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Haha! No... it's a type of Belgian Sheepdog- just like the Malinois is a type of Belgian Sheepdog. There's four Belgian types:
- Malinois
- Tervuren
- Laekenois
- Groenendael
Tervs and "black dogs" (Groens) look very, very similar with Tervs being brown (typically) and Groens being black (always). The Mal sometimes looks like the Tervs, but not often in my opinion. Laekenois are corded and look very different than all the others due to the cording.
At least in what I've seen, Tervs and Groens are typically about the same size, and often that size seems smaller than your typical Mal. This might be because the Mal has also been selectively bred to be larger for police work (though I have no source to cite for that- just my opinion). I've never seen a Laekenois in person.
Tervs do seem really cool! I have pretty limited experience, but the few I've seen have had little aggression. Same with the black dogs. It seems the Mal is the one with the most aggression (like a GSD). Again- is this because of police dog usage in Mals? Not sure...
All of them are definitely high energy. Tervs are really super cool; I might like one someday if I can get around all that hair! They do really well in agility also.
This Terv is named "Wings" and he's wicked fast!!
EDIT- by the way, wikipedia has pretty good pictures of all four types:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Shepherd