Papillon Maltese - CoCo

by Rob Fearnside
(Sydney, Australia)

CoCo in her infrequent pensive stature.

CoCo is a wonderful little Papillon Maltese gal who has changed the whole climate into our household by bringing lots of love at every contact. Our grumpy teenage daughter walks in the door to be greeted by CoCo, who acts like she has just won Lotto going absolutely troppo at seeing our daughter and greeting her, lavishing her with kisses and lots of licks, which I call her 'Car Wash'.

She makes us all laugh often and we all carry much happier hearts in our home because of CoCo. We love her to bits as you can tell. We spent about $900 on purchase and have since spent about $1000+ on maintenance but it has been worth every dollar due to the joy she has brought to our home. We live in a 3 level apartment on the top floor and our Papillon Maltese just loves to play games of chasing her favourite toys down and up the stairs after I throw them to her. She is totally nimble and quick and runs rings around larger dogs.

She's totally smart and easily manipulates us all to get her way, although she is the easiest dog to train we've ever owned, even easier than the German Shephard we adored.

She's the perfect pet and unit/apartment dog. I would recommend a Maltese Papillon mixed breed to anyone living in small apartments who want a dog who will give you endless love.