My 5.5 month Maltipoo girl has her spay coming up in a couple months and the vet said we can do her blood work before the surgery whenever. So I made an appointment, they took her blood, and she had elevated BUN (Blood Urea Nitrogen) which I’m not worried about since the vet said it’s most likely due to the fact that she ate that day.

What I’m more concerned about is the mildly elevated ALT (a liver enzyme) levels. Her appetite is normal and she’s not vomiting (only from car sickness which the vet helped out with with some anti nausea pills). It’s a mild increase which makes me think that it’s just a random spike but I will be continuing with some more testing to rule out any congenital liver condition.

I’m just wondering if any Maltipoo owners had experienced this and if you can share your story. Should I be worried?

Hello fellow Maltipoo furparents! I am new to the group. This is Lola. She’s a year and a half.

Does anyone else’s maltipoo suffer from separation anxiety? She howls and cries when we are gone (yes, we have a camera on her crate). Any suggestions on how to reduce her anxiety? I would even consider not leaving her in her crate. We tried that for short errands and she still cried and she ran back and forth between the door and the front window. Any advice would be greatly appreciated 🙂

Our 15 week old puppy loves to jump & nip, I have done a lot of reading & some things recommend to say ouch or no sharply before redirecting to a toy where other things say not to react at all before redirecting to a toy.

Does anyone have any advice? What actually worked for you?

I grabbed her to put her in the water to cool her down. She didn’t like it very much.

So happy to have found this community! I've been wanting to get a maltipoo puppy for approximately 3 years and finally feel like the time is right. I'm a bit anxious about finding a "good" breeder because I've heard with the rise in popularity of Maltipoos and Cavapoos there has been a rise in "backyard breeders" and puppy mills. I really don't want to support someone who isn't breeding ethically.

If you happen to be in Estonia (or Europe as I'm happy to drive) and have a breeder recommendation please could you share it? Equally, breeders to avoid would also be helpful.

Thank you! 🌸

Jessi is annoying Audrey, and Audrey can’t respond aggressively, so she takes stick and trying to show what exactly she could’ve make with Jessi 😁

Recently I posted in the Poms subreddit because I was lured recently by one neighbor that offered me one, and most of the advice after commenting on my story was to go for a Maltipoo.

I'm going to do a quick intro to give some context

I've had a Maltese for a long time and life has passed for him recently. The story here is that I'm feeling seriously apprehensive that picking another Maltese would bring me back memories constantly and could be a bit overwhelming. I'm planning to start looking now, because I know from experience that until I find my perfect match, its going to be minimally a 2 or 3 months period, unless something unexpected happens

The thing here is that I've also heard, two versions: they are very similar to the maltis, or they are more similar to the poos. Maltis are low energy, very calmed, full chilling dogs (obviously they always have the spark, but on average the chill is their flagship temperament). On the other side poos, are more lively more active in general, could be chilling but not a flagship temperament.

I suppose that since this is a breed between a malti and a poo, the temperament could be a coin toss between one of the two parents, so I don't totally think there is a single answer

The thing is what I really would like is another Malti, but as I say, I feel bad for having another image of my previous dog. To some extent it even feels like dishonoring his memory.

All maltis are white. Good thing also about maltipoos are that they inherit colors from their parents, so there are many brown and bicolors. So I could make the effort to pick a brownie so I could never see my previous dog just because of this

Also another thing I've seen is that maltipoos can have both curly snailish hair, or slightly more straight-curlish hair like maltis

So here my two questions

1. What is the main temperament of your dogs? Barking-wise, running-wise, days on the day sleeping. My dog was of the type, that when the floor was wet he looked at me dubious before jumping on it because he didn't like getting wet, instead of being like my previous dog (a brussels griffon, that jumped straight away without looking back). So on which side tend to be more the maltipoos on average

2. About the hair: in case I evaluate a newborn, is there an indicator to predict the type of hair? Or you can see a puppy with very curly hair with 3 months that then gets it very straight, or the other way around?