Been wondering for a while...Maltese VS OES
I was in the "Polls" forum the other night, and I was reading about the "If you could have any other breed...what would it be?" and one of the options was "Maltese (they seem to be popular with OES owners)". Why is that? Is this because their faces have similar characteristics? It's strange, because I've been in love with OES since I was really young, but I was allergic, so my parents bought me a Maltese (because they have hair, not fur), and since, I have bought one of my own. I was just wondering what everyone else's input is on the Maltese VS OES subject? I know a few of you have Malteses of your own! It's just weird because I didn't get a Maltese because it's face looked like an OES, and vice versa. Is it just a coincidence? ~Andrea |
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| I had a maltese and an OES. I think if anyone goes from OES to maltese ...it's because they were looking for smaller dog/non-shedding/not so much work. If someone is going from maltese to OES ...same thing but obviously opposite. I went from maltese to OES b/c my husband couldn't stand the idea of getting another fragile dog. A bred to standard maltese is fragile and always feel like they're going to break COMPARED to other small dogs like a shih tzu that has a stronger wider frame. They're personalities aren't the same and the maltese I've run into are soooooooooooooo much easier to train. I think owning the two at the same time isn't the wisest of choices because of the size difference, but it can be done ...and I truly believe they can live very happy together. My OES and maltese really liked each other. Really really. ...but ever throw a ball outside and have them both go for it? I always had to close my eyes in fear the OES (who is clumsy) would stumble over my tiny dog. My maltese would disagree with me and say she could handle herself and that silly shaggy monster. ...but she's a lot tougher than she's letting on because she would sit in the corner more often than not because the two did better playing separate games (which we did). |
| Andrea: OES have hair & not fur. Still doesn't make them hypoallergenic but you get away from the seasonal shedding. |
Hair and fur are synonymous. The OES doesn't shed its fur.  Many (if not most) people who are allergic to dogs are allergic to the proteins in the dog's saliva. |
Ron wrote: Hair and fur are synonymous. I hope NOT  I do NOT have fur. NOT.  In dogs you typically distinguish as follows: hair grows an indeterminant length (keeps growing forever and typically needs to be trimmed for tidiness etc). Fur grows only to a determinant length. Shave it, it still only grows so long, whatever that pre-determined length is. OES are therefore hair dogs. They don't shed in the traditional sense of say a lab (horrors) Which doesn't explain the huge, galloping dustbunnies around my house, but never mind, must all be due to the cat  Kristine |
Dust bunnies breed in my house too I dont have a cat to blame this on  They dont shed but you seem to get fluff migrating all over the house, you should see it when I move the couches and vacuum underneath, I swear there is enough dust bunnies to knit a winter coat from. Visitors are told not to wear Navy or black when visiting or they go home with an extra layer of warmth on them. Funny what's black mixed with the dust bunnies sort of looks grey when they leave |
Mad Dog wrote: Ron wrote: Hair and fur are synonymous. I hope NOT I do NOT have fur. NOT. In dogs you typically distinguish as follows: hair grows an indeterminant length (keeps growing forever and typically needs to be trimmed for tidiness etc). Fur grows only to a determinant length. Shave it, it still only grows so long, whatever that pre-determined length is. Really, hair and fur are the same thing! |
| I read it on the web, it must be true! (Well, on Scientific American, an interview with a mammologist (Do you think their monthly newletter is called the mammo-gram?)) Link to Scientific American article I think if you search back to the beginning of this forum, you'll see me talking about how sheepies have hair not fur. What can I say, I think I was wrong. But I'm very willing to be convinced back! Prove me wrong! (Or prove what I used to think is right, so if you prove me wrong I was right all along! I think.) |
| I can remember when I was wrong once. It happened when I thought I was wrong about something else. |
| Yes, I know the feeling and what a horrible burden it is! |
Ron wrote: Mad Dog wrote: Ron wrote: Hair and fur are synonymous. I hope NOT I do NOT have fur. NOT. In dogs you typically distinguish as follows: hair grows an indeterminant length (keeps growing forever and typically needs to be trimmed for tidiness etc). Fur grows only to a determinant length. Shave it, it still only grows so long, whatever that pre-determined length is. I was hoping you wouldn't notice that Of course, I'm Scandinavian, so...never mind. To further confuse things, there are hair sheep and wool sheep. Hair sheep (basically) shed but wool sheep have to be shaved. So maybe our dogs have wool? (and wool really is biologically different than hair)Fur sounds stupid to me in regards to an OES. Well, in regards to most dogs. Fur to me means mink etc. Then again, based on the premise of 101 dalmations, well, never mind.  Yes, biologically hair and "fur" are the same thing, HAIR. The term fur is generally used to refer to plushness, and then usually in reference to hair that has a pretty short growth cycle. If other dog people want to say their breeds have fur, go for it. Our dogs have hair. Makes my hair stand on end to hear someone refer to an OES as having fur. And given that I can almost sit on my hair, that's saying a lot Kristine |
| Well, either way.....can somebody come remove all this hair/fur from my dogs???? Too hot here for these outfits.... |
| It felt that way here yesterday as well and it wasn't even all that hot. Even the naked dogs were looking at me like: "no, really, make this heat stuff stop." It was nice and cool in the basement, but do you think they'd stay there? Nope. KB |
| Horrid here too....it was over 90 yesterday and forcasted again today, along with our 1st real humidity. Chewie is miserable.... It's 9am and already 83. Uggh 3 days ago we had the furnace running.....not fair to change this fast! |
got sheep wrote: Horrid here too....it was over 90 yesterday and forcasted again today, along with our 1st real humidity. Chewie is miserable.... It's 9am and already 83. Uggh 3 days ago we had the furnace running.....not fair to change this fast! Patch doesn't have to move from cool spot to cool spot too much because the a/c keeps it very nice. It is hot and humid in Kentucky so she enjoys the cool comfort of the a/c - tomorrow she has an appt at the beauty shop so she will be even cooler and more beautiful.  |
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