Typical temperament of CsWs

[jefta]

Originally Posted by z Peronówki

You can call them "malinois" but exactly this body made them so famous. And exctly because they were changed later to be a "parody" of the original they also lost their abilities to work as they were working before...

not only body make them famous. First of all behavior. Strong selection without evasion: extremly shy because of bad socialisation, no drive becuse..., no good results in working test because, ...
lakenois, tervueren, groenendael have identical build and often common close ancestors but they are not so good. the are selected for nice coat not behavior

[z Peronówki]

Originally Posted by jefta

not only body make them famous. First of all behavior. Strong selection without evasion: extremly shy because of bad socialisation, no drive becuse..., no good results in working test because, ...
lakenois, tervueren, groenendael have identical build and often common close ancestors but they are not so good. the are selected for nice coat not behavior

Yes, I agree... But if you put malinois into the "coat" of neapolitan mastiff then not even the great character will help them. They will never be good working dogs...