Our adorable faces have made us pretty pupular with celebrities over the years. Who are our famous admirers, you ask? Ellen Degeneres, Jessica Simpson, Blake Lively, and Rihanna are just a few stars who have chosen my Maltipoo friends to be their furry best friends! People call us "designer dogs" because we often live with the rich and famous, but really we're just like any other canine – only cuter!

There aren’t many records about my history, but most people agree that dog aficionados started breeding the Toy Poodle with the Maltese around the 1990s and early 2000s with the goal of creating a hypoallergenic dog breed. Of course, no dog is 100% pawfect for people with allergies, but they thought combining the fur of the Poodle and the Maltese – neither of which shed very much or have irritable dander – would be a furbulous idea. The result was the Maltipoo – a happy, easygoing pup! Maltese come from Malta, which is located in the Mediterranean Basin and Poodles come from Germany and France! I’m a pretty wordly pooch if you ask me. As a crossbreed, that means I get all the best qualities from both of my parent breeds. I have my Poodle parent to thank for my luscious locks, and my Maltese parent to thank for my cute little stature! Maltipoos are usually first generation, which means they’re born to one Poodle and one Maltese parent instead of two Maltipoo parents. That being said, it