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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s  Not a Maltese expert, but I would think not. Any and every dog that is white or has white on them somewhere is not neccessarily the result of the pie bald gene presenting itself. |
In the early 1900's there were parti colored maltese and solid colored ones. The first maltese born and registered in the US was white with black ears.
From what I've been told, the maltese is the extreme example of a spotting pattern ... basically just one big spot! Maltese do have mottling on their skin (parti's do as well) and are often born with lemon coloring on their ears and bodies.