Maltese Puppies for Sale

Five puppies are looking for homes at the moment. Cody and Callie are eight weeks old, raised in the house rather than in a kennel building, and the smallest of their litter, which is what people mean by teacup-sized. Miki, also eight weeks, is teacup-sized too. Mashi and Maru are a week older at nine weeks. Everything below is what we can tell you honestly before you meet them; the rest is a phone call.

Cody Male  ·  8 weeks  ·  White  ·  Teacup size  ·  $600 Cody is the one who comes over to find out what you are doing. He is curious rather than silly, the puppy who walks towards a new noise instead of away from it, and he settles onto a lap about a minute after he is picked up. That steadiness is the temperament we have spent thirty-four years selecting for, and it is the part of a puppy a photograph cannot show you. Ask about Cody on (856) 394-0451 or email divinemaltaol.gmail.com@gmail.com Ask about Cody

Callie Female  ·  8 weeks  ·  White  ·  Teacup size  ·  $600 Callie is busier than her brother and a good deal funnier with it. She is first to any toy and the last to give it up, and she has already worked out that a shoulder is the right height from which to supervise a room. She will suit a household that wants a dog with an opinion rather than an ornament. Ask about Callie on (856) 394-0451 or email divinemaltaol.gmail.com@gmail.com Ask about Callie

Miki Female  ·  8 weeks  ·  White  ·  Teacup size  ·  $600 Miki is eight weeks old, white, and teacup-sized: in her photograph she is sitting in a cup, which gives a fair idea of her size today. Ask Angie what she expects her to weigh grown. It is an estimate, and she will tell you so. Ask about Miki on (856) 394-0451 or email divinemaltaol.gmail.com@gmail.com Ask about Miki

Mashi Male  ·  9 weeks  ·  White  ·  $600 Mashi is nine weeks old, white, with the dark eyes and black nose the standard asks for, and the full coat is already coming in. We would rather you heard what he is like from Angie than read a paragraph written to sell him: ring, say what your household is like, and she will tell you honestly whether he suits it. Ask about Mashi on (856) 394-0451 or email divinemaltaol.gmail.com@gmail.com Ask about Mashi

Maru Female  ·  9 weeks  ·  White  ·  $600 Maru is nine weeks old and the smaller of the two new puppies in the photographs. Like Mashi she is white with dark pigment and a coat that is coming in well. Ask Angie about her temperament directly; one call tells you more than any description here could. Ask about Maru on (856) 394-0451 or email divinemaltaol.gmail.com@gmail.com Ask about Maru

What each puppy goes home with

Shots up to date for their age, dewormed, and examined by our veterinarian before they leave. Each puppy travels with a written health contract, their AKC paperwork, a certificate of health, their shot record, and a week of the food they are already eating.

That last one sounds minor and is not. Changing a puppy's diet in the same week it changes house is the usual reason a new owner is cleaning the floor on day two, and it is easily avoided by keeping one thing the same while everything else changes.

What the parents were tested for

Both parents have been through the panel this breed actually needs, and we will show you any of the certificates before money changes hands:

• Patellar luxation, the knees, for the slipping kneecap small breeds are prone to
• Cardiac examination, the heart, evaluated by a veterinarian
• Eye examination, a veterinary ophthalmologist's CAER examination
• Bile acids testing, which screens for liver shunt, the condition the Maltese is genuinely known for

A breeder who says "health tested" without naming the tests is telling you nothing. Ask us, and ask anyone else you are talking to, to name them.

What a puppy costs, and getting one home

Every puppy on this page is $600. That is the price of the puppy itself. Travel, if you need it, is quoted separately and paid by the buyer, because what it costs depends entirely on where you are.

There are three ways a puppy gets to you. You are welcome to collect in person, which is what families within driving distance usually do and what we would choose ourselves. For anywhere further, a flight nanny carries the puppy in the aircraft cabin and hands it to you at arrivals, which keeps a person with the puppy for the whole journey. Ground transport is the third option, two to three days by road with updates along the way, and it suits some routes and some seasons better than flying.

We do not put a puppy in the hold as unaccompanied cargo. If a route only works that way, we will tell you it does not work rather than book it.

How we place a puppy

Pet puppies stay with us until twelve weeks and show puppies until six months. That is not us being difficult. Those extra weeks with the litter are where a Maltese learns to be a dog, and they show up later in a puppy that is easier to live with.

Pet puppies are placed on AKC Limited Registration and are not to be bred from. Show puppies go on a written contract. Nothing we breed may be resold; if a home does not work out, the dog comes back to us, whatever its age.

We also place retired adults from time to time. They are house trained, settled, and often the better answer for someone who would rather skip the puppy months.

Asking about a puppy

Ring Angie on (856) 394-0451 or email divinemaltaol.gmail.com@gmail.com. Tell us which puppy you are asking about and roughly what your household looks like. One person answers these, so you will get a straight reply rather than a form.

Worth reading before you call: the teacup Maltese for sale page, which says what teacup-sized means here, what a Maltese costs and why, what the coat really needs, and how we have bred this one breed since 1992.