Posts tagged "maltipoo"

Cute Pet Name: Peluso

Location: Dallas

Age: 18 months

Dog Breed: Maltipoo

Favorite Treats: Bananas and peanut butter.

Likes: Playing with other dogs, scoping out the squirrel situation, riding in the car, scoping out the squirrel situation while riding in the car.

Dislikes: Loud noises, brooms, and baby strollers.

Weird Quirks: Peluso stands on his head -- a lot. He also howls with his head up high whenever he hears a fire truck or police siren.

Fun Fact: Peluso was surrendered to a shelter in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and rescued by a group called Save a Mexican Mutt. He made an 18-hour road trip with three other rescue dogs, who are all also now happily living in Texas.


Congratulations to our submitter, Allison Hatfield. If you'd like to submit your pet, upload your favorite pet photos to our Flickr pool!

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More from Paw Nation: Pet On The Street
In this clip from our weekly video series, we are asking dog owners what annoys their dog the most?

Meet Mary Burch, American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen director and Paw Nation's expert columnist addressing your questions on animal behavior. Dr. Burch has more than 25 years of experience working with dogs, and she is one of fewer than 50 Certified Applied Animal Behaviorists based in the United States. She is the author of 10 books, including the new official book on the AKC Canine Good Citizen Program, "Citizen Canine: 10 Essential Skills Every Well-Mannered Dog Should Know."

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Q: How can I get my recently adopted 1-year-old Maltipoo and my 14-year-old Maltese to be friends?

A: When dogs get much older, sometimes owners bring in a younger dog in order to keep the older dog company. This can work well when a young dog brings some spark and new life to the household. Sometimes, the only reason for adding the younger dog is to anticipate that the older dog may not be around long and this is an attempt to reduce the owner's pain when the loss occurs. (This only works if the owner is fully prepared to meet the needs of the new dog.)

Because there is a wide developmental gap between a 1-year-old dog and a 14-year-old there are different issues that can come up and it can be hard to anticipate which way it will go. The new addition could work out well, or the 14-year-old may be totally annoyed by the new 1-year-old pipsqueak who is jumping around and causing a ruckus.

Country music star Kenny Chesney has found love with not one, not two, but three gorgeous gals. Of course, there's his girlfriend, Amy Colley (a former Miss Tennessee USA who currently works as a nurse), but now there are two more girls in his life: a pair of teacup maltipoo puppies!

According to CMT, Chesney and Colley flew into Bardstown, Ky. to meet with a breeder and buy a puppy. The breeder told the Kentucky Standard News that she had no idea the man playing with her puppies was a big star because she'd only spoken to Colley, whose name was on the contract.

While the pair had only planned on a single pooch, they ended up with two females, who they named Molly and Dolly. Since they'll only be around four pounds each when fully grown, we're thinking two is probably pretty manageable. And after all, the only thing cuter than a maltipoo puppy is multiple maltipoos!

No Jessica Simpson interview is complete these days without an inquiry into the much-publicized loss of her Maltipoo, Daisy. The five-year-old dog, a gift from her then-husband Nick Lachey, was taken by a coyote one month ago and is now presumed dead.

"Daisy meant the world to me," the star told UsMagazine.com. "I hold her memory very, very close. It was an unfortunate thing what happened. That I don't have her every day... it's a very hard thing to talk about."

Will Simpson get a new dog? "I haven't really thought about another dog yet, but maybe sometime," Simpson continued. "[Daisy] would want that."

Betsy Rosenfeld, author of "The Complete Single's Guide to Being a Dog Owner: Choose the Right Breed, Train Your New Pup, Balance Dating and Dog Duties, Find Doggy Daycare and Travel With Your Dog," weighs in on Simpson's sad situation.

"I feel so much for Jessica Simpson," Rosenfeld tells Paw Nation. "Daisy was a constant source of unconditional love for her. To not have that enduring companionship is devastating."