Maltese's

[Genny]

Sunsetrose, as long as you keep them brushed they can still get outside and have a good time and still look gorgeous at night if you just brush their tangles out. They don't get tangled if you just brush them once a day. Or my girl don't, it may be becasue she's half pom, but anyway she gets out and runs around with the other dogs and she runs with the cats outside and even plays with my goat and ducks. At night as long as I brush her she's adorable! If you had a show dog I don't guess you'd want to let it get out and run around outside, but if you've just got one as a pet they can pretty much do as much as any other dog can do and still look cute!
Do you have one, or do you want one?

[SunsetRose]

Neither lol. I'm not very familiar with how a long coat like that would be able to handle daily wear. I have had a neighbor drop off their poodle at my house to be groomed and it was aweful. Not only did they allow it to be long, they didn't brush it out at all. They said it was because she played alot that day, but I know better than that....judging on how badly matted it was, it must have taken 3 or more months to get like that.

I don't intentionally plan on getting any particular breed other than a border collie from a rescue. Showing and breeding isn't my thing, rescuing and rehabilitating is. So if I end up with a Maltese at one point or another, I'm totally ok with that