Inzala yeMalinois ayifanelekanga kubanikazi be-novice, okanye abo bantu baphila ubomi bokuhlala. Ezi zinja zonwabile ngokungaqhelekanga, ziyakuthanda ukudlala, zihamba esitratweni ngokupheleleyo, kwaye zichitha ixesha elininzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Kwiminyaka emininzi yobukho bayo, iBelgian Shepherd Dogs ikhonza abantu ngokuzinikela, ngoko ke inzala yeMalinois ayinakuchitha ixesha ilele esofeni.
Akaqondi nokuba kunokwenzeka njani kumgaqo-ukuphila ngokungasebenzi kwaye ube sisilwanyana esonwabileyo. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, iMalinois ifumana "ulonwabo lwenja" ngokuchanekileyo ukungasebenzi, ukungasebenzi, kunye nonxibelelwano olusondeleyo nabantu obathandayo. Ewe, ukuba uthatha isigqibo sokufumana inja yolu hlobo, akunakwenzeka ukuba uyisebenzise ekwaluseni iigusha okanye iinkomo.