How many puppies do Maltese usually have?
From our experience, an overall average of about two to three puppies. Although it’s not rare to have four puppies, and on rare occasions even five puppies in a litter, with larger litters there is a higher risk of having a stillborn puppy, or a puppy born with a serious enough defect that it dies shortly after birth. Occasionally, there will be only one puppy born, but again that’s somewhat rare.
