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hehe, yeah wet maltese = bath and blowdrying! I think i will get her shaved for awhile.

oki, thank you. I wasnt taking her out anymore for potty because i read in books to not mixe outside and paper training. Ill try it tho Ty

I had my maltese for about 2-3 weeks now. She is 4 month old. When we first got her i was taking her outside for potty. She was (for the last few days) going most of the time. But typhons season is getting close here in Japan and i wont even be able to take her out for as long as 4 days straight every time there is a typhon. Beside that it's raining verry often here and she hate wet grass and dont even want to walk on it. So i got some puppy pads pre scented and even bought some other product (totally stink) thats suppose to be helpfull for training puppy to go in 1 spot. Now what happening is: she sniff around the pad then go back in the middle of the living room carpet sniff around and start peeing. I dont say a word and transfer her to the pad while she is doing it then when she is done i praise her and say stuff about how good she been to pee on the pad. Also give her a treat while she still ont he pad.. I never paper trained a puppy before and i am not sure if i am doing the right thing. She is verry stable on her pee schedule. Should i just keep her on the pad untill she go?

aww poor pup! Are you taking it outside for potty? If so was there any other dogs going at the same place? (could be in the last year). Other cause for this would be eating grass, but i doubt a 3 weeks old pup would do that, it's more of a 3 month puppy behavior. Parvo basically get all the water out of the puppy systeme. The diarrhea is literally water and keep getting out. This is an atroce desease and i really hope you pup isnt suffering from that. Also, what are you feeding her? oh and dont forget that the pup shouldnt have any contact with ANY other dogs before 2 weeks after her second round of immun shots. (between 4 and 5 month old)

DivineOblivion19, no need to be so rude, i thought i mentioned that i was in japan.. my bad.. It is hard to find what you need here.. speaking english vet are rare too.. I been seeking help on this site because i coudlnt get her to the vet, not that i didnt wanted to =/ ___________________________________________________________ Well, Ming is going alot better, maybe the whole transition was hard on her.. She is going outside normally and eat normally now. she was jsut picky on the food (glad she liked one of the 2 brands of food they sell over here :) ) She is still verry calm tho.. maybe (hopefully) she is just a calm dog and there is nothing wrong.

Guys, i understand that for you it's an easy and normal thing to take a dog to the vet but [b]i am in japan on a military base[/b]. I made an appointement , unless there is no improvement at all, [b]i cant get her in for emergency.[/b] I switched her foor to Science Diet (soft) and she is eating normally. She run around in the yard and eliminate at normal hours (morning #1 and #2, noon, late afternoon and before bed time) Gave her the oatmeal bath and she seem to be itching alot less, thank for the trick.

Her gums are back to pink and she moving a little bit more as she get use to the house and the family. Her vet appointement is scheduled for june 16th. Hopefully everything will be alright. I had beagles in the past, wich are verry different dogs and prolly much more active and vigourous, but if any of you guys have had a maltese pup, please contact me.

Thank you, I finally got her to go outside. I had to be verry patient and take her out every 30 min for a periode of 15 min at time. She finally went at 4h00pm. After that it wasnt much of a probleme for her to go. Think she got the purpose of going outside now :) Also, i tried to put her in her little dog bag instead of her crate. The bag is just her size and didnt allow her to do anything in it. She is also eating much better. Is 1 cup a day enough for a little 3 pounds puppy that doesnt move much? Behind the bag it say she should eat 2 cup to 2 and half cup a day but i kinda dont feel that it's right.. i mean 2 cup is almost bigger than her. The corn syrup was for puppy hyppoglicemia. Toy breed tend to have that under age of 4 month and or when they arent eating enough. Her gums were a little greyish at some point and a person i know that already had this kind of trouble with her yorky told me to give her the corn syrup. Guess it worked, her gums are back to pink now :) Also, does anybody tried the bell on a cord next to the door to help the pup asking for the door? does it work ?

Hello, i just got an adorable maltese female. She is 4 month old and weight about 3 pounds. I had dogs before but i still need advise and have some question concerning her behavior. 1) She is verry calm, maybe a little too much for a 4 month pup. She spend most of the day sleeping or just laying on my lap. 2) She dont urinate much. maybe 3 times a day if so. (but then i dont have eyes behind my head and maybe i missed some..) I try to give her more water but she isnt verry interrested. I also have troubles when it's time to bring her for potty, outside. I can be there for 2 hours after she is done eating and she still wont go. She will just sit or lay right next to me. I put her back on the grass and she comeback to me, i go with her on the grass and she lay or sit right next to me. I only had the chance to praise her 2 or 3 times since i had her. i dont think she knows and understand why i bring her outside =/ i dont know what to do.. 3) Food: Iam (not much choice over here unless you can read japnese and understand what you are byuing exactly) She woudlnt eat it softenen with warm water so she eat it dry but seem hard for her and she seem to get tired before she could eat enough. i am leaving her food up all day so she can catch up.. 4) She is always scratching, i gave her a bath with flea/tick shampoo but it didnt help. I am not too surprised as i couldnt see anything in her hair anyway. I would really like to know why she is itching and what to do to stop it. 5) Ive been told to give her a finger of corn syrup every 2 hours for a little while but like i said she is a maltese and corn syrup and maltese hair just dont go together. Any idea? 6) Crate: She doesnt mind going in it and when i leave i dont hear her whine or anything, but when i get back (after 2 hours only) she did her little buisness (#1 AND #2) on her velvet blanket ?!?!?! thought these dog didnt like to lay in ther excrement?! Any suggestion? i woudl also like to know what cottage cheese do for a pup, is it good for them? If you have any other advise please let me know. Ive been reading alot of webpage on maltese and puppy and also bought "Housebreaking for Dummies" and i still feel like i dont know enough!