The Adventures of Kailani

Everything I read about Maltese, they were talking about a full grown dog not a young puppy. The personality our little Kailani will grow into is going to be what we naively expected when we got her forgetting that she's new to our world and everything is such a new experience for her to see, smell and taste. We also weren't aware of her small bladder and how often she needs to pee in the middle of the night. Luckily one of the reasons we chose a Maltese is they're very trainable for indoor litter box (more like pee pads and a tray) and don't need or necessarily like going outside. We tried having her sleep in a crate(next to our bed) and taking her to her training pad area and she woke us several times during the night during the first week. The second week we got smarter :) , we put her in her play pen(next to our bed) for the night with her organic crate mat, her comfort stuffed animal, some of her toys and her training pad, so she could be self-contained for th...

We welcomed our new little girl into our family on March 4th, 2014. She was born on January 2nd, 2014, so she was 8 weeks and 1 lb. 9 oz at the time we adopted her.  We already had 2 kitty fur babies (Sugar & Sweet Pea) that we love so much, but I (Kim Smith) had wanted a Maltese for so many years I can't remember and had really been looking like crazy for one to add to our brood for the past year. I did my homework and knew a Maltese would be the perfect dog for us...at least it looked that way on paper. Now, I'm not saying we're not madly in love with her, but we may be too sleep deprived to actually understand what we've gotten ourselves into. I'll be sharing all our adventures together and let you know what it's really like to get your first puppy. Here are her first night photos with us (Kim & Sean). She just drank some water, so her fur around her mouth was still wet, but already photogenic! Kailani's new kitty sisters...