Hurricane and Jordan

[kpete]

The public now knows a little more about the White House K-9 guard dogs that helped subdue the latest White House fence jumper Wednesday night. The Secret Service tweeted out photos and Twitter-length bios of Hurricane and Jordan, both Belgian Malinois dogs.

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USSS K-9 Hurricane - black Belgian Malinois, brown eyes, age 6, enjoys playing with his Kong toy, ready to work
1:12 PM - 23 Oct 2014

https://twitter.com/SecretService/status/525379371029508096

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USSS K-9 Jordan - black/tan Belgian Malinois, brown eyes, age 5, enjoys walks around White House, ready to work
1:09 PM - 23 Oct 2014

https://twitter.com/SecretService/status/525378389658841089

[Blue_Tires]

1. big black noses!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

3. I wonder if dogs wonder

Why we love their noses so much?

[Blue_Tires]

7. Mine probably does

I always touch it -- Sometimes it's warm and leathery, other times it cold, wet and shiny like a black ice cube!

I have the same fascination with dog noses at 38 that I did when I was just 10 (To this day I still call all dogs "noses&quot ...A writer in some book once called dog noses "Mother Nature's perfect invention", and I'm inclined to agree...

[moondust]

2. Heroes.

[Botany]

4. Sorry I didn't notice that you ahd already posted about Jordan and Hurricane

[calimary]

5. Both Belgian Malinois! Okay. GOOD. Belgian Malinois do NOT mess around.

I read that more police departments in Europe are using Belgian Malinois than German Shepherds. This is an absolute-serious no-bullshit business dog. They do NOT mess around. I'd want a phalanx of 'em around this President - against whom there's been at least a 300% increase in threats.

[Blue_Tires]

6. What's supposed to be the difference between the two breeds?

[calimary]

8. There are evidently several types of Belgian Shepherd dogs.

The Malinois is one of them.

http://www.akc.org/breeds/belgian_malinois/index.cfm

They're neat! But they're all business. We used to have one a long time ago - that looked like Jordan in the photo above. Miss him still, but MAN he was a handful!