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I have got a maltese a months ago. My maltese is now 3 months +.

When i first bought her, she seems okay to stay in the cage while i am around.

My maltese barks non stop( half hour non stop) if i put her in the cage while i am still at home recently. I know she barks because she needs attention from me. I cannot play with her all the time as i have my daily work to do in house also.

I have tried put her in the crates(around a king bed size) but it just not help. She needs people to play with her.

I have put many toys and it seems not help also.


I am really getting mad because her barking distract my attention in doing daily works and i am sure that it disturb my neighbour also.


I can play with her 1-2 hours but not ALL the time while i am at home.

However, she is not barking if i leave the house for work.


I thought my life will be joyous having a dog in my life but now my life seems very tention.

I thought maltese is very gentle and not so barky as i read in the internet.

Please help me. I know i have to do something with my doggie if continue like this.

This post has been edited by rabbitkiller: Feb 18 2009, 09:53 PM

This is my 3 months plus maltese, Miss Sweetie

My maltese has no problem while i leaving house for work.

I have problem when i am at house and i put her in the cage only. She will bark non stop for attention.

I spent almost one hour play with her everyday.

May i know how you all organise the time with your puppy. I suppose everyone has their daily activities. We coundn't spend all the time with the puppy.

My maltese also like to bite my legs and it is quite painful also.

What can i do to stop her from biting my leg?

Her paws got a bit skin infection and the fur was shaved to ease in applying cream.



This post has been edited by rabbitkiller: Feb 19 2009, 10:07 AM


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Just to share my 4 months+ maltese daily activities.

7.30a.m - 100% barking for food inside the cage, the barking tone from mild to high pitch. Accuracy of time is amazing.

7.35a.m - Out for breakfast in play pen, 5 minutes later pee and poo on the tray.

7.40a.m - 100% barking to ask me free her from the play pen, playing time with her

8.00a.m - i go bath and she play itself inside the play pen with lotsssss of toys.

8.30a.m - I out for work, i put her back inside the cage, 20% barking

7.00p.m - i back from work, 100% barking for food

7.05p.m - Pee and poo on the tray, barking to free her out from the play pen

8.00p.m - I played with her until 8pm, put her back to play pen then i go bathing

8.30p.m - After bathing,play with her another 15 to 30 mins, then i put her back to the play pen

9.00p.m - I do my own work and she play herself, in between barking when she finished pee on the tray. I need to wipe the tray with cloth.

10.30p.m - She willl lie down on the floor with tired face. Put her back to the cage and close the door. Sleeping time.


After 2 months keeping the doggie, i realize that we need sufficient time to play with them in order to burn their energy. Otherwise, they will tends to be more barky.

This is my girl, 5 months plus


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Her name is sweetie. 5 months plus, weight about 2.5kg liao. Her fur is imbalance now because the vet has cut her fur for the 4 legs 2 months ago due to minor skin infection on the paws.


Yes, she got no tear stain. This is the reason why i bought her last time after i visited many breeders.

I really scare to see the red color stuff on the face.

My latest doggy photo, 5 months plus


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To me, maltese breed is very barky as compare to toy poodle. This breed is nice to see, nice to hold but not nice to own. I have both the maltese and toy poodle. My maltese use to be very barky when first introduce to my home. She likes to bark for attention and boredom.

She barks in the middle of nite when i put her inside the playpen during sleeping time. Thing change when i put her inside the cage, she surprisingly don make noise. The only problem i am facing now is she sleep at around 1.30a.m onli. I have to wake up at this time to put her inside the cage. She will bark around 7a.m for foods.

May be you can try put her inside the cage and place the cage nearby your bed.

Not true. My maltese very friendly and playful.

Maltese is barky is a fact.

Your maltese looks like mine during puppy time.

2.2kg is too heavy for a 3 months maltese. Mine only around 1.4kg at 3 months. Now 3.4kg at 8 months. At 3 months, i feed her about 25 pellets each meal, 2 meals per day. I feed her about 30 pellets now.

I believe 3 tables spoon not exceeding 25 pellets. The size of the maltese is very much depending on genetic.

The brown patch on the ears might or might not vanish when grows adult. RM1250 is reasonable price for local breed maltese.

My maltese is housebreaking and she only pee on the tray, 100% accuracy.

My maltese very independent one. She doesn't attached me so much. I love my maltese but u still have personal thing to do in house. I do not want him to keep barking when i am not in her eye sight.

Maltese mixed with pekingnese will look like this


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Why so angry face?

I really puzzle of why people like to dye the doggy hair to different color. I see not funny at all but type of abuse. Sorry

Haha, OKOK.

Why the eyes so serious tear stain?

When my maltese at age of 3 months, i did give her health n shine although my maltese got very slight tear stain only. My maltese tear stain was at optimum by the age of 5 months during teething time. I have tried eye envy, it did not help. Now my maltese is close to 9 months old. No more tear stain liao. Just everyday wipe her face with warm water.

I believe health n shine does help in any way to control the ph internally.

This post has been edited by rabbitkiller: Jul 25 2009, 03:59 PM


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9 months old now

3.6kg. She is extreamly good appetide