Our Chinese rescue is overwhelmingly border collie/Belgian shepherd (a couple of % 'other', but breeds didn't show in the DNA test). She is not ball-obsessed, which may have summat to do with spending her first couple of years in Hong Kong, not being allowed off-lead anywhere. But she will play with it on occasion, just for a couple of minutes.
She has always guarded, and will bark the house down if anyone new comes in, or comes to the door, or a bird lands in a tree down the street. She is almost 10 now, generally a very chill pup, a bit reticent with most other dogs, but when she chooses to play with them, she'll run around like she's a year old. She is, obviously, the best dog in the world.
Don't know much about malamutes and what that breed would bring to the mix.
Our Chinese rescue is overwhelmingly border collie/Belgian shepherd (a couple of % 'other', but breeds didn't show in the DNA test). She is not ball-obsessed, which may have summat to do with spending her first couple of years in Hong Kong, not being allowed off-lead anywhere. But she will play with it on occasion, just for a couple of minutes.
She has always guarded, and will bark the house down if anyone new comes in, or comes to the door, or a bird lands in a tree down the street. She is almost 10 now, generally a very chill pup, a bit reticent with most other dogs, but when she chooses to play with them, she'll run around like she's a year old. She is, obviously, the best dog in the world.
Don't know much about malamutes and what that breed would bring to the mix.