5 rescue Malteses are available for adoption across Australia right now, listed by DCH Animal Adoptions, Monika's Doggie Rescue. Every listing links straight to the rescue.
About 9 years old • Maltese X Shih Tzu
About 7 years old • Jack Russell Terrier X Maltese
2 years 2 months • Maltese Cross
About 2 years old • Maltese X Pomeranian
The Maltese is a small-sized dog with low energy needs. Those two things — the space it needs and the exercise it expects — matter more day to day than the breed label itself, especially with rescue dogs, where many are crosses.
Shelter breed labels in Australia are usually a visual guess rather than a DNA result, so a dog listed as a Maltese may well be a cross. That is worth knowing before you rule a listing in or out: temperament and the individual dog's history tell you far more than the name on the card.
Right now Malteses in Australia are listed by DCH Animal Adoptions, Monika's Doggie Rescue. Applications, home checks and adoption decisions are handled by the rescue directly — LocalPetFinder brings the listings together so you do not have to check each rescue separately, and does not take a fee.
As of September 2026, 5 Malteses are available for adoption in Australia across 2 rescues on LocalPetFinder. Listings are refreshed regularly as dogs are adopted and new ones arrive — browse the current Malteses above and apply directly through the rescue. Currently listed by Monika's Doggie Rescue, DCH Animal Adoptions.
LocalPetFinder lists Malteses available for adoption from rescues right across Australia, in New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland, and Victoria. Right now the rescues listing Malteses are DCH Animal Adoptions, Monika's Doggie Rescue. Every listing links straight to the rescue that has the dog, and the application is handled by them, not by us.
Not for sale, for adoption, which is usually the better deal. Every Maltese here comes from an Australian rescue rather than a breeder or a classified seller, and the adoption fee already covers desexing, vaccination and microchipping. That fee is typically a few hundred dollars, against often several thousand from a breeder with none of the vet work done. If you searched "maltese for sale", adopting gets you a vetted dog for a fraction of the price.
