Oh yea them famale Mali's are not to be messed with lol. My buddy was a K9 handler and had a 60 lb female Mali and she would crush ur arm and savagely shake and u would swear its a 90 lbs male Mali destroying ur arm lol. Size really doesnt mean anything when it comes to a Mali.
I would watch the faces of decoys when my Mali would crush their arms and shoulders and u can see the look on their faces like this shits for real lol. Mine likes to thrash as well and wraps his from legs around u and wont let go. He's a beast and when we play and I put on the jacket he crushes down so dam hard I just simply cant slip it at times. He doesnt care that its his master lol he likes to play freaking rough!
But as far as bite work goes I have never "Outted" my Mali one time. Never once. I choke him off every single time. Its quick, a simple pop under the neck but in his mind he will never get the "Out" command. But he knows the out command perfect. It just makes his bite that much stronger cause he's not anticipating getting shocked by the E-collar.
Some times in protection dog training or Police K9 training the program is so consious of getting sued because the dog would not come off which makes me lol literally cause in my 25 years in LE and working with our K9 unit I have NEVER once seen a K9 dog "Release" after given the "Out" command with a real bite. NEVER! When a K9 is training to "Out" too early in their lives they develop what we call the "Sewing machine biter" and they just dont clamp down cause they are anticipating the "Out" or "Release" command so its just poor training.
Under stress where the dog is tasting blood, sweat and can sense the Fearmones coming from the person getting bit they go into instictive mode and survival mode and they have to be choked off anyway. U cant practice "Real" lol. Although the New Jersey State Police like to wrap duct tape around their arms and take hits from their K9's to make the experience as real as possible so their is very little to no padding. They have an incredible K9 program!
Every dog is different obviuously and in training to get certified as a Police Dog he/she has to be able to "Out" from the bite but some can just do it easier than others in "Training". In real life Ive never seen one that didnt have to be choked out and ive seen at least 50 people bitten by Police Dogs. I worked in one of the most violent cites in America it was a "Target rich" environment lol.
Yeah they are absolute powerhouses of a dogs. Mine is not aggressive either, but I love how you said “But he will not be dominated EVER.” Haha.
I have 2 dogs, both females, both in the 70 +/- 5lbs range. The mally and a pittie. The pittie is spayed while the mally is unspayed. The pittie gets mounted every time we’re at the dog park because her personality is so submissive. The mally, who is UNspayed, doesn’t even have any boys approaching her because her presence is so dom. And the few that have ever made the mistake of trying - she showed them who’s boss and they didn’t try again.
funny little paradox, the unspayed dog getting less action than the spayed one haha