Maltipoo Pups - Huggie

by Willa
(Peoria, Az )

Huggie: world's most lovable Maltipoo

This is how I found the best Maltipoo pups. I stopped in a mall pet store just to look! I asked to hold a cute little girl Maltese, but when I commented I prefer boys the clerk left the small room and came back with a 4 month old Maltipoo we took one look at each other, he laid his head on my shoulder and cuddled then looked up with those snapping grey green eyes into mine. This is my puppy I said to the girl and so it was.

Huggie is now 15mos old and he is such a personality. He's very laid back, but will come to you every couple of hours just to cuddle. and gets so excited when my husband or I comes home that he runs in a circle barking this high pitched bark mixed with squeal that is so comical to hear cause he almost never barks otherwise. And anytime we have company he sits quietly right next to their feet hoping for some attention (and he always gets it). He is a little obsessive-compulsive about change though, my husband repositioned the bricks near the doggie door and he sat outside the door for hours until I noticed he was yapping to come in. And if I change the flavor of his Ceasar moist dog food he will only take a couple of bites or none at all.

He is smart and easy to train but he can be stubborn about some things and will not come when you call him...he can sit, lay, fetch, stay and he is very obedient and eager to please. Until you say "Come" with out the leash in your hand. If you call him to come he will just dart out the doggie door and sit just outside it in the backyard looking at the screen door until you come and get him even if he's being called to eat.

He prefers to eat outside and everyday he comes to the kitchen doorway where I always feed him and watches me mixing his dry and moist food together in his bowl he will dart from the kitchen straight outside the doggie door the minute I'm done mixing hoping I will bring the food out. (I fed him outside maybe twice when he was about 6 mths old) I have to go outside and pick him up to bring back to the kitchen to eat...everyday! He also will not eat in a room where there are people! I have to leave the kitchen before he will eat. When I used to feed him on the patio he'd wait until I went back inside and slid the patio door closed before he would begin to eat. He's a character and I couldn't love my Maltipoo any more.