So about a month ago I rescued 8 month old, very skinny, long legged girl from local shelter, they didn't tell me anything about her except the fact that she was adopted and brought back after few days. As time started passing by and I started to get to know her more I noticed that she has a lot of belgian personality traits, and also that long legs. When I got her she was abou 50cm tall and only 11kg, now she is healthier at 12,3kg and started bilding some muscle ang growing a bit taller. I wondered what mix could she be and then found instagram page of a tervuren girl with same colored coat and started doing some research. As i found out, my girl fits the breed standard perfectly except the skape of her hed and ears, and her overall size but her proportions, personality, drive and instincts are spot on. Right now I cant afford Embark breed test but I think that opinions of people who actually one them could give me a little bit more clarity. In my area there are a lot of malinos in shelters and on the street but I never saw a tervuren, or maybe I did but didn't recognize them.

Ps: English is not my first language so sorry for grammar mistakes.

She is 3 months old, weights 14 pounds and is 15.75 inches at the withers.

Is she small for a groen?

2 dogs looking awesome, and a man showing a dog in a dog show

Please de-influence me from Belgain Shepherds! I absolutely love the look of Tervurens and Groenendaels. AKC says that their temperament is extremely similar to the German Shepherd. From my own research, they are much more sensitive and higher energy than the typical show line German Shepherd. I am just doing research on breeds, not actually interested in getting any dog anytime soon, but I do currently own a German Shepherd (adopted, do not know tne line)

Caught the tail end of her zooms. This is my best friend Tseena

Is he a malinois? malinois x? im sort of confused due to the research Ive done. He's 15 weeks.

So this is a kitten Ares found left to die in a bucket, as a newborn (with his sister) on a morning walk. The kitten was really scared of ares for a long time, survival instincts etc now he's always trying to get into Ares skin. And Ares just tolerates it all so good. I have 6 cats (all rescues) and all of them see Ares as thier protector and heated blanket. They go in the yard w him and if he barks they all book it for the inside. Otherwise they all just hang out in the garden chasing bugs.

I adopted this sweet girl from a shelter three months ago. She was listed as a German shepherd mix, which I didn’t think to question as I was not searching for a specific breed.

I’ve been approached several times by people insisting she is a tervuren. I had not even heard of this breed 🫣 but after researching I admit she resembles one more than a gsd imho.

So, I thought I’d ask the community! Any strong feelings about this? It seems odd that a terv (esp a purebred) would be at a shelter as they seem somewhat rare?

Hello all!

I am starting a personal project that involves historical documentation of the Belgian Shepherds and their original purpose.

I was wondering if anybody knows of owners or breeders of any of the varieties that live in Europe and whose dogs work day to day on sheep or cattle? Not looking for sporters or people who only train to compete– I'm wanting to speak about distinct working dogs.

Thank you!

(Picture of my two for tax!)

*Obviously fine if they are "full time working dogs" AND do sports/conformation!

Does your Tervs ears always stay up? Or do they go down as well? All the pics Ive seen posted, their ears are always up. My girls ears do both, I was just curious if this is a natural breed thing, or if people tape their ears up as puppies to keep them in the up position.

I got an 8 week old female Terv puppy last week Thursday. My first time with the breed (previous dog was a White Swiss Shep), and the first time I'm using a crate, so I want to make sure I get it right.

She's very comfortable in the crate - she'll happily go in herself to fetch a toy or to wind down, but she usually ends up sleeping under my desk at my feet. I don't force her to sleep in the crate.

Questions:

* She chews everything, including the floor, mirrors and her crate. I assume that's normal? She has access to healthier chew toys in the crate as well, it is mostly a matter of mouthing whatever is in reach. My previous dog did the same, but crate wasn't part of the equation.

* The first few days I had her she easily self-regulated and went to sleep. Now (5 days later) she needs more crate time and takes longer to sleep. I assume that's because she was stressed and traumatized by the strange environment the first few days; now that she's comfortable in the environment FOMO kicks in and she wants to stay awake to enjoy every moment?

This is Gremlin. He's 9 months old. He looks normal/healthy most of the time, until he gets wet, and then he looks like this. Getting a tiny bit worried. Isn't he meant to be developing a little muscle and/or filling out soon? 😅

That went fast! He’s such a great dog.