Designer Dog - "Malti-Poo"

The Malti-Poo is a designer dog and, it is a cross between the Maltese and the Poodle . The great way to determine the temperament of a designer breed is to look up all breeds in the cross and know you can get any combination of any of the characteristics found in either breed.

 Although there are designer hybrid dogs being bred which are 50% purebred to 50% purebred, it is not uncommon for breeders to breed multi-generation cross, 75% to 25%, to try and gain certain features like color, temperament or non-shedding coat.

Size and Colors

Sizes vary with the size of the parents, but commonly the maltipoo typically matures between 5 to 10 pounds. These dogs are non-shedding, and  light colors are most common, but can be found in a variety of colors.

Temperament

The Maltese Poodle has a delightful temperament and they are a bright and happy dog.  They are very

smart and devoted like both breeds. 

They are excellent with children as long as the parent teaches their child to play carefully with the smaller breed.www.designerdogsandpups.blogspot.com

What is a Designer Dog or Puppy?

In the late 20th century,  breeders began to cross purebred poodles with other purebred breeds in order to obtain a dog with the poodles' hypoallergenic coat, along with various desirable characteristics from other breeds.

The connotation of the term "designer dog" is that the breeding is by design, between a deliberately chosen sire and dam, as opposed to an accidental breeding. A few breeders have taken this a step further, breeding a specific crossbreed to others of the same cross, setting a standard, and documenting the ancestry of puppies so bred over generations, in order to create a new breed of dog.^[2]

The term "designer dog" has, however, taken on a new meaning, equating fads for crossbreed dogs with other "designer" accessories like purses and shoes. More recently, the term "designer dog" has started to ecompass some smaller ("handbag size") purebred dogs, such as the chihuahua and Pomeranian

The primary identifying mark of a crossbred "designer dog' is that the resulting puppies are called by a portmanteau word made up of syllables (or sounds) from the breed names of the two purebred parents, such as schnoodle (Schnauzer and poodle cross).^[1]

Other purebred breeds are being crossed to provide designer dogs described with an endless range of created labels, such as the ShiChi (Shitzu and Chihuahua cross), the Chiweenie (Chihuahua and Dachshund cross), the Afador (Afghan Hound-Labrador Retriever cross), and the Morkie (Yorkshire Terrier-Maltese cross). There are even complex crosses (with multiple breeds in recent ancestry) are being labeled in this manner, such as German Chusky (German Shepherd Dog, Husky, Chow Chow).

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)www.designerdogsandpups.blogspot.com