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Also, it has never been proven that Maltese was used to create this breed. The Wildweir ladies, who have done more research over seas(where the breed was developed) on this breed than anyone else has and got the breed started in the US, tend to believe not. |
At one time, the Maltese was shown in the same category as were the brokenhaired scottish terriers aka the Yorshire terriers. With that in mind, it stands to reason that they were probably mixed at some point.
But no matter where the gene came from, it's there.