New member here

[Andyroo81890]

Hello my name is Andrew and I live with my 1 year old dog (son) Bentley, or Fenton when he is in trouble. I'm 22 and live in California. Not much else to say but I really like this forum

[felixone123]

hello - is Bentley a dutch?

[Sugars Mom]

Welcome to the forum!

or Fenton when he is in trouble.

Does that have anything to do with a you tube video where a dog runs after some deer while the owner yells "Fenton!!!!!" in vain?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtB1HQt6ak8

[Andyroo81890]

Lol that is exactly why he is called Fenton. I wasn't sure anyone would get that

[Andyroo81890]

heres the crazy pup

[vneerland]

Welcome Andrew and Bently.

[leih merigian]

Welcome!

[Andyroo81890]

Doerak leih does your dog look mostly black until in the sunlight and then the gold really shows? I was looking at old posts trying to figure out if bentley has any ds and i came across doerak and in a few pictures bentley looked identical. Let me know what you think

[vneerland]

I for one cannot seem to see (enough) in the pic of Bentley. He looks like a black KNPV malinois in the picture you posted above. But I cannot seem to enlarge it, so I am not sure if there is brindle or not.

[Andyroo81890]

There definitely is brindle but what does knpv malinois mean?

[vneerland]

KNPV stand for Koninklijke Nederlandse Poltiehond Vereniging. Known over here as Royal Dutch Police dog association. Their members train dogs with the goal of becoming police K9s. Their members also breed dogs, with the goal of workability, mostly not selecting for looks, or even per se breed.
There has been a Groenendaeler (Belgian sheepdog) in the 70's who won the KNPV nationals. After that, many bred their malinois females to this stud. (named Andor van de IJsselvloed) Since short hair is dominant over long hair, (most) all his pups came out with short hair. But also black, since black is dominant over fawn, so most of the pups were black too. Those black shorthaired dogs are referred to as Black malinois. There is also a very rare recessive black malinois possible, born out of two fawn dogs. However, the KNPV malinois is a dominant black and looks a lot like your dog.
I do not see brindle in the pictures you posted, but that, of course, does not mean he isn't. Just that it is not showing on my screen.

[Andyroo81890]

I cant find out how to make it bigger =[

[Andyroo81890]

That is a cool background though. If so, i wonder how he got to sunny california
Not too many dutch or belgians running around over here

[KellaA+dog6]

There are several "breeders" in CA. I know of 3 in the SF bay/ and Central valley just off the top of my head. There are also direct imports for many law enforcement agencies, that may be offered out for breeding by the handler/owner. And some do occasionaly get out and some strange crosses occur.
If you have a Facebook Account, you can look at pictures of Kella ( currently on page 6 of this forums Photo section). You have to be logged on to facebook to view photos now. She has the Black and Color of a GSD, but looks Black in most lights. The color includes some areas that are sort of brindle looking, and the rest, especially the legs, are a color mixed in with lots of black. The black and color also tends to start out darker, then lightens up (drops some of the black) with age.

[Andyroo81890]

Bentley is the same way. He looks black indoors and kind of goldish brown in the sunlight. Your dog is a cutie. I'm just glad I found Bentley at the shelter. I want to test him but I've only heard bad things about the tests not being accurate

[LyonsFamily]

Well, Dutch Shepherd won't show up on those tests anyway.

[Andyroo81890]

Then i guess if i really wanted to know then id need a blood test?

[vneerland]

You will not know blood test or not, unless you know the background.
I still don't see brindle in your Bently, not even from the description. My guess is that he is a black mal, but you are, naturally very welcome here, no matter what he is!

[Marjolein]

Welcome

[Andyroo81890]

Well thank you all!