A qucik note A quick note** Misha is a a malinois dog. She is around 1 year and 2 months old. My father brought her from a local kennel on 1st January this year. My first impresson on her is not very good. We used to have a German shepherd. He was tall and strong. Misha is totally different. She is small and skinny. When I first come home to see her with my father, I was worreid that she might jump and bark to me but she didn't. Over the last two weeks, I gradually found she was so well trained before. She listens to us knows some simple instructions. She can sit down, get down. She also can put her two forearmns up and sit up straight. She is a good jumper and can catch balls and bring them back to me. But she doesn't know how to handshake which I have taught her for a while. The only problem at least we think she has is she is too quiet and never barks. I was wondering if she is dumb but apparently she is not. I saw her showing her anger to other dogs and making sound from her throat. There was one time my family walked her on a ground where I met two little malinois dogs. These two little dogs kept barking at Misha. Misha ignored them and was staring at a flying basketball. Their master told us the dogs who get trained do not bark to anyone without instruction from their masters. Nevertheless we failed to make her bark. My father still wants to get another dog and send this back because Misha doesn't bark. :(