hi

[maddie]

we jst got our first maltese puppy her bame is maddie:)

[Nikki's Mom]

Hi and welcome to Maltese Talk! So glad you joined us! :)

Looking forward to getting to know you and Maddie! Please don't forget to post some pics!!!! :D

[Sophie-K]

Hello! Welcome to Maltese Talk! Congratulations on your new puppy :wink5: Hope you will enjoy this forum, and yes we do love photos :D

[Morkie4]

Hi and Welcome to Maltese Talk!

I am so happy that you have a sweet little maltese to love and be loved by. They are such sweethearts and so easy to fall in love with,

CONGRATULATIONS ON MADDIE!! I really love the name.

I look forward to getting to know you better. Please share some pictures of Maddie with us........we "all" love pictures! :)

[JiJi's Mom]

:mtwelcome: Can't wait to see pics of Maddie :D

[JesBred]

WELCOME TO MALTESETALK!!

Can't wait to see pics :)

[maddie]

thank you ladies here ar some pics

[maddie]

ok i think it worked

[angeleyes]

Hi and another Welcome to Maltese Talk. We love having new members and getting to know them and their fluffs. Like the girls said we love pictures too. The picture of Maddie is adorable, she's so fluffy and love that face. How old is she? I like the name you picked for her too, that's fitting for a little girl.
My name is Sue and I have 2 1/2 Maltese:lol2: I have Sammy my big guy who is just 1 and Rosie who is 6 and the half is Belle my Morkie (Maltese/ Yorkie mix). Looking forward to seeing lots of you and Maddie.

[Tebow's Mom]

Maddie is adorable. Welcome to MT.:mtwelcome: I'm Tebow's mom. He's a 1 year old Morkie (half Maltese/half Yorkie)

[maddie]

maddie is 11 weeks and thank u so much:) all you fur babies are so cute we never had maltese before but we do also have a female 3 year old yorkie

[maddie]

close up lol

[Nikki's Mom]

Awww!! Maddie is adorable!!

Please post pics of your Yorkie too! We love all breeds!! :D

[maddie]

my yorkie ciara :D thank you

does anyone know of good shampoo for maltese ? i use happytail on my yorkie

[Nikki's Mom]

Oh gosh! Ciara is adorable too! You have 2 beautiful little babies!!! Do they like each other?

You will get a lot of different responses about the shampoo. I like the Pure Paws line the best. If you get a whitening shampoo, only use it about once a month because it will dry her coat out. :)

[maddie]

thank you i love your avator pic she is adorable :) my yorkie ignored her at first shes pretty calm but they are getting along great now:)

[JiJi's Mom]

Both your babies are so adorable. I have a maltese name JiJi a yorkie named JiJa and my mix man name Lil' Man.

[Sophie-K]

You have two gorgeous girls there! It's great that they get along nicely :) Sorry I can not help with shampoo, I am still waiting to be blessed with my first Maltese baby :hearter:

[Morkie4]

I love the pictures of Maddie and Ciara!!! They are both adorable!!

I have four female maltese and one yorkie boy! They are a handful but they each bring something different to our family.

Thanks for sharing the pictures of your babies. It's going to be fun for us to watch little Maddie grow up here on MT and to hear all about her little personality and antics.

I also like Pure Paws, Bless the Beast and or a conditioner I love Chris Christensen's Pro Pac......awesome stuff for a maltese.

[JanG]

Welcome! Both of your babies are so cute and it's so nice that they get along well.

I don't have any recommendations on shampoos as I usually take my CiCi to the groomers. I do have some Earth Bath that I use when I have to bathe her. It's a hypoallergenic shampoo that my friend who runs a natural pet store gave me. It seems to clean well but not make her coat too dry.

BTW- I'm Jan & I'm the mom of CiCi, a maltese we adopted from a rescue about a year and a half ago.

[maddie]

thank you nice to meet you all here isanother pic

[JesBred]

Oh my gosh she is so sweet and FLUFFY!! :hearter:

[poppynanny79]

hi, i just got a new dog named Douglas aka Dougie so we call him Dougie, he's 1 years old but he's not potty trained anybody have any suggestions?

[poppynanny79]

thank you i love your avator pic she is adorable :) my yorkie ignored her at first shes pretty calm but they are getting along great now:)
hey did u get maddie from CHARMS? aka caring hands? just wondering but your dogs' real cute!
:)

[poppynanny79]

can't wait to see more pics of maddie shes soooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!

[JesBred]

hi, i just got a new dog named Douglas aka Dougie so we call him Dougie, he's 1 years old but he's not potty trained anybody have any suggestions?

Welcome to Maltese Talk!! Congrats on your Dougie!!

Are you indoor or outdoor training him??

You may try posting a new thread in the Health and Behavoir section or even doing a search for "potty training" to get some better info :)

[Morkie4]

hi, i just got a new dog named Douglas aka Dougie so we call him Dougie, he's 1 years old but he's not potty trained anybody have any suggestions?

Congrats on getting Dougie.........and Welcome to both of you to the wonderful Maltese Talk Forum.

I am sure you will get a lot of suggestions, opinions and help from our experienced members regarding potty training but we need to know if you are training him to go outside or on pee pads. :)

[poppynanny79]

i am having him wear diapers and i bring him outside every 30 minutes to an hour (without a diaper) with the help of my sister too, but would you have any suggestions?
:hearter:

[JiJi's Mom]

thank you nice to meet you all here isanother pic

Maddie is so cute. She's so huggable and kissable :hearter:

[JiJi's Mom]

i am having him wear diapers and i bring him outside every 30 minutes to an hour (without a diaper) with the help of my sister too, but would you have any suggestions?
:hearter:

Lots of treats and alot of patience from your side. When your puppy stars snifing around that's a sign for potty time. Make a huge fuzz when he takes care of business.

[angeleyes]

Hi and Welcome to Maltese Talk. Congratulations on getting Dougie and since you are in Minnesota you may want to train him on pee pads as cold as it gets here. I have 3 and they all use pee pads year round. I live only about half an hour from you so same weather. Watching for signs of sniffing or circling are signs of potty and when he does go be sure to priase and I use treats too. Be patient with him, sometimes they are stubborn but they do catch on. How much does Dougie weigh? Sometimes that can count on inside or outside. I have them all sized from Sammy who is about 11 pounds and Belle who is 8 pounds and Rosie who is 4 pounds.

[Lucas Mama]

Welcome to MALTESE TALK!! to both of you!:D

[Morkie4]

Sue (angeleyes) made a good point about the weather situation. But I know that you can still do outside potty training if you clear an area for him to go.

Definitely watch for him to circle and sniff for an area. IF he goes inside the house, clean the area up really really good or he will return to that area. When I was outside potty training my fluffs, I watched them like hawks and took them out after a nap, shortly after eating and before going to bed but of course there were many trips out in between those times. I did have the advantage of owning more than one fluff so when one goes, they all go.

TREATS are a must here at my house. Every time they go potty outside, they go right to the fridge for their treat for being good fluffs. That part, I think, was "them" training "me.":lol2::lol2::lol2:

[poppynanny79]

Lots of treats and alot of patience from your side. When your puppy stars snifing around that's a sign for potty time. Make a huge fuzz when he takes care of business.

thank you very much! i will be sure to look for those signs!!!

[maddie]

hey did u get maddie from CHARMS? aka caring hands? just wondering but your dogs' real cute!
:)
no i did not maddie came to me already pee pad trained i was lucky to find such a wonderfull breeder maddie has had only one pee accident since we have had her

[poppynanny79]

cool i guess but how old r u i might know you just sayin, and guess what i found out my new dog is fully trained except for the whole pee thing

[poppynanny79]

Dougie is 8 pounds but I want him to go outside because even if we have pre pads I don't want my house smelling like my dogs potty