Karamin, mai dogon gashi Maltese bichon ne (Faransanci don karnukan cinya). Tushensa ya koma zamanin tsohuwar Girka. An haife shi a matsayin aboki kuma kare abokin tarayya, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa ya kasance abokin aminci ga marasa aure da ma'aurata. Hakanan ya dace da iyalai, kamar yadda mai wasa, kare abokantaka na iya zama abokin wasa mai kyau ga yara. Saboda sauƙin horarwarsa, ana ba da shawarar ga masu farawa.
Tsayi: mata 20-23 cm da maza 21-25 cm;
Nauyin: 3-4kg;
Hali: Mai wasa, marar tsoro, mai saukin kai, mai hankali, mai aiki;
Horowa da hali: mai wasa, mai hankali, yana buƙatar ƙarfafa jiki da tunani;
Cututtuka: gwiwar hannu, gwiwa & matsalolin haɗin gwiwa;
Tsawon rayuwa: har zuwa shekaru 18.
A ƙasa zaku sami 10 mafi kyawun jarfa na kare Maltese: