You have to scold him whenever he scratch his hair cuz some might not get used to it or it will became habit. Like mine last time also like to scratch whenever I tied her hair up, now no more scratching but she likes to push her head on her bed or my bed and then in a minute she'll became a ghost dog with all her face cover by her own hair hahaha
what u can do is, try to tie his hair when u saw he was nearly sleeping/tired. You let him play until he was tired then u try to tie his hair that time. This is because when he was soooooooo tired, he will just let u do his hair and wont really move alot, after sometimes he might get used to let u tie his hair =]

haha.. i think what muchan say is truth..
u must scold her when she start scratch her rubber band.
mine one din scratch her rubber band....
or mayb u help her tie to tight??
until she is not comfortable.
maybe u can tie it lose a bit..
hehe..
just my opinion oh..
i oso not very pro...
hehe..

oh.... her pissed off face is so cute... 

When you shave a coat it will grow back coarser (and sometimes curlier) in the same way if you shave your legs/armpits the hairs will grow back thicker. For some dogs the texture change will be very little, but for some (like your girl) it will make a huge difference.
If your dog isn't doing well on the fish oil, try Primrose Oil instead, it has the same effect, but is from a different source.
You can also use a conditioner to try and soften her coat up a bit. If you have a regular groomer, perhaps ask them not to use a clipper for a while (they might charge you 'show groom' prices for full scissoring unless you want to grow her coat out to full length), your groomer could also do a series of treatments (very similar to conditioning treatments you get at the salon for yourself, but formulated for dogs) to try and get the softness back. The curliness will be more likely to go away once her coat has regained the softness (soft hair is heavier so pulls the coat straight), also if her coat is kept longer (more coat is also heavier) it will help remove the curls.
Finally when you brush her, encourage her coat to grow downwards (so make a parting in the middle and brush out to the sides along her back) which will help straighten it a little as well.

Hope your girl's coat gets back to glorious Maltese softness soon .

Hello! i own a maltese too

she was on heat exactly  6 months i nearly didnt notice cause she was so clean! i only realise when one day she fell asleep on my white sofa =.= then i noticed the stain LOL

She will pee on her pad 90% of the time. if the pad is dirty she'll pee next to it hahaha.