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Originally Posted by Lorraine  |
Just because someone posts something on the internet, does not make it gospel. No one knows for sure exdfactly which dogs were used to make up the dogs that were used to creat the Yorkshire Terrier breed. Most of thoe early founders were unregistered mixed breeds.
There is no way possible that anyone could know for certain tht there was not a piebald gene in the mix.
Back in the early 1860's the maltese and the yorkshire terriers were both shown in the same class as broken haired scottish terriers. it wasn't until 1864 that the Maltese were given a class of there own.
keeping that in mind, it is very possible, and more likely than not, that the maltese and the yorkshire terriers were bred together as Broken haired Scottish Terriers.