The Maltese is an energetic, smart, loving, and devoted breed. Reward training is your best bet when deciding on a training method. Maltese have been known to learn many tricks if they feel they are adequately appreciated for performing them. Its important that owners of a Maltese don’t overprotect this breed. Maltese become jealous very quickly and won’t be friendly with strangers if they are spoiled dogs. Maltese get along great with other pets and will help with the socialization of your dog.
As with many toy breeds the Maltese is fairly hard to housebreak, But if you can dedicate the time and effort to housebreaking your Maltese, doing so is easy to achieve. An effective method is crate training. Give your Maltese time in their crate to establish a sense of home. But remember to take them out for enough time do their business. Try to put the trips outside on a schedule so your Maltese has some sense of when they are going to be give the opportunity to relieve himself. Puppies don’t intentionally make messes in the home. Its because they haven’t learned where the bathroom is. The last thing a Maltese wants to do is make a mess of their living space. This is why you’ll often find dogs hiding their waste in corners of the house.
Like I mentioned before, Maltese are very willing to learn if they are rewarded enough. Each time your Maltese does his business in the right place reward him with praise and a treat. Never punish your Maltese is they made an accident. Keep in mind that its called an accident for a reason.
Don’t be lazy when it comes to training your Maltese. Postponing or ignoring training all together will make things almost impossible when you finally realize that your Maltese requires training.
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