Maltipoo Puppy Price: What It Actually Costs

A Maltipoo puppy from us is $1,600 to $1,700. The bigger number, and the one most new owners underestimate, is what the coat costs to keep every year after that.

Maltipoos are among the most searched-for small dogs in the country, which means the market around them is noisy. Here is our price, what moves prices generally, and the ongoing costs that are specific to this cross.

What we charge

The puppy price includes the veterinary health certificate, dated vaccination and deworming records, microchip, welcome kit and feeding plan, and our written 2-year genetic health guarantee. For Portland pickup, a 60% deposit can hold your puppy for up to thirty days, with the balance due before collection. For delivery, the full puppy price plus the confirmed delivery fee are required to reserve. Nothing else is added later.

What moves Maltipoo prices

Advertised prices for Maltipoo puppies in the United States commonly run from somewhere above a thousand dollars into the low thousands, with the top of the range attached to the smallest dogs. The factors behind that:

• Expected adult size. The strongest single driver. Puppies expected to finish under about six pounds consistently carry the highest prices, because demand for very small dogs outstrips supply. It is worth being clear-eyed here: smaller is not healthier, and a five-pound adult is genuinely more fragile than a twelve-pound one. How big do Maltipoos get sets out the ranges.
• Color. Apricot, red and true black tend to be asked for more often than cream. Maltipoo colors explains why the color you see at eight weeks may not be the color you keep.
• What is included. A price with veterinary work, microchip and a written guarantee behind it is not the same price as one without.
• Who you are buying from. A broker adds a margin and knows nothing about the individual puppy.

What a Maltipoo costs after homecoming

Grooming is the line that surprises people

A Maltipoo coat does not shed itself out. It keeps growing, and what does not shed mats instead. That means a professional groom every six to eight weeks for the life of the dog, typically $60 to $100 a visit depending on where you live, plus brushing at home most days in between.

Skipping the at-home brushing does not save money. It moves the cost to the groomer, who will charge more for a matted coat and may have no option but to shave it. The honest way to think about a low-shedding breed is that you trade vacuuming for brushing. A realistic at-home and groomer routine sets out what that looks like week to week.

Teeth, and small mouths generally

Small breeds carry a full set of teeth in a small jaw, which crowds them and makes dental disease more likely. Daily brushing at home is free and genuinely effective. A professional dental cleaning under anaesthetic, if it becomes necessary, is not. Starting the habit in the first month is the cheapest preventative care available to you.

Current prices sit on each card on the Maltipoo puppies page. If you are weighing this cross against the other two, which is right for your home compares them directly.