Long Beach, CA) *More Pages:
Upcoming Litters of Malinois & Puppy Availability
Dogs For
Sale (Titled & Working Imports) & Dogs For
Adoption
 CH.Duc,
FRIII, CH.Work and Ron Skinner |
 CH.Jessy, FRII and Debbie Skinner |
Reference Dogs-(Dogs Owned In the Past or Retired)
Saida du Bois de VermontCH.Duc du Creux Thatcher, FRIII Sel, Campagne Championships
Oslo du Calvaire Aux Acacias, French Import Ring III
Rindy aka "Timy" aka "Scorpion"
Yelo du Boscaille (Duel K9)
"Strike" Stike des Prairies D'Amandel (police K9)
Thalys de la Piece de L'Assaut
Contact Ron & Debbie Skinner:All pictures and text are the property of Les Ombres Valeureux, Ron and Debbie Skinner of Aguanga, California