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Originally Posted by JeanieK  Different breeders used different dogs, perhaps the line that the silkie came from did not have the maltese mixed in. Not all of those early breeders used the same dogs. But eventually as they breed developed the breeders sought out other dogs that had the same traits as their own dogs and mated them.
the develoopment of the yorkie was not a scientific endeavor. it was done mainly by poor people who couldn't even read or write and their breeding records were kept in their heads. |
I tried researching about the Maltese and found out it was a very old dog. It was like the yorkie which was bred to hunt vermins but that was 8000 years ago.The maltese dogs are the dogs of the upperclass and the royalties when the yorkies were still being in the process of existence in the hands of poor scottish workers and with the social barrier of the poor and the rich, i wonder how they were able to use the maltese in that period? Aside from the Biewers, are there other partis not related with the Nikko line in the world? Please fill me in. There are only few materials I could find to read about the partis. Thanks.