Maltese and Westie Mix Dog - Sassy

by Denise Sitler
(Westfield, MA US)

Sassy is ready for the boat trip!

We adopted our Maltese and Westie mix dog Sassy last year when she was about 10 months old. She came to us with absolutely no training. She was 10lbs when we got her, but now she's about 13lbs. Her name was originally "Precious". While we think that she can be precious she is definitely a Sassy little girl who Loves to bark and steal things and eats paper. Our Maltese Westie mix has come to love us very much and we just adore her. I wish she would bark less but that is part of what makes her personality. She is extremely intelligent and loves to cuddle and oh does she love to have her belly rubbed.

She likes our boat (20ft cuddy cabin not real big), we take trips on the boat where we live on it and she just has a great time on it, but does not like to swim. She wears a life preserver when on the boat.

This summer we actually shave her hair quite close because she doesn't seem to tolerate the heat really well. I think she likes it. I think that my husband actually thinks she is a baby.