Maltese Westie Mix - Penny

by Susi Braehler
(Frankston, Victoria, Australia)

Penny is such a lovely little Maltese Westie mix girl. My Husband and I adopted her from the Animal Aide Pound. She was handed in as a stray and came from a Puppy Mill. She was badly undernourished, had two loose top teeth, which the vets had to remove, skin so black and fur that was a mess. She also had a broken rib that heeled itself but crookedly.

She is believed to be anywhere from 8 years old to 12? And she was in the pound for a few months as no one wanted her.

When my Husband Mark, and I saw her, we fell in love straight away and couldn't wait to adopt her and give her a loving home that she so much deserved.

Four months later and our Maltese Westie is the love of our life. Penny loves her new name, she loves us and especially loves her fur brothers and sister. She has such a sweet temperament, considering all she has been through. And now that she is much healthier her fur is coming back in nice and white with a bit of coarseness to it like a Westies is.

She doesn't bark, only a little now and then when she hears people coming to the door, so she is a good watchdog. She loves to be cuddled and loved.

She was scared stiff when we first took her to the dog park, running and hiding behind us, but now she loves it and goes right up to the other dogs to say hello. You should see Penny run..!! Its soo cute. She can almost run as fast as Sheba, our Siberian Husky, only Penny has troubles stopping, and will brake too early and then tumble head over heels and rolls to a stop. She then looks up as if wondering what on earth just happened lol.!!

She is so cute when she walks too, she picks up her paws as if she is wearing stiletto heels. lol..!!! She was very fast at learning to be house trained and to come, sit, and walk on a lead and off lead.

I love this Maltese Westie dog breed, and especially this particular little girl. She gives the sweetest little kisses and is always a few feet away from side. She is so devoted. I'm so proud to be her furmummy.!

Maltese Westie Mix - Scruffy

by by Kinta
(Brunswick Heads)

Scruffy, my Maltese Westie mix, is very loyal and loves to hang out with his family and friends. He is playful and energetic and loves going for walks, especially on the beach. He likes to go out and about and to meet other dogs, but is also happy to lie around all day. My Maltese Westie is highly intelligent, obedient and confident, but he is scared of thunderstorms.

Maltese Westie Mix - Teddy

Teddy is a Maltese Westie mix and he is deaf. He is a rescue dog that we got from a vet a couple of states away. His owners had him for a year and realized that he couldn't her so they dropped him off at the vet and left. We later got Teddy, and he was shaggy with fleas all over him and was just a mess.

Now he is very happy. He walks really funny with his front paws dragging (which is really weird) ahead of him and kind of jumps. He loves to play with our dog but when we take him to the park he won't play with any of the dogs there. He always wants to play with our other dog and us. If you put a blanket over him then he will bite the blanket, move around, and kind of play with it. Sometimes he rolls in it. When he finds his way out he REALLY wants to play and he will pester our other dog. She gets really tired of him. After a bath, Teddy rolls ALL over the floor trying to dry off and then runs all over our house. When he goes down the stairs he jumps over like the last three steps and falls down on his stomach usually-but sometimes he lands on his paws.

He doesn't like very many dogs but LOVES people. Sometimes when he sleeps he will go in his cage and go to sleep. When we find him he will sometimes be on his back with his paws up and looks like he is dead. We have trained him and he knows many hand signals including sit, down, shake, outside, walk, ride, stay, and much more. Teddy doesn't sit like normal dogs. He will sit down in our kitchen and his legs gradually slide out until finally they are sideways and his legs can't do any farther.

When he goes outside in our backyard, he loves to bark at the dogs behind us. He loves to chase birds and squirrels and has almost caught a couple of squirrels. Teddy loves to chew on every thing! He has chewed on the side on our hutch in the kitchen, shoelaces, trash bags, shoes, squeaky toys, tennis balls, etc. Like my mom says, he has a great character.

Maltese Westie Mix - Molly

by Betty
(US)

Molly is full of spunk! She is our 4 year old Maltese Westie mix. Molly loves to chase squirrels and rabbits.

Oh, I forgot bugs are her favorite thing to chase.... Molly thinks she's pretty tough, but really she's a lovable lap dog. She is the best dog we could ever have!

Maltese Westie Mix - Jack Daniels

by Sarah
(UK)

We decided to buy a Bijon Frise but realize that's not what we got!! We're sure Jack's a Maltese Westie mix as he has a Westie face & Maltese coat & texture of hair!

He's the funniest pup, he loves his teddy dog, Clifford, pinches shoes & runs off with them to chew (but not for long!) pulls on the lead, super-friendly with other people & dogs but likes to yap when he hears the door-knocker go or another neighbours dog bark.

He's very stubborn & if he sneaks out of the front door, just runs & runs like Forrest Gump!! He also loves to sit on your lap for hours in the evening & sleeps on his back with his paws in mid-air! We all love our Maltese Westie to bits, especially my youngest son, Joey!