Laid Back Maltipom - McKinney

by Ericka
(TN)

months after we got her

I came across this breed when I was looking for a Maltipoo. I found a picture on the web of the cutest puppy ever and knew I just had to have her. So we picked up our Maltipom just over 4yrs ago. I have to say that my husband and I love dogs but we tended to get them and give them away for various reasons. We never really got attached but that has all changed.

Mckinney is the coolest dog ever and I am not the only one who says so. Every where she goes to get groomed or if we have left her with a sitter, and when we have taken her traveling, they all tell us how sweet she is. She never barks except right when someone comes to the door, but stops when we tell her to. She is playful but mostly wants to lay with you and be rubbed. I love that she doesn't jump on all the company like a Maltese and doesn't yip or snap at strangers either like a Pomeranian.

She is a great mix of both personalities... shy and will back away as you try to pick her up but will still let you pick her up without getting angry. I call it being cautious. She never tore up the home and chewed except on an occasion a barbie or something left on the floor that she thought was a toy. Since she was one years old, we have left her out of the crate and even leave her alone in the home. She will on occasion tear up tissue. What's with that??? ha

We keep her puppy cut because it's just so cute. I am not into that long haired foo foo stuff. She is just so sweet and people that have watched her wanted to trade us their dog. She knows when you are sick and will lay with you for hours in your bed. Again this is all from someone who has newly figured out what loving a dog means though we don't treat her like a human...she does know she is a dog, I think..haha. But I can not imagine life without her. We are laid back people, a couple with three children who were 4-10 at the time we got her. I don't know if she is a fluke, or because we are laid back, or if that is the breed.. but I am sold and recommend this hybrid breed for sure.

Oh I wish I could put two pictures up because when she was a puppy early on she was reddish brown and looked like a fox or Ewok from Star Wars... she is now cream but still has a slight brown streak down her back. She's gotten slightly darker as she get's older.