In the dog world, there is hair and then there is the Maltese. This is not an exaggeration, but a fact that strikes you even more when you look at it through the eyes of nature, breeding and aesthetics. The Maltese’s coat – snow-white, light, straight and silky – is a unique phenomenon that is unparalleled in the wild. It is the creation of beauty for beauty’s sake, an evolutionary art that has no equal.
How did nature create the perfect white canvas?
The Maltese is one of the oldest ornamental breeds. Its ancestors were depicted on amphorae in ancient Greece, carried in the arms of Roman matrons and wrapped in silk handkerchiefs by medieval ladies. But what is unique is that the coat of these dogs is not for defense, not for camouflage, not for survival, but for impression. It’s a manifesto coat, an adorning coat.
While most dogs have two layers, an undercoat for warmth and a top coat for protection, the Maltese has one, special type of coat, similar to human hair. It doesn’t have a “shedding” phase, doesn’t coarsen with age, and doesn’t change texture with the season. It grows evenly, long, continuously – like a perfect ribbon of silk.
The genetic code of tenderness
Maltese DNA contains a rare combination of genes responsible for:
low rigidity of the hair cortex
lack of undercoat
white shine due to the microstructure of the hair surface
absence of pigment in the hair follicle
This is simply optical whiteness, the result of a complex play of light and structure. That’s why in the photo the coat of a Maltese as if glowing. And that is why it is so vulnerable to humidity, chemistry, dust, time.
Without proper care, this coat will tangle, stick together, lose all its beauty – because it is not meant to be wild. It’s a coat that needs… grooming. Like a silk dress needs hand washing, not machine washing.
Destined to be beautiful: why a Maltese’s coat needs grooming
The Maltese’s coat is like an unfinished painting: God created its foundations, but it is up to man to complete the design. In the wild, this hair structure would be doomed. But in the conditions of cohabitation with man it became the embodiment of the idea that beauty is not only a gift, but also a responsibility. And it is the groomer who becomes the one who continues the conception – not in the laboratory, but in the salon.
Professional grooming for a Maltese is:
to preserve the structure of the hair at the right angle so as not to disturb its shine
choose a cosmetic that does not weigh and does not change the microporous surface of the coat
dry it so that each hair lay in its own direction
choose a style of haircut Maltese, which is not only aesthetic, but also functional – taking into account the mobility, season, character
Every movement is like the stroke of a brush. The groomer works not with the coat, but with texture, light, volume. Everything that seems like a “trifle” – the position of the ears, the symmetry of the paws, the smoothness of the back line – is part of the high game between nature and man.
Wool that cannot be forgotten
There are wools that you want to touch. And there is one that you just need to see once and it will remain in your memory forever. Such is the coat of a Maltese Bolognese after quality grooming. It is alive. It breathes, shimmers, flows over the body. This is not a functional element – it is an aesthetic act.
And that is why Maltese grooming is not a service, but a ritual, not “just another hairstyle”, but the completion of the design inherent in the DNA of this breed.
V.O.G DOG SALON – where Maltese fur gets a second life.
In our salons, groomers interact with nature. They know how to touch this fragile beauty without destroying it. Every Maltese that leaves V.O.G DOG SALON sparkles in the full sense of the word.
We do not fight nature – we continue it.
