A question for all you Maltipoo owners!~
 

My parents have an 10 month old Maltipoo...Cali Beth...She is ADORABLE!! However...she is a little terror..She will actually look for trouble..You can see it in her little face! She chews EVERYTHING! My parents have to keep her in her crate when they are not home or she would chew the furniture. Cali only weighs 12 lbs...she is not a big girl. My parents have toys for her, they let her run outside, she has a pug friend that comes and runs around the yard with her, they play with her all the time...They take her for rides, she is GREAT in the car!. She climbed up on their table and took a candle out of a holder and chewed it to pieces. She grabbed a magazine and ran like the wind with it and was starting to chew it to shreds. She knows when she is doing something wrong...she will hold what ever she has in her mouth (knowing she's not supposed to have it) and, without moving her head,you can see her little eyes look at you!! and then RUN WITH IT! she is the cutest little girl but, what a devil!!! My Mom asked me to come on here to see if any of you Maltipoo owners have ever had this kind of problem and what did you do? They can not get another dog...it's expensive enough having one! My parents are VERY good animal owners...And take better care of this little girl than some people do their children...If any of you have any suggestions please let me know. Cali is chewing my parents house up!!

Thank you in advance
Brenda

my stepmom and dad have a maltipoo also.very cute but very bad...he nips and bites and chews everything too...i dont have any tips becuz nothing has helped!makes me thankful for my lil angel!

Cali doesn't bite but, she is chewing EVERYTHING IN SITE!! She will even LOOK for something bad to do...OH! she is such a little devil!!! I told my Mom that she will eventually grow out of it..My parents have dogs all their life and this one is just a holy terror!! I don't know what to tell them to do! It's kind of funny to watch her scope out the area looking for something though...She is a little clown...but, a bad one!! LOL

I hope noone finds this offensive and I am sure not each one is like this but with my expereince with poodles is they are little terrors. I had a yorki-poo and I swear never again will I get any type of dog mixed with a poodle!!

Sorry for your parents troubles. Unfortunately I can only empathize.

Our son has a maltipoo, 6 months old and he is a terror. We have yet to introduce he and Remy as a result. He was adorable as a baby, but as he is growing he is darn near uncontrollable.

He chews, he bites, and when he jumps up to say hello (being somewhat affectionate) he leads with his teeth. He literally started chewing, biting and pulling my CLOTHING when I was sitting on their couch visiting them. You scold, push him away, and he just gets more aggressive. They actually put a shock collar on him, and it has no result! Crazy animal!!

They are planning to take him to obedience classes, but have not yet started so I can't comment as to whether this will help....

My cousin has a Malti-poo and it has a hypercative bladder, so every time people come over it gets excited and pees. Other than that it's a real sweet puppy. Very playful.

milu's best dog friend is mimi, who is a year old maltipoo. mimi is really well behaved. i am not sure if mimi is just diff. from other maltipoos or it's because she has lots of toys and she goes to dog parks all the time. like 3-5 times a week. mimi's mom also walks mimi twice a day, an hour in the morning, and an hour in the evening.

so i think maybe that is why mimi is such a good dog. :)

a tired dog = a well behaved dog

a bored dog = trouble

Thanks Ladies! My Mom walks Cali once a day. They have a very big yard and let her run. And...run she does...She also has a little pug friend that comes to visit her...They will run and play all around the yard. My parents certainly spend alot of time with her so she doesn't get bored...But...I did tell my Mom today I thought also thought it is because she is bored. She has tons of toys to play with and my parents play with her,....Maybe she just needs a friend to wear her out! She is a doll and my parents love her..I think once she is over a year old maybe she will calm down?..LOL

thanks for the responses Girls!

maybe you can suggest taking the puppy to puppy school. it's a lot of fun! :D

They did! LOL..Apparently she (Cali) didn't pay attention very well!! :rollingey

I don't have a malti-poo, I have a purebred maltese and she hasn't put her teeth on me once since I got her from the breeder. She really is an angel. LOL

Where did you get her from? Maybe it's inherited from her parents, which deff. isn't a good sign.

Not sure if you were responding to my post but, Cali doesn't bite...at all...she just gets into A LOT of trouble...as I stated in my original post.

OOPS Sorry! I had to do something, so I just skimmed through your post! :rolleyes:

But my maltese doesn't get in trouble much. But like I said my malt is an angel(most of the time! lol) and is always trying to please me, and isn't high energy at all. It's hard to tell with these mixed breeds but maybe it's the poo side of her. I know many poodles, and they are very hyper and athletic(but still adorable lol).

My Maltese is mixed with King Charles Cavalier and she's the most gentle dog I've ever had in my family. She never once bit me or anything she wasn't allowed to. My Yorkie on the other hand :eek: loves biting EVERYTHING.

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I give our 8 month old maltipoo a big rawhide bone to chew on and it keeps him pretty busy and satisfied. We also keep all his toys in a box that he can get into and so when he gets something he's not supposed to chew we take away from him and show him his box. Sure enough he will pick something out of that and play/chew on that. Hope this helps.

I have a rescue Shih Tzu / Maltese. She is high energy, needs long walks and lots of play time. Her behaviors were similar to your parent's pup. Though others may not agree, I used Bitter Apple Spray on furniture and items I didn't want chewed. It took awhile, but it did work. The pup doesn't mean to be bad. She is just playing, and chewing is a way to work off extra energy. With maturity, she will grow calmer. Take her on very long walks twice a day, and offer lots of chew toys and bones. With time and training it will get better.

A friend of mine's parents have a Shihpoo and when I visited for the first time the other day, their 2 yokries were so sweet, wanting me to pet them etc., that Shihpoo though was just growling and barking at me with his big ol' eyes staring at me LOL.
My aunt had a pure Maltese a few years back and he was the sweetest thing ever, never did a thing wrong.
Idk, I personaly don't like poodles at all, 90% of the ones I've met are NUTS! So, I'd say it's the poodle in there causing the terror. Not sure what to tell you honestly, hopefully she'll just grow out of it. If they're excersising her and playing with her and offering all kinds of toys, then idk what else. It's hard to correct those dogs because they can turn nasty on you if you're too harsh with them.
A professional trainer is the only advise I really have. No poodle mixes for me lol

I would suggest having a behaviorist come to the house and work on the problems they are dealing with. She doesnt "know she is bad"- taking things and darting off with them is a fun game for dogs- my Chloe still does it some times- but they need to work on a "drop it" command for those instances. She just sounds untrained- not "bad". I don't know much about maltese but I grew up with toy poodles and they are SUPER SMART- very very good dogs- the problem with very smart breeds is that when they are bored, they create their own fun which usually equals trouble. If your parents work on really training her with the help of a professional, she will likely pick up on things very quickly and be a great dog.