Got a Q, is it normal for maltese puppies to have extra tearing / tearstains when they are teething between 5-8mths?

1. Just wondering, how many of you guys spay/neuter your maltese pet?

2. How was the experience?



This post has been edited by saingau: Mar 22 2010, 09:15 PM

Where did you spay? How was the vet's handling/experience?

Tmn Megah... Yeoh Vet?

Hey thanks for the recommendation. After doing some research here http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/264418 and with your recommendation I brought my doc there.

Best vet I've been to so far

Hmm, I bring my lil girl there for weekend walks and we love the place!!! except for two little grips - 1. some owners do not leash their dogs despite notices put up and 2. some owners do not clean up after their dogs poo poo.

Anyway sorry for digressing keke... 4pm... not too hot meh?

Another thing bout feeding your pet... just like any toddler, dont overfeed and dont let them be too hyper after eating (e.g. jump up and down the sofa), else they might vomit.

If I may ask, how come Jasmine's mouth area so dark? Is it the lighting or stain?

Peak_wei88,
Just some input for you.

1. If you're renting a room, why would you need a cage?

2. Not wanting to spoil a breeder's business, but before you get a dog, you have to really think through very hard about this COMMITMENT, its like having a baby for 10-15 years.

3. Except that if its a human baby, after a few years, it can eat, shit and cleanup by itself. A dog cant. You literally have to take care of the 'baby' for life.

4. Do you think you can be attentive to the dog and make an effort to learn its behavioral patterns, i.e. as it grows older it can 'talk' to you. E.g. I have established an understanding with my dog whereby she will 'call' me for certain things, like she wants to go pee, or she wants to eat, etc.

5. How well will you take care of it? IMO, just feeding it the basic, cleaning up its poo, taking it out for a walk once in 6mths, taking it for a shower/grooming once in 3-6mths, bringing it to a vet only when a sickness/disease is severe, etc IS NOT taking care of a dog. Its just having a dog and its suffering silently.

6. The list can go on, but the bottomline is this
a) Do you see yourself being accountable or have ownership of the dog for life? Or will you have it for a few years and then give it up for adoption? Alot of pet owners always say they are the former, but end up being the latter.

b) On one end of the tangent, there are pet owners (oh I have a dog!) and on the other end, there are 'father/mother' to dogs (really really treat the dog like their own and really taken care very well. So where do you measure up?

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Added on June 27, 2010, 2:54 amYea most likely prev owner/breeder never take care properly. Have you tried shaving her (or a crew cut) to do a 'reset'?





This post has been edited by saingau: Jun 27 2010, 02:54 AM

you never spay autumn?

You planning to spay autumn?

EDIT: Also how do you deal w her when shes menstruating?

This post has been edited by saingau: Jul 6 2010, 11:54 AM

Haha, 2 years liao lor...

I'm spaying mine in Aug.

Hey 1 thing though, if you let her wear pampers and all, then how she pee and shit? into the pampers ah? Wouldnt that be messy down there?

Hey, you got a pic of the pampers ah? or got a link for me to refer too? Somehow when I think of pampers, I imagine the baby ones! lol

Sometimes, doing too much actually makes it worse.

Ah.. the butthole.. tats how they shit.

Thanks for the info, I'll go to the pet store n check it out. Thanks

Why you say she's notti?

male dog = marking, they are MALES!

How would you know shes doing it on purpose, i.e. being mad and to get back at you?

Perhaps shes not 100% trained well yet?

Pinkpaperbag,
When are you collecting the puppy?

Even at 8weeks it's still too early to take it imo.

Ethical breeders usually will sell at 5-6mths.