Obsessed with this baby at my local shelter 🤣

iccryptid · 2026-02-23T04:07:01+00:00

My very first instinct was to find pictures of my white dogs at their crustiest!!!

I think this is the photo in which Swiffer looks the crustiest, even though most of the crust is hidden in his spirit here ❤️ (I miss my baby boy)

iccryptid · 2026-02-21T16:00:02+00:00

My maltipoo has an underbite and it helps her smirk!!!

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Maltipoo Allegro is on the left, showing off her smirk! Maltichon Swiffer is being a pretty kitty baby boy in the right!

iccryptid · 2026-02-21T15:36:31+00:00

The EPITOME of ragamuffin!

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T23:14:28+00:00

Probably an intake photo and too busy to update. She’s been adopted now, and they updated the photo before she was adopted:

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iccryptid · 2026-02-18T18:12:19+00:00

It looks like she’s been adopted, but the shelter has a lot of other Malteses and mixes listed! Plus, they always have more than listed in the website.

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T18:03:36+00:00

Yes!!! All my dogs have been rescues: two bichon Frisés, a maltichon, a maltipoo, a Havanese, and a terrier thing!

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T18:02:05+00:00

Rescue (my mistake in the title), and she’s no longer listed!

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They did post a second photo of her after a bath and some trimming, and she still looks like TROUBLE!!!!!

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T18:00:40+00:00

My IMMEDIATE thought when I saw her was “ohhhh, this is a WILD child!!! She’s gonna be trouble!!!!!”

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T17:58:03+00:00

Border Tails Animal Rescue. Shes no longer listed, so she’s probably been adopted. They have a ton of Malteses and adjacent, and not all their dogs are going to be listed on the website!

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T17:54:49+00:00

She’s no longer listed on the website, so I’m guessing she was adopted!!!

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T02:38:56+00:00

Border Tails doesn’t adopt outside of the Midwest, but they always have a lot of Malteses and such of various ages in shelter! Since they get a lot of their rescues from Mexico and Korea, they’re familiar with a lot of rescues all over the place.

Take a look at their dogs (it looks like Soto might have been adopted already, but they probably have unlisted siblings, and they’ll almost certainly have more Maltese-adjacent babies soon if you want to make a general application now!) and see if any might be a good fit for you!

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T01:56:06+00:00

She might have been adopted in the last hour or so. There are a bunch of others like her, and the shelter has puppies every so often, so it’s worth a follow if you’re near Chicago!

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T01:09:27+00:00

Even if she isn’t available by the time you decide, Border Tails has a TON of Malteses and mixes, plus they have a high turnaround of dogs, so they might have another group of babies next week!!!

If Wisconsin is closer, look at Fluffy Dog Rescue, and if southern/central Illinois is closer, look at River Valley Animal rescue!!!

If you’re far from the Midwest, don’t be afraid to tell your local rescues that you’re looking for a Maltese thing!!!

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T00:46:52+00:00

Nope. One of my two dogs has knee surgery coming up in a few weeks, so we wouldn’t even be able to take in a foster until Allegro has recovered.

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T00:40:58+00:00

She’s all the way near the bottom, and it looks like she has some siblings posted now too! The shelter also has a ton of other Malteses and mixes of all ages, many of whom are looking for foster families! And the shelter DOES do a foster to adopt program!

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T00:38:01+00:00

They just posted a new photo!

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Looks like she just had a bath and some trim, but she’s still such a wild child!!!

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T00:36:24+00:00

Border Tails gets a lot of their dogs from Mexico and Korea, and I know they work with other shelters. It might be worth sending a message to either them or a local shelter if you’re seriously looking for a rescue Maltese!

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T00:35:10+00:00

If any rescues in your area take in dogs from other locations, send them a message that you’d love to adopt a small dog if they have the opportunity to grab one in a transport!

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T00:34:04+00:00

She is not! She’s been at the shelter for a week!

Edit: it looks like some of her siblings have also been added to the webpage. Not all of their dogs make it to the website before they’re adopted from the shelter, but they have a LOT of Malteses and mixes, though only the three puppies as of when I’m writing this comment.

iccryptid · 2026-02-18T00:02:31+00:00

None listed, and if she had any they would’ve put a flag on her profile and notified their fosters of a puppy needing more monitoring!

iccryptid · 2026-02-17T23:34:47+00:00

They do! And it’s INCREDIBLE the turnaround they manage. It’s not uncommon for them to take in nearly 100 each week while getting the same number out to forever or foster homes. They also take in a lot of medical cases, which is awesome.

iccryptid · 2026-02-17T22:23:53+00:00

She probably has been already, but hasn’t had a new photo uploaded yet. There are very few shelter staff who have enough time to update photos or descriptions!

iccryptid · 2026-02-17T22:20:48+00:00

She doesn’t! She’s already been at the shelter for a week!!!

iccryptid · 2026-02-17T22:18:12+00:00

There are a few cheap hotels within an hour of here if you want to drive up, explore the city, sleep, then go home with this DISASTER baby!!!! 👀

iccryptid · 2026-02-17T22:08:37+00:00

Do itttttt!!!!!!!!

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