Maltese and Westie Mix Dog - Phoebe

by Al Volker
(Birmingham, Al)

Phoebe is the older (6 yrs) of our two Maltese and Westie Mix dogs. Phoebe is quiet, but very affectionate. As a pup she loved to play ball. She especially liked to play tug with Dad.

Whereas our other Maltese Westie mix is a streamlined, lightly built dog, Phoebe is strong of hip and shoulder. She loves to play tug now with our other dog because her weight and low center of gravity give her an advantage... something she doesn't have when they wrestle in the yard.

Phoebe came to our house when she was just six weeks old. She was so small we were afraid to put her in bed with us so I got out a long-forgotten Easter basket and put her blanket in it and she spent her first two weeks with us, sleeping between me and my wife in her basket. Not one accident.

Of our two dogs Phoebe likes the outdoors more. She'll spend all day in our big fenced back yard.
She loves to wash Dad's hair every evening. And makes sure Mom shares dinner. She loves to sleep under the covers where the other one likes to be on top of the covers.

They both will eat anything offered... although Phoebe DOES NOT LIKE Olives and yellow gumdrops, any other color is fine. She will pull the pimento out of stuffed olives and eat that.