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Coordinator: Chris Wood (2024 coordinators were Brandy Whiddon & Chris Wood)

Kali, meaning “time,” will be celebrating her 2nd birthday on 02/24/2026. If you know your Lunar New Year calendar, you realize she was born in the Year of the Dragon! ABMR was contacted to help her litter, and there are 7 of them who came into rescue in summer 2024. Through no fault of her own, Kali has been returned to rescue, and she is now looking for her forever home. As a good dragon, Kali is intelligent, powerful, energetic, and a born leader. Her confidence continues to emerge.

She is a gentle shadow who energetically chases her ball , but once she’s had enough, there is a good off switch. Kali, being intelligent, knows her human should never be too far away, so she is a fantastic cuddle bug and bathroom buddy once she makes you her person. Do you need a hot pad under the blanket? Kali is your girl, and she will even tuck herself into her own bed once she knows you are toasty! Of course, she is house trained, crate trained, and is learning manners such as waiting at the door and other obedience tasks.  

Being a natural born leader, Kali is always ready to escort her human and the pack outside in a game of chase or to play ball. While Kali can be pushy and exuberant when she wants to play, she is other-dog-friendly with proper introductions and human management. However, she probably would not appreciate a strange dog sticking their nose to hers in a dog park. She sounds like a Malinois, right? With that said, she will use those same leadership skills to warn you of potential human, cardboard box, and crinkle wrapper invasions. 

If you are interested in becoming Kali’s new human, you should be aware of the following:

• You need to be ready to provide plain yogurt, apples, carrots, and treat puzzles.
• She has serious FOMO! Don’t plan to walk into the yard or go potty without her.
• She is timid in new places , so you will need to be ready to work on continued confidence building.
• Kali is not a social butterfly. She prefers a quiet home with few guests and slow, appropriate introductions to new people. She is not a good candidate for restaurant patio visits. She does ride well in the car when crated, but she is most excited about the going home part.
• She prefers women to men initially, but she does warm up to men who are consistent and patient.

Kali is from working lines, and due to her drive, she will not be placed with young children, cats, chickens, or other small prey sized animals. She also needs to be supervised when outdoors for these same reasons.

Good with Some Dogs (No small dogs), Not Good with Cats, Good with Older/Considerate Kids Only, Requires a yard, Leashtrained, Cratetrained, Plays fetch, Likes to play with toys, Intelligent, Not good with small dogs

ABMR thanks you for taking the time to look at our malinois available for adoption.