If you’ve fallen in love with the charming, gentle Maltese, you might also fall head over heels for these 11 Maltese mixes.

LIVERMORE, Calif. "She's just like a child to us and we'd do anything to have her back," Livermore's Lauren Cox said. "She" is Cox's 9-pound, white Maltese Shih-Tzu mix named "Zoe." ...

Size: Maltese vs shih tzu. Both the shih tzu and the Maltese are toy breeds, so there isn't a lot of difference when it comes to their height. The shih tzu is the slightly larger of the two ...