What are the main things to look for when purchasing a Maltese pup?
It is probably most important to buy your puppy from a reputable Maltese breeder. As a general rule, we recommend against buying a Maltese puppy from a pet store because you typically cannot know where the puppy came from and under what conditions it was bred. Pet stores typically do not provide any health records for puppies and their health guarantees are very limited. A pet store would typically not provide any registration papers with a puppy, so the purebred status of a puppy could not be proven. Many pet store puppies are from so-called “puppy mills” where the parents of the puppies are not in good health nor clean, and the puppies are separated from their mothers at far too early an age. Enough said about pet stores. A reputable Maltese breeder should guarantee your satisfaction by allowing you at least enough time to have your vet check it’s health and give you a chance to decide that the puppy is right for you (and vice versa)–usually 24 to 48 hours from purchase date–and al
