Hi!
Not all mals are extreme dogs it depends on breeding. Show mals are usually pretty much like tervuerens, groenendaels, laekenois.. Not too bih pain in the ass.
Mals from working lines are usually totaly different story and if you are not experienced enough or this is a wrong breed for you than you will see what dog hell looks like. Drives and agility this dogs have is unbelivable. They are even known for climbing tree´s. So if a mal wants to bite something it will definitly catch it.
This is Eppo and this is what she does to get to award:
My boy:
This dogs live to work and work to live! About laekenois I have good experiences and are very nice dogs, haven´t met agressive one in my life and I have seen a lot of them... But like in all dogs it all comes down to the owners, socialization and so on is importaint in all breeds.
For those who had one dog before and are pretty much inexperienced I would suggest show lines. If you have a plan to compete and seriously work with your dog, obedience, bitework and such than working lines malinois is something you should look into.
Bye, Katja