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Maltipoo breeders

The Maltipoo is a cross between a Maltese and a Poodle, and this guide covers the pairing with a Toy Poodle.

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Advertise your Maltipoo puppies, litters and stud dogs

Do you breed Maltipoos? List your kennel on caninebreeder.co.uk so that buyers looking for Maltipoo puppies for sale can find you. You can advertise Maltipoo puppies for sale when a litter arrives, and list a Toy Poodle, Maltese or Maltipoo stud dog with his health test results. Buyers of small crossbreeds want to see both parents, their eye and prcd-PRA results and honest guidance on adult size, so include those details. Add your kennel.

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Do I need a licence to advertise puppies?

In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

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About the Maltipoo

The Maltipoo is a cross between a Maltese and a Poodle, and this guide covers the pairing with a Toy Poodle. The Royal Kennel Club (RKC) does not recognise it as a breed, so there is no breed standard describing how a Maltipoo should look or behave. The RKC notes that a crossbreed's inherited traits can combine in many ways, so the parents are the best guide.

The parent breeds

The Maltese is in the RKC's Toy group of small companion dogs. According to the RKC, small white dogs with long coats were kept as pets in Mediterranean countries for centuries, and the Royal Library of Malta holds an 1833 portrait of a dog very like today's Maltese. The Poodle was developed in Germany as a water retriever for duck hunters. The RKC recognises three Poodle varieties that share one breed standard and differ in size, and the Toy is the smallest.

Size

The Maltese standard allows a height of no more than 25 cm at the withers, and the Toy Poodle standard asks for under 28 cm at the shoulder. A Maltipoo from these parents is likely to fall in a similar range, but there is no fixed size. Be wary of anyone selling "teacup" puppies: the RKC does not recognise any teacup breeds and warns that breeding from the very smallest dogs can harm health.

Coat and grooming

The Maltese has a long, straight, silky coat with no woolly undercoat. It is white, although slight lemon markings are allowed. The Toy Poodle's coat is dense and curly and may be any solid colour. The RKC lists both breeds as non-shedding and needing grooming every day. A Maltipoo's coat may take after either parent or fall between the two, so plan for daily brushing and regular trimming.

Exercise, temperament and suitability

The RKC suggests up to 30 minutes of exercise a day for the Maltese and up to an hour for the Toy Poodle, and rates both as suitable for a flat with a small or medium garden. The Maltese standard describes a lively, intelligent, alert and sweet-tempered dog, and the Poodle standard a good-tempered one. The RKC says Toy breeds should have friendly personalities and enjoy attention. It gives both parent breeds a lifespan of over 12 years, so a Maltipoo is a long commitment.

Maltipoo health tests

The Maltipoo has no RKC health list of its own because it is a crossbreed. The RKC advises buyers of crossbreeds to ask what breed-related health tests both parents have had, so base your questions on the RKC lists for the Maltese and the Toy Poodle.

The only DNA test on the Toy Poodle's Good Practice list is for prcd-PRA, a form of progressive retinal atrophy. Affected dogs become night blind first and later lose their sight completely; the RKC says signs begin from around three years of age or later, varying by breed. It is an autosomal recessive condition, so a puppy is only affected if it inherits a faulty copy of the gene from both parents. The RKC recommends eye examinations under the BVA/RKC/ISDS Eye Scheme for both parent breeds, and hip scoring for the Toy Poodle. The BVA hip scheme only accepts dogs aged one year or over, and scores run from 0 to 106, lower being better.

Size matters too. The RKC warns that breeding from the very smallest dogs to produce "teacup" puppies is linked to breathing problems, fragile bones, and joint, heart and stomach problems. Screening lowers risk but cannot guarantee a healthy puppy.

Toy Poodle parent

  • DNA test: progressive retinal atrophy (prcd-PRA) (RKC Good Practice)
  • BVA/RKC/ISDS Eye Scheme (RKC Best Practice)
  • BVA/RKC Hip Dysplasia Scheme (RKC Best Practice)

Maltese parent

  • BVA/RKC/ISDS Eye Scheme (RKC Best Practice)

If the Poodle parent is a Miniature (RKC Best Practice): DNA tests for osteochondrodysplasia (OC) and prcd-PRA, plus the BVA/RKC/ISDS Eye Scheme and the BVA/RKC Hip Dysplasia Scheme.

Breed Watch: the Maltese, Toy Poodle and Miniature Poodle are all Category 1, with no breed-specific points of concern listed. The Maltipoo has no category of its own.

Choosing a Maltipoo breeder

A careful Maltipoo breeder chooses parents for health and temperament rather than for being as small as possible. You should be able to see the puppies with their mother, hear about the father, and see health results for both parents: at the very least a prcd-PRA DNA result for the Toy Poodle and a current eye examination certificate for each dog. Where a parent is on the RKC Breed or Activity Register, you can confirm results on the RKC Health Test Results Finder.

Good breeders will be honest that coat type and adult size vary, and will not use words such as "teacup" or "micro" to justify a higher price. The RKC says a small puppy should not cost more than other dogs of its breed. Puppies must be microchipped and registered on a database by eight weeks old. In England, anyone who breeds three or more litters in 12 months and sells any of the puppies, or who runs a business breeding and advertising dogs for sale, needs a licence from the local council and must display its number in adverts.

  • May I see the prcd-PRA result and eye certificates for both parents?
  • How big are the mother and father, and have you bred from undersized dogs?
  • Can I see the puppies with their mother, and how many litters has she had?
  • What coat types have previous litters had, and what grooming will this puppy need?
  • Will there be a written contract of sale, and will you take the dog back if needed?

More for Maltipoo owners and breeders

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