malaysiangroup, how do you house your puppy?

i've bought a wooden house for my puppy frm pets wonderland and housed at portico area,but my puppy refusing to utilise it and all the time will be roaming n sleeping on the floor at portico area.

Pardon my poor English, portico area meaning?

doorway or porch there..so wasted lor.. hahaa

Perhaps you can house your maltese puppy indoor instead. Firstly the cleanliness since it is a long coat white dog. If your dog is exposed to the uncertain weather outside, especially when it is rainy days, it tends to get skin problems. Secondly safety reason. Dognap cases happen even for large breeds! Toy breeds are way too easy a target. Lastly but not least important, maltese is a very fragile breed and need lots of attentions and not as independent as other larger breeds. Placing a maltese outdoor might stress them out and stress is one of the main reason to make a dog's immune system falls which make the dog prone to diseases.

thnks for your valuable info...i'll change the location to indoor and will monitor...yea you are ture,maltese are toy breeds n way to easy target...

portico = main door way,pardon me,im not sure whether the spelling is correct or not.

Your maltese definitely having a considerate owner. Do keep us updated

Feel like giving away Aiko... he can't stop barking... each day each week each yr it gets worst... when my mom come home he will bark n howl till very very very very super loud like someone cut his stomach or something..
its loud and painful for ears... i live in an apartment... further more... i have headache when feeding him heartgard.. he doesnt eat it at all... force him to eat he will growl and struggle like i dont knw where does the power come from... and his mouth is shut tight... bought a muzzle but the muzzle too big... he can still bark thru it... help me guys... im stressed out... facing spm too...

how old is he now?? where r u from.. i'm thinking of getting a female maltese.. i do have a female pom~

Sure. I can adopt.

Lol.. i bought aiko from whitepalace la.. haha... actually i do plan of giving up temporarily... since it will be a bz yr for me... but i wish to adopt him back yrs later... he needs ALOT ALOT OF attention.. that's probably why he howls whenever i go out n whnever someone comes home.. worst thing is.. he bark even now for the door of my cousin's house... which is downstairs... i live on the second floor.. they live on the ground floor... whenver he hears the door sound of my house /cousins house, he barks =.=" and doesn shut up.. lol .. i hv to go for tuition n school... homework n stuffs... really bz... so couldnt spend time with him much...

lol.. and Aiko is a male.. there's only one good thing b4 this... he pees in the toilet..when he goes to my cousins house.. but in my house.. he pees on mats =.=" bcos got his pee smell there alredi... grrr... b4 this he pee in toilet.. then he learnt to pee on clothes/mats... and now when i bring him out of his playpen, hv to remove mats from floor... then he will pee somewhere else/toilet haha... one last good thing about aiko is he hasnt learn to hump or anything... maybe cause from baby till now, he only meets human.. and nvr made frens with anydogs b4.. i bring him to petshop groom, puppis bark at him, he shake =.=" haha... and i dont let him get close with females.. don wan him learn naughty... gonna neuter him too... and see whether got any changes.. will he still be so naughty? hmm

This post has been edited by Miko_Chan: Feb 3 2010, 01:22 AM

Try turning on music / radio / tv to see if it helps him to calm down more.

Giving up for years then get it back? Then you gonna spend a lot to pay ppl for boarding.

Hi White Palace, can I check if you're still breeding Maltese pups?

As for now nope. But I might if things settled down My dad do breeds though, half of my maltese bloodline is from him.

Hi WhitePalace:
I'm having a female Maltese 3 years back and thinking of to find a mate for her.
U can help?

Rg,
ilove

oic..hmm..i think for your offer,by giving ppl for few years, after that u wan to adopt back wil be a bit difficult~cos he had been stay at the other owner's house for few years~after that move back to your house again..
dont u think about all his problem n your problem (busy year) b4 u get him??haihz..

Yes. Agreed with u. Must think properly b4 having a pet
I guess this should be fine. As long as the the new owner loves "it" and take good care of "it".
But.. when the relationship has built. How can return back easily?

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

Agree.. We should think be4 having a pet.. Never buy becoz it's cute and give them away when it's annoying.. They'r just like our child and spend their whole life with us.. How pity if we give our child away... We promote ethincal ownership~..