Know what you mean about misidentifying. For your breed of choice it is a bad thing to be confused with other breeds. For Malinois it's a good thing to be obscure...Lest they become victim to a popularity spike and go the way of the German Shepherd. Unpopular and obscure means more closely controlled breeding, better quality dogs produced... But you're right, it is nice every once and awhile to have some know he's a mal.