Ripa's new dog, a Maltese/Shih Tzu mix named Lena, joins her other rescue pooch Chewie Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

A rescue dog's peculiar reaction after trying out a new device to help heal her legs has left viewers online in stitches. Barbara, a Maltese, had been strapped into a hydrotherapy machine ...

Christin Schubert will never forget the first time she laid eyes on Lamb Chop, the shy little 12-pound Maltese she adopted ... annual World’s Cutest Rescue Dog Contest Presented by the PEDIGREE ...