Not surprised. Impressed, but not surprised... I've seen my buddies jump over a 5ft cyclone fence from standing at it, no running start. Never touched it! Did it again and again on command like it was nothing.
Other than seeing a jaguar wrestle a caiman to death in a river, then carry it out of the river and up into a tree with nothing but its teeth, that malinois was the most athletic creature ive ever seen.
those dogs are simply amazing! I've gotten to see them being scent trained as puppies at Penn Vet out of Philly, our department hosted them for a training session, and this mal pup was maybe 4-5mos old and he was already locking on to scents, with a room full of observants none the less!
I have a Mal/border collie mix. If she wants to see if a neighbor dog is out, from a stand she can jump and get her shoulders over the 6' privacy fence like nothing. And the gas tank... my god! It's like she's on cocaine!