Malaki is something else. There’s no other way to say it. He is our fourth of five Canaan Dogs and, like all the rest, is his own unique self. I like to say he is submissively confident because he doesn’t just “roll over,” but if you make it clear he “should be rolling over,” he will. Not sure that makes sense to anyone, but I suspect it will to fellow CD owners.
Malaki is also unique in that of our five CDs past and present he is the only CD we acquired as a puppy. Ty, Tess and Osh, and Molly have all been adult rehomes. While there has been no less love for the other four, it is a different kind of attachment in a way we had not previously experienced.
Malaki shares the house with Molly and they adore each other. This is not to say that he gives up his resource guarding. We do have to be vigilant and remind him the world doesn’t revolve around him because he is pretty sure it’s supposed to. He’s lucky that Molly is a very loving and patient older adopted “sibling” and puts up with a lot from him in terms of his needing to butt into everything including interrupting her attention time.
Of all our Canaan Dogs, Malaki is without a doubt the most facially expressive. He knows how to work his ears, eyes, eyebrows, and commissure (the anatomical term for the corner of the mouth, the point where the upper and lower lips meet and join) like a champ and has us well trained thanks to it. We wouldn’t have it any other way.
Malaki is just so darn lovable and our world would be so much dimmer without him being in it.
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