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Originally Posted by Elle  I thought we already went over this. SIGHS.
Was there a bitch? Oh, that's right. Again another maltese breeder in the picture too right? How many breeds of dogs do they breed? Yep, we've gone over it. You don't remember her. You just focus on him.
Top of the line showline? Really? What year? By who? How do you rank a showline? Is that the breeder, owner or in this case kennel or the dog? That's news I was not aware of. I'm pretty sure I'd know. But I do get clutter mind. So please fill me in. |
Hmm, thought I answered this one either I forgot to hit enter (most likely) or it was deleted.
I have no idea who either person is in your post. I was responding to the poster who said outright that it was all the doing of unscrupulous Parti breeders that Parties keep showing up in traditional lines.
Like it or not, what we consider to be Yorkies today have multiple breeds in their roots, some of whom have different colorings. It's only natural and logical that some of those multiple genes would still be carried in some lines. One of those breeds may or may not have been the Maltese- IDK, I wasn't there.
"I think the Yorkshire gets the softness and length of coat due to Maltese blood". British dogs, their points, selection, and show preparation, by William D. Drury, pg 582 published 1903, L. Upcott Gill, London, and Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (no ISBN)