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Originally Posted by Pinehaven 
As usuall, you will not change my mind nor I yours. Why would a Maltese create a parti color when they are not a parti color, they are a solid white with no spots? Length of hair also came from the Waterside Terrier(know extinct)and the Skye Terrier which, back then, were very much smaller dogs than they are today and they also got the blue color from them. I believe someone posted the history of the Yorkie by the Wildweir ladies. Its interesting to read.
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I'm not trying to change your mind but I am trying to educate those who are on the fence so they can see all sides of the story and decide for themselves.
There are several different spotting genes. Dogs can carry one type of spotting gene or a combination of spotting genes, the Maltese would be an example of extreme white spotting. Maltese do have pigment around the eyes, nose, paw pads and when wet, they have freckling on their body.
Some of our parti yorkies are being born now, that are all white (extreme white expression), it will be interesting to see if two solid white parti's will produce litters of all white parti pups? Guess time will tell.
