The Maltese

From puppy to full grown, the Maltese is a beloved lap dog. With their beautiful white hair (not fur) you can own this breed and be rest assured that your allergies wont bother you one bit. The great thing about the Maltese is you can keep them long and natural or you can go short all over or even a medium cut! Its up to you and your life style. Just remember, if you keep them long you have to brush brush brush, comb and brush some more!

Tear stains can be a problem with this breed, so you have to start right away with taking care of their eyes. I prefer Angels Eye or Eye Envy. I've seen both of these products and they seem to do the trick. And I always tell my clients to use a warm wash cloth and wipe their eyes twice a day. Another thing to keep in mind is sometimes the minerals in the water we give our pets gives the discoloration as well, so if you can afford it change your pets water to bottled and of course it does taste better.

Maltese grow hair in their ears so make sure you have your Maltese groomed regularly. They should be groomed as often as 3-4 weeks to minimize the hair in the ears and to prevent ear infections. I always pluck the hair out first, then during the bath use a medicated ear flush and after the drying process use green mint rubbing alcohol to finish cleaning out the ears. The rubbing alcohol is recommend to clean out the ears because it evaporates quickly as to not leave any moisture in the ear to cause an ear infection. And I like the green mint because it deodorizes the ear as well.

As a mobile groomer I get to enjoy each one of these lovely animals one on one. I believe they have great personalities and they do well with children or even older people. They also do well with other pets. I've seen the full spectrum and I've had the opportunity to pet sit some of my Maltese clients. The Maltese deserves your respect and love and will make a great addition to any home.

I thank each one of my clients for letting me groom them in my mobile grooming van. I've groomed some of them in a salon and in my mobile grooming van and I definitely believe that they are much happier in the van.
Its less stress for them. There's no other barking dogs or cats to worry about. They can be groomed properly in the mobile grooming van since they are hand fluffed dried and not sitting in a lonely hot cage. Each one of my clients are amazed at the quality they see after I have groomed their Maltese. Hands on one on one makes a big difference.

At the top is Sammy, he is a 8 week old puppy and getting is first bath and sanitary trim. Next in line is Zoey just over a year and 5 months. Her mom loves her left in her natural coat but usually only wants one bow for her top knot. This breed traditionally has two bows on top of the head. Third in line would be miss Tiffany. Her mom likes her kept real short. Tiffany seems to get really matted and mom doesn't have much time to brush. So the best thing for Tiffany was to cut her down short. Tiffany use to hate her hair cuts at the salon but now that shes being groomed in the mobile grooming van shes as happy as can be. And last but not least at the bottom is Max the man. He gets done in a lamb clip and round face. He gets so excited when I come. He dances around like a party is about to happen. And to top it all off he gets his bandanna at the end to give him the finial touch!