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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.
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