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Maltese: Owners
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The Maltese is gentle, trusting, and obedient. They are typically good natured and amiable and love to be held and cuddled. They will tolerate other pets, but are not suitable for inconsiderate or ill-behaved children. They most often will establish a close bond with one person. They do not do well when left alone for extended periods of time. They may be over-protective of their owner, family, and territory, and bark or bite if they perceive a threat.
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The Maltese can be a handful for owners unprepared to deal with their energy. Maltese are ... notoriously difficult to housebreak and often need to be box or paper trained (via "Wee-Wee Pads"), rather than trained to "go out". Maltese should not be around aggression as they will relate to it and show aggression towards you.
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[M]any owners consider their Maltese "little people," but a Maltese is, underneath all that hair, a dog, and like all dogs it is a pack animal. Dogs are born looking for a pack leader to set the rules by which the pack lives. A puppy's mother fills that role for the first months of its life, but once you take a Maltese into your home, the dog will depend on you to provide guidelines. Without them an adolescent dog can become confused and neurotic.
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