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We are just about to purchase a little maltipoo puppy from a nice breeder in IL. I've done as much research as I possibly can on the internet but I don't actually know anyone who owns this mixed breed (Maltese/Toy Poodle).

Our biggest concern is a little dog who is 1) too hyper 2) barks too much. We've always owned really big dogs so I can't get past the whole "yip dog" association with little doggies.

Thanks for any and all advice...

Katherine
 
We have a hybrid dog (I think this is the new fancy term for mixed breed er, mutt ;) ).

Our dog is a Pomchi/a Pomeranian/Chihuahua and she weighs just under 5 pounds. When she was a puppy, she was as quiet as a mouse for the first year, but unfortunately she has become much more yippy this past year. But for our mix that is not to be unexpected. Since I believe both Chihuahua's and Pomeranians are known as yippy type dogs. .

On the other hand I don't think a poodle is known as a yippy dog. I am unsure regarding a Maltese.

Good luck. We love our little baby. :)
 
Our Yorkshire Terrier died a few months ago and a couple days later we saw someone that was giving away a French Poodle that was five years old. They were moving to a condo and couldn't keep the dog any longer. A couple weeks after that, we saw someone giving away a Maltese that was less than two years old because they were moving. Both dogs have been great, but are totally different.

The Maltese is very laid back and only barks if someone knocks on the door. The Poodle will bark at any noise outside and is very active. She always wants to play ball and run around the back yard or go for a walk.

Our son's friends just got a Maltipoo and brought it over to our house. It is more like a Poodle than a Maltese. However, the mother was a Poodle and maybe it pulled more from that gene. The good news is that the Poodle is incredibly smart and probably the only dog that I will ever want to get again.

I think that most small dogs will bark and are good watch dogs. However, you should be able to train them not to bark. I would only recommend that you get a female over a male because males tend to mark and are more aggressive. A Maltipoo should be a good dog for you. They sale for about $1500 in Hawaii.
 
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If yer gonna get a "poo"...get the real thing!

I have two fine ladies that 1. don't shed at all and 2. cause zero allergic reaction in my Mother in Law.

My ladies are Standard Poodles and the only drawback is that they think the belong on my bed...and they are loooong dogs.

Too smart for their own good and don't get them anywhere near a decent sized body of water...they're going in.

Yippiness is a matter of training. All dogs bark, it's what God and 50 million years of evolution has told them to do. A bark alerts the pack and the pack is everything to a dog. Something to consider, what is your reaction to a barking house dog? Do you raise your voice (bark) and go see what's causing the ruckus? If you do, you are a well trained member of the pack!!!

Yeah, that bugged me too the first time it was pointed out to me...
 
Our Gypsy is a four-legged furball that we rescued from the SPCA in Newport News, VA. when she was about 9 mos. old. Their guess was a shih-tzu/terrier mix. She's about 8 - 8 1/2 lbs. and at least half of that is fur (lol). She had been adopted the day before, but the people brought her back because she barked all night. (They closed her up in the bathroom.) We brought her home and let her sleep in the bedroom with us and she never made a sound for three weeks.
She was supposed to be a Christmas present for my mother, but since she wasn't feeling well and asked us to keep it till she felt better. She was diagnosed with lymphoma in Jan. and passed away the following June.
Gypsy is now 11 1/2 and still has periods of puppyism even though she sleeps more than she used to.
 
We have what my son insists on calling a Malti Sh** -- the other half is ShihTzu. Mac didn't turn out quite like we had in mind .. "6 to 12 pounds", the breeder said ... well, more like 13 and VERY long legs. He looks like one of those water-tank-trailers you see on construction sites, a small cylinder on legs twice his body diameter.

Not too affectionate to my wife, who wanted him and feeds him treats. Loves everyone else .... More cat-like than most dogs, very independent minded.

He barks at most noises he doesn't recognize, or any person or dog he sees through a window. We tried one of those static electricity collars; the first time it went off he headed for his crate and stayed in it about a week. We switched to BarkOff and that's less threatening to him. The problem with is barking is that he only yaps a couple of times ... but the older dog, who never used to bark at most things, now joins in. Because she didn't hear it or didn't feel threatened, she doesn't know what she's barking for, and is hard to get to stop for several minutes.

But he has a good personality and loves everyone after two minutes.
 
Personally, I would steer clear of any of the "designer breeds" of dogs. So many have issues that it's not worth supporting the practice when there are a lot of great dogs in need of forever homes currently on death row at a shelter.
 
Thanks for the info! I guess we shall see how it goes. We purchased "Ginger", a 6 week old Maltipoo, today. She won't be coming home for another 6-7 weeks and our breeder tells us that she has been extremely quiet but that she is still very young and dogs can start barking at any age (ie even when they are 2 or 3). The breeder did say that she has raised both parents and they are both quiet dogs. She tells me the toy poodle father is extremely quiet for his breed and the maltese mom is also very peaceful and quiet.

So I guess the best we can do is look at the parents and hope the babies turn out like them (unlike us adults, where we do anything to not become our mothers! ;)). She also said good training is important to break the bad habits (although we have a 100lb Bernese Mtn Dog who barks her head off at visitors all the time and always has -- we've never been able to stop that habit for her).

Here is hoping that when she does come home, she'll fit right in and be comfortable and not make too much of a ruckus (or she and I will both be demoted to sleeping outside by my huffy hubby).

Katherine

(By the way I cannot get a shelter dog as much as I want to. I was bitten in the face as a child by one and I will never be able to get over that. So I leave the rescuing of those poor pups to other kind souls).
 
Timeshare Von said:
Personally, I would steer clear of any of the "designer breeds" of dogs. So many have issues that it's not worth supporting the practice when there are a lot of great dogs in need of forever homes currently on death row at a shelter.
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It wasn't until we got Betsy our little PomChi, that I was even aware of the term "designer breeds" or hybrid breeds.

Probably the only reason we even got her was that my wifes co-workers dog had just had a litter of pups and Betsy was the runt. It didn't hurt that she gave her to us for free :) , just like she did for the other puppies.

I am quite certain that I would never have paid the prices I have seen online for these little Pomeranian/Chihuahua hybrids! :D
 
Katherine, We'll await your report on the new pooch. It sounds cute as the dickin's and should provide you with it's lifetime of unconditional love.

Our beloved just 14 year-old, now gray-faced, black Cocker spaniel won't be around forever- she's got tumors, is deaf, and is in the sleeps-a-lot phase of life. DW and I have never been without a dog and this one wouldn't tolerate a housemate. We are kind of thinking out loud about what our next companion will be. Trouble is this one has been so good that the next one will have big paw prints to fill. Quiet, not jumping on DW's sometimes elderly clients (The dog's employed as the office hostess in DW's law office). One with an easier-to-care-for coat would be a bonus. I'm thinking a small stature, female, standard poodle or possibly small female Airdale. The trouble with the hybrids or 'designer' breeds is you really don't know which traits they will get from each parent. These are not replicable in that you can't breed 2 Labradoodles or 2 Maltipoos and continue to get Labradoodles or Maltipoos. Each litter is a crapshoot. This is a hard job to decide on and find a companion. The mental interviews continue....

Jim Ricks
 
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Katherine, We'll await your report on the new pooch. It sounds cute as the dickin's and should provide you with it's lifetime of unconditional love.

Our beloved just 14 year-old, now gray-faced, black Cocker spaniel won't be around forever- she's got tumors, is deaf, and is in the sleeps-a-lot phase of life. DW and I have never been without a dog and this one wouldn't tolerate a housemate. We are kind of thinking out loud about what our next companion will be. Trouble is this one has been so good that the next one will have big paw prints to fill. Quiet, not jumping on DW's sometimes elderly clients (The dog's employed as the office hostess in DW's law office). One with an easier-to-care-for coat would be a bonus. I'm thinking a small stature, female, standard poodle or possibly small female Airdale. The trouble with the hybrids or 'designer' breeds is you really don't know which traits they will get from each parent. These are not replicable in that you can't breed 2 Labradoodles or 2 Maltipoos and continue to get Labradoodles or Maltipoos. Each litter is a crapshoot. This is a hard job to decide on and find a companion. The mental interviews continue....

Jim Ricks
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Hi Jim,

I love the way the Airdales look. I actually had to google it to see which dog it is but I remember seeing them at dog shows. By the way, the big annual dog show is coming up this Thanksgiving week on TV and that's a great way to see the different pure breeds. Usually the announcers do a good job highlighting the different personalities about each dog type too so I learn a lot about dogs by watching the show. :) Plus it's so fun to see the owners fuss about the dogs hair for hours. LOL.

I agree that mixed breeds are harder to predict. We have a pure breed 100lb Bernese Mtn Dog who is the sweetest, kindest gentle giant dog you would have ever met. Her temperment is exactly as the breeder predicted. However, she has had a lot of the pure breed health issues (especially joint issues despite all the health testing she went through and her parents went through as pups).

I love how your dog is the "office hostess"! That's adorable. I am thinking I will take my maltipoo in my office a bit too, although we are in a medical office so there are health codes. I'd probably have to keep her physically in my office where no patients go. I guess that's one advantage of a small dog. Our Berner can't even fit into our car.

We've always had wonderful dogs (dalmation, german shepherd, golden, now the berner) and always large dogs so the maltipoo is gonna be testing new waters. Aside from finding a good breeder, asking 1000s of questions about both the parents' health and personality, and the pup's too, I am not sure what more we can do to "guarantee" a good dog. Some of it is a leap of faith.

But I've learned (especially after being bitten by a dog), that most dogs turn out great if you teach them well (and get them when they are young enough...). Hopefully this pup will be teachable and won't drive my husband and I bonkers... :ponder:

Katherine
 
SDKath said:
...I can't get past the whole "yip dog" association with little doggies.

Katherine
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I realize you have already bought your new puppy and I hope you have many, many happy years together.

For future reference of anyone wanting a small, quiet dog look into Italian greyhounds. My son and DIL have one. It doesn't bark at all. It makes funny little noises in its sleep but other than that is very quiet. It does need space to run and run like the wind he does!
 
isisdave said:
We have what my son insists on calling a Malti Sh** -- the other half is ShihTzu. Mac didn't turn out quite like we had in mind .. "6 to 12 pounds", the breeder said ... well, more like 13 and VERY long legs. He looks like one of those water-tank-trailers you see on construction sites, a small cylinder on legs twice his body diameter.

Not too affectionate to my wife, who wanted him and feeds him treats. Loves everyone else .... More cat-like than most dogs, very independent minded.

He barks at most noises he doesn't recognize, or any person or dog he sees through a window. We tried one of those static electricity collars; the first time it went off he headed for his crate and stayed in it about a week. We switched to BarkOff and that's less threatening to him. The problem with is barking is that he only yaps a couple of times ... but the older dog, who never used to bark at most things, now joins in. Because she didn't hear it or didn't feel threatened, she doesn't know what she's barking for, and is hard to get to stop for several minutes.

But he has a good personality and loves everyone after two minutes.
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I want a Bull Shitz...they're part Bulldog and part Shitzhu.
 
Passepartout said:
The trouble with the hybrids or 'designer' breeds is you really don't know which traits they will get from each parent. These are not replicable in that you can't breed 2 Labradoodles or 2 Maltipoos and continue to get Labradoodles or Maltipoos. Each litter is a crapshoot.
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We have a goldendoodle and a labradoodle. The goldendoodle was of the "crapshoot" variety. He is a rescue so we knew his traits pretty well when he became our foster dog at 10 months of age. Our labradoodle is an Australian labradoodle and bred from two Australian LDs so we was more of a "sure thing". He is a wonderful companion.

We previously had a standard poodle and I would get another poodle or poodle mix in a heartbeat.

Katherine, congratulations on your new pup. She is adorable!

Deb
 
Passepartout said:
Our beloved just 14 year-old, now gray-faced, black Cocker spaniel has tumors, is deaf, and is in the sleeps-a-lot phase of life.
Jim Ricks
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Jim,
Our Yorkshire Terrier was 14 years old and had the same thing that your Cocker Spaniel has. One of the tumors got so bad that it broke open and was bleeding all over the house. The vet surgically removed three tumors and it took about two weeks for our dog to get over it. She was taking a lot of medication and was in a lot of pain. We thought that she would get better, but she started sleeping more and died about five weeks after the surgery. I am only saying this because I would not want anyone or their dog to go through all that again. It is difficult to know when to let them go. It is even more difficult after they are gone. Our new dogs help us to move on, but we still miss our Yorkie. Good luck with Cocker Spaniel.

Tom Palmer
 
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Our new dogs help us to move on, but we still miss our Yorkie. Good luck with Cocker Spaniel. Tom Palmer
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Thanks for your kind words. I have no intention of hijacking Katherine's joyous post about getting Ginger, so I'll just respond and be done with it. Cherry had surgery last week to remove a large tumor from her throat. She tolerated it just fine and just seemed to be in moderate and controlled discomfort for just a few days. We watch for signs of chronic pain and when that time comes we'll help her into the 'long sleep'. She seems to be pretty much back to her old self- wants to go to work, greet clients, walk, and go for car rides. Darn pets- they give so much joy to us.

Jim Ricks
 
Timeshare Von said:
Personally, I would steer clear of any of the "designer breeds" of dogs. So many have issues that it's not worth supporting the practice when there are a lot of great dogs in need of forever homes currently on death row at a shelter.
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:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

(And someone wants a particular type of dog, there are plenty of rescues that will have them.)
 
Too cute! Congrats on your new pup. Obviously this dog is being well cared for and socialized- so important. When do you get her home?

tlwmkw
 
Absolutely adorable.

Our first Borzoi did not bark at all. Our present older one does a little and the brand new puppy (4 month old) sure does.

Buying a puppy is probably the stupidest thing I have ever done. I thought the housebreaking was going to be the hardest part but it isn't. It's the whining, crying, barking and nipping, biting and chewing......
 
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