The deliberate cross breeding of the Maltese and Poodle creates a wonderful new crossbreed known as the Maltipoo. This cross breed produces Maltipoo puppies that share the qualities of both pure breeds. Maltipoos are extremely intelligent, eager to please, and very loyal to their human family. The Maltipoo is a natural for the family as it is happy to be your companion - ready to play and romp with the kids or curl up in Mom's lap. They are loving and gentle dogs.
Maltipoos can make great therapy dogs and have an uncanny instinct to gravitate towards an ill or needy person, whether that be a child or an adult. This has been shown over and over.
The size of a Maltipoo will vary depending on its pedigree but generally maltipoos are between 5 and 12 lbs. These dogs are non-shedding, and can be found in a variety of colors, though light colors are more common. Their lifespan is 10 - 15 years.
The coat is soft and fluffy, slight wave to curl. Because the Maltipoo is a cross, the coat can have different textures and feel according to which dominant gene the puppy draws.
Happy, giving, loving, full of life and devotion, the Maltipoo stands out as one of the leading and rising stars to become a purebreed in years to follow.
Above information taken from a google search, The Maltipoo Club of America.
A note about our Maltipoos - we have registered parents on both sides. We have only first generation Maltipoos, meaning we do not breed Maltipoo to Maltipoo. We take advantage of the hybrid vigor that you will get from having a larger gene pool - Poodles and Maltese or Pekingese and Poodles - on our Pekapoos. We spend lots of time with all of our puppies - to insure a puppy that loves and feels very comfortable with people. They are played with, talked to, sang to, danced with, dressed up, groomed, you name it, these babies know people. Most of our adults have Champion bloodlines - we want that. We want our puppies to come from very healthy parents that are good representatives of their breeds.