ʻO ka Maltese lapdog kahi mea ʻoluʻolu e pono e noho i ka mānoanoa o nā mea a e makaʻala i nā nūhou āpau. Maikaʻi maikaʻi, akā i ka manawa like me ka hilinaʻi i kā lākou ʻokoʻa ponoʻī, ʻaʻole e hakakā ʻo Maltese me nā holoholona. I nā ʻīlio o nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe, ʻike kēia mau pussies ikaika, inā ʻaʻole nā hoaaloha, a laila ma ka liʻiliʻi loa i nā hoa pāʻani e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke holo a pāʻani pāʻani i ka ʻoluʻolu o kou puʻuwai. Akā, ʻaʻole manaʻo nā lapdogs e kaʻana like i ka manaʻo o ka haku me kekahi mea ola. I ka manawa e hānai ai ka mea nona ka Maltese i kahi holoholona ʻē aʻe, ala aʻe kahi kanaka lili liʻiliʻi i kāna holoholona, hiki ke hana i kekahi mea e pili ana i kahi hoa paio.
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