It really depends on what you are looking for. First, you need to decide if you want a cat or a dog. In my opinion, cats are more suited to being an only pet, and are more independent. I don't like the idea of one dog, alone in the house all day. Dogs are pack animals, and enjoy having company at all times. There are exceptions, of course, but as a rule dogs are more socially-oriented than cats.
A cat will shed more than a maltese, that's for sure. But I don't know that a maltese would be happy by itself all day at home.
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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