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    Alert:
    In August 2020, BBB was notified that Ruidoso Malinois has no association with Brave Belgian Malinois. Ruidoso Malinois also notified BBB that Brave Belgian Malinois is using testimonials and biography data belonging to their local business.

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    5/5stars

    Average of 2 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    1 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Overview

    This company's business is Pet Breeding Services-Belgian Malinois Breeder

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    PO Box 1781, Capitan, NM 88316-1781
    BBB File Opened:
    1/6/2012
    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
    Business Management
    • Ms. Irene Howcroft, Owner
    Contact Information

    Customer Contact

    • Ms. Irene Howcroft, Owner
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    Customer Complaints

    1 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    11/28/2023

    Complaint Type:
    Customer Service Issues
    Status:
    Resolved
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    Customer Reviews

    2 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

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    5 stars

    09/12/2021

    I am in love. There is no other explanation for it and its all Ruidoso Malinois fault. They trained the most amazing and loving dog I have ever met. ****** a male Belgian Malinois, was heaven sent for me. ***** is dual use- he is trained as a service dog for me as well as personal protection. Hes equal parts chill partner at my feet monitoring my health and wellbeing for my affliction while I write inside and strong protector of me and my family outside. Let me tell you how this love affair started. I began speaking to *****, the owner of Ruidoso Malinois, five years ago because my girlfriend at the time had a stalker. I also told her that my doctor had recommended that I consider a service dog as my affliction was getting worse as I got older. I wasnt ready for the dog at the time but we began communicating and I explained that I lived an unusual life I am a filmmaker and I travel a lot, mostly overseas. ***** explained that this was not a problem. Last year, I told her I was ready for a dog and she explained that she had the perfect dog for me. After some fits and starts, I was finally ready to meet my dog this fall. ***** sent extensive material on diet and dog products to read. I went to ********** to meet and work with *****. It takes about a week to work with your dog before you understand the entire gamut of its training. Ruidoso Malinois is one of the worlds leaders in training Mals. They are spectacular and have deep, granular knowledge of what makes a successful dog for people from years of working with and the training of Malinois dogs and thoroughly understanding the specific needs of the clients. Its tough for a woman to be the leader in a traditionally male run community but ***** is strong and yet leads her team with intelligence and elan. She has a psychology background which I am sure she leveraged to fully understand me which, in turn, ensured that the dog she trained for me was exactly the one I needed. Day one, I met ***** and his skills were demonstrated for me. It was impressive. I returned in the afternoon and had my first session working my dog. ***** looked directly into my eyes and l knew he would be perfect. He is amazingly affectionate and we were a pair immediately. I took him back to my airbnb that night and he slept like a log on his dog bed. The team recommends you bring his crate with you but ***** was happy and comfortable to sleep on the dog bed that I brought with me. For the next four days, I had two sessions a day learning to work with *****. ***** is highly trained and it was important to spend as much time with the team so I could learn and be comfortable handling ***** with confidence and ease. Tuesday was advanced obedience, working step by step on sit, stay, lay down, come, break, etc. Then to understand the service dog cues. The team builds your confidence step by step so by Tuesday, I felt comfortable with ***** in all sorts of obedience requirements. ***** is amazingly obedient and wants to perform for me. He loves to play and be affectionate and yet is capable of handling serious situations. A protection dog is particularly complex and the rest of the week was working with the team and ***** so I became at ease with the protection elements. There are two sessions a day. Wednesday I worked both sessions on the protection skills. Thursday was really a day to learn how to evade confrontations. This is important because not every threat is going to come for you. Sometimes a warning is enough to keep bad people at bay or maybe they were actually not a threat to begin with. Friday was redoing the protection techniques as well as learning about how to use the dog when there are two suspects or a carjacking. ***** is completely at ease with my living situation and the rest of the people in my household. I return to Paris this year to shoot a film and ***** will be joining me the entire way. (***** came fully prepared with all his shots, proof of vet visits, and chipped ready for a year or two of international travel at my side.) Thank you Ruidoso Malinois for the friend I never thought I needed and for the one I now cannot live without.

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