its not difficult as long as u are devoted to ur pup =]
depends on what breed u wan to have.. as for maltese, I train her my self xD well.. it's not hard to train compare to some bigger dogs keke..
if u ask me, I will just say that maintaining a pup is not as easy as u buy bcause they're cute =]
what u need to think is their medical fees and other expenses..



from the picture, it shows that ur girl currently have short coat.. you can try to let her fur to grow first =]
usually they will stop growing in about 8 months ++

Normally I went to House of Groomers.. I think depend on the size of ur dog
Mine full groom is RM 80 while my friend who own maltese as well but bigger then mine they charge her RM 120..

another reason, if not mistaken if u let annie handle ur dog the price is higher? not sure also =]

I'm considering to have another maltese, huskie, GR, sharpei, etc LOL
even mom already gave up n told me, in the future if we have some places in our home, she will let me have what pets I wanna have

and speaking of maltese... autumn now 1.8 kg n she looks FAT @.@

for her size is kinda fat, cuz she's small n u can see her tummy bundle up..

cathy : what do u mean by add 2 kg? that time u said she looks skinny so I add more on her food, but then even she's full she still continue eating until got one time she vomit out some of the food.. can see the meat so clearly o.0

so now I reduce back her food n control my self, whenever I 'burp' I will stop feeding her, cuz if not later lagi susah if vomit again... n not to mention can see her tummy a lil bit bigger xDD

woah.. all busy reserved.. me also need to put my name xDD
will graduate in 1 n half year more, after that will try my luck to get a job n it anything settle n done, will find a house to stay thennnnnn will get my 2nd maltese if nothing goes wrong


since yang also post up his malt puppy then it's my turn now =]

current pictures of autumn

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kakaka then after 2 years I go find you
I plan to let autumn grow long hair again n maybe after that maintain a bit. Wanna see how she looks n how long I can maintain her long hair xDDD Previously her fur break a lot n I'm not in Kl for a while, so I gave her a cut to be easy maintain =]

Miko_chan : u can try junnie's suggestion thou. Not sure if its works for aiko but it works for my girl xD last time she will bark whenever I put her inside pen n go out n once she saw me back home she will bark excitedly like u said, painful bark. What I did is before go out I told her I will come back in a while n when I came back home I will ask her to calm down as she's too excited. Honestly, me myself duno how to help you cuz I thought my girl is the worst case but seems like mine not that 'hard' eh? xD

okay.. my suggestion is, try open a song n let aiko hear it whenever u're goin out =] Autumn been listening to songs since she was a pup till now. Whenever I'm goin out, I will open song for her n she wont feel anxious while I'm not at home now, she can even sleep if I open songs lol

Just to let maltese owner here that we have an outing this saturday 17 april at Desa Park City around 4pm =D

Anyone who want to join feel free to come

I'm not an expert so I can't tell u 100% how to see if it was a pure maltese xD
but sometimes I go by feelings
because... u can easily differentiate between shih tzu, maltese n poodle or maltepoo

My girl is trained on wee wee pad so she will only go to the pad to do her business and for obedience I dun think its a problem if u start to train ur pup when she still a puppy. In my case my girl will only obedient with me if I hold her treats xD but when I bring her to the park she will follow me without leash even if I dont hold her treats. I think it depends on the pup personality itself



If your pup vomit some brownie/yellowish liquid it could mean ur pup is starving aka too hungry xD
I experienced it once when she was still a puppy as pup need to eat 3-4 times a day , but now no more vomiting.
and I dun think its a common problem for small breed because they will vomit brown/yellowish liquid because they're too hungry not because it some sort of sickness?

Obedience in my term u're talking about? xD
Well, she's stick to me and the type who will whine whenever I'm going out without her, so if I bring her to the park she will stick with me as if she scare I will run away LOL
but if u're taking bout obedience in training thats a diff story xD I did teach her some trick and she did well although sometimes she became so stubborn and will only perform if I hold her treats

You can actually train your pup earlier when u want it be really obedience, and u must have patient to teach If you worried the pup overides you, then you must not manja him/her too much and You must win over ur pup even if they give u their special puppy eyes
Mine is more to stubborn type? she likes to challenge me to see who's going to give up first, so I must stand strong and never let her win thou sometimes she did win over me as she got BRAIN xD she seriously can think how to make me angry and how to make me not angry by seeing her



How old is your maltese?
I'm not sure about this because I feed mine with raw diet
But since you mentioned that he tend to vomit brown liquid means he prefer starving himself rather than eat the kibbles?

mine yes
even when I gave her pieces of apple, she will bring it to her bed n chew then back to the bowl to take another one to chew at her bed.
Same with playing, sometimes when I'm too busy to play with her, she will entertain her self by playing like that or when I play with her she will run back here n there

you can feed pear n mango too.. but so far I fed her pear, apple n carrot. never fed her mango and dun intend to lol
fruits that cant be fed is grape, raisin n kiwi, if not mistaken the seed will act as a toxic to their body?

What kind of human's food you're talking about?
If those snacks, chocolate, candies, etc etc of course cannot feed.
But fruits is fruits xD thou it's human food but its good for them as well, as long as you know what fruits u should n shouldn't feed
besides, fruits and veggie is part of the raw diet so as long as you know what to feed then its okay

Have u fed her apples before? Mine never vomited anything even I fed her with apples, pears, etc
I think it depends on the dog itself, those who likes and not really sensitive can actually 'accept' the food which is given to them, but those who got sensitive stomach might not deal well with it

But so far, mine ok with apples n pears and she loves it

every breed of dog also not easy to take care in general
maltese do not shed but some will shed a lil when the puppy fur start to change

Honestly, there is no such thing like teacup maltese
People start calling them 'teacup' when they found out the pup is smaller than the other batch while the so called teacup or when the pup is actually grown smaller than the previous batch most of them actually fell sick when they still a pup so they tend to be more smaller compare to the rest. But nowadays people seek to find maltese which imported from Taiwan as their pup is smaller than local breed maltese. It is true some pups that was imported from Taiwan will actually grown smaller than the local breed but it still call "maltese" instead of 'teacup maltese"

Not sure if you understand thou. I guess the price RM 4500 that quoted for you might be included the fees that the person forge to import the pups. But as far as I know maltese price with cert normally range about RM 2k++

thou its true that some say female tend to be more smaller then male but there are also some reason why ur maltese could be bigger than others. First of all, as I wrote on my previous post, local breed maltese tend to be in bigger size compare to other countries maltese. This is the reason now ppl try to import Taiwan line as their maltese is smaller in size compare to the local breed. So if your boy have a cert and he was from local breed 50% he would grown the same size as his own parents or so.

Other than that, food factor also contribute to the grown up size thou. If you feed ur boy LOTS of food then he might grown a lil bit bigger compare to the siblings or ur mom maltese. For example, my girl's sibling is actually grown up bigger than my girl cuz the owner always feed him a lot when eating time. This is nothing to worry about thou

I'm not sure either as its been a long time I check the price for a maltese lol
but as far as I know normal price for local breed should be around RM 1.5K - RM 2K? I think it depends on the quality of the pup but for sure Taiwan imported maltese will cost more than that, esp those show breeder to bring in some maltese for show and sell the pup. I know a breeder who sells his maltese pup around RM 2.5K++ and sometimes might get even expensive depend on the pup quality. He show his dog and imported some maltese from Taiwan as well if not mistaken.

as for me, autumn's father is from Taiwan n so far she grown to be her father size which is small but inherited the mother leg so far she's quiet small compare to other maltese that we've met and she's 1.8kg which actually consider her size to be a small size.

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Added on June 22, 2010, 6:17 pmhaha I didn't say the pup will be 100% will looks exactly as the parents
I did say around 50% might grown up like their parents and the food intake is one of the problem contributed. So far this is what I known cuz I have seen some of my friends dog who actually grown oversize because the mommy feels the dog still hungry and feed them again n again LOL

agreed with the sentence that I bold As long as you love ur dog I think the size shouldn't be a prob thou.. its not like u expect the dog to grown up like what u want rite?

thanks for the feedback rayne I miss scottieeee

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Unfortunately the breeder whom I got autumn already stop breeding.. if not I will intro u to him haha
There one breeder who show n breed his maltese as well... will PM u bout it later

Yeah, the one in my signature is my maltese, autumn is the one on the left side and gonna turn 2 this october =]

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LOL there u go... the person I wanna intro u came here already wakakaka xD

@Kinzonu : I was thinking to get my 2nd pup from u last time but when I heard u got puppies for sale recently it was too late cuz I just adopted adult maltese

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