Ok, I felt horrible after this happened...
I was looking for a maltese a couple of months ago. I ran into this site and thought one of her puppies to be particularly beautiful...so I decided to call. I left a message and said that I would call back later that night. So I called, a woman answered and I asked if I could please speak to Bobbie Linden. She said that I was speaking to her daughter and that she had passed away a few onths ago and someone else was caring for her dogs. I was shocked. I went back to the website like a dumb butt and saw that it was being kept up as a tribute to her.
I felt to freaking stupid...so, I did some research. Bobbie Linden died of cancer I believe. She had been undergoing chemo for quite some time. She was like a guru of sorts in the Maltese community. Many people missed her after she passed away. She passed away late January of this year I believe. I was trying to find out who had her dogs and I was going to travel to the East to get one. I lucked out because Chanel ended up looking very similar to the Maltese that I wanted from Bobbie's site.
I really looked into this one after I made that stupid call.
Hope this helped.
~Elegant