"Boarding contract" for a purebred dog -- any thoughts pro or con?

[Teacher Terry]

WE usually rescue but I did buy a show dog Maltese and it is so funny because she will lay down carefully and hold a pose after all these years. The other Maltese just flop down. My son refers to her as the uptown girl. She will dance in a circle when you sit on the toilet. The first thing I did was get her fixed. No way was I going to breed a 3lb dog or any dog for that matter. I have also found that mixed breeds are healthier. Congrats on your new addition!!

[iris lilies]

WE usually rescue but I did buy a show dog Maltese and it is so funny because she will lay down carefully and hold a pose after all these years. The other Maltese just flop down. My son refers to her as the uptown girl. She will dance in a circle when you sit on the toilet. The first thing I did was get her fixed. No way was I going to breed a 3lb dog or any dog for that matter. I have also found that mixed breeds are healthier. Congrats on your new addition!!

I know! My favorite pet bulldog of all times was gorgeous and smart and a former show dog.

Once we we took her to Bulldog nationals where we participated in the costume contest ( she was spayed by then and retired from the show ring.) I didn't realize it then, but she was "on""for the entire time when we stood around, then paraded around the ring, then stood some more., She never sat down because she knows you don't sit down in the ring, ever!

Only when we left the hotel ballroom and stood for a while in the hall did she lie down,exhausted. She actually started sleeping right there in the hall, which showed me how tired she was. Poor baby!

She had been holding her pose for hours.

[freshstart]

The first thing I did was get her fixed. No way was I going to breed a 3lb dog or any dog for that matter. I have also found that mixed breeds are healthier.

I have to google Maltese, I can't quite fathom a 3 lb dog! I thought Mitch was so small at 8 lbs

[Karma]

Mistake.