It’s elegant and royal-esque when its naturally long-mane is groomed, but the Maltese is quite rigorous and active and excels at agility training.

Once mentioned by Aristotle, artists, poets, and writers immortalized the Maltese in the Ancient Greco, Roman, and Egyptian civilizations.

This toy breed is not to be underestimated. Yes, it’s elegant and royal-esque when its naturally long-mane is groomed, but the Maltese is quite rigorous and active and excels at agility training. It’s one of the reasons these dogs made just as great companions in ancient times as they do today.

Here, we pay homage to some of the prettiest Maltese of Instagram.

Aya

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzV2YTUDbRr/

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Pixie

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Yl6aSJGfR/

Stella

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxRPxB2pBQ3/

Molly

https://www.instagram.com/p/BtFmtOglKxx/

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Chase

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0PUTLCAoLo/

Capucine

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0RjEkOF_ci/

Oscar

https://www.instagram.com/p/B004JXrIhX9/