Maltese Did You Know?

• The Maltese was known as "Ye Ancient Dogge of Malta", which for more than 28 centuries has been an aristocrat of the canine world.
• At the time of the Apostle Paul, Publius, the Roman governor of Malta, had a Maltese named Issa of which he was very fond; in this connection, the poet Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) made this attachment famous in one of his celebrated epigrams.
• The Greeks erected tombs to their Maltese.
• A fine model of the Maltese was unearthed in the Fayum in Egypt, making it not unlikely that this breed was the kind of dog worshipped by the Egyptians.
• The first Maltese exhibited in the US was white and listed as a Maltese Lion Dog at WKC’s first dog show in 1877.
• The AKC accepted the Maltese for registration in 1888.