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Originally Posted by Pinehaven  Also pictured is a scanned portion from the 1945 book written by the American Kennel Club, "The Complete Dog Book," where it says "it is doubtful if many of the early Yorkshire Terriers could trace back to common ancestors, for in a land that knew so many terrier and toy dogs, it would be unreasonable to suppose that all the breeders used the same crosses." It goes on to say that it was thought that the Maltese also had a part in the development of the YT.
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We see the
assumption in many books that the Maltese was used in the development of the YT. It's only a guess, because we have no records that prove it one way or another.
What I don't understand, so somebody please correct me if I am wrong .... the coat color genes that produce the pure white of the Maltese are different from the genes that cause a parti-color coat. So if the Maltese was used, wouldn't there be some pure white Yorkies popping up, however rare? I just don't see parti-color YT's as proof that a Maltese is in the background. It doesn't mean they aren't in the background, either, just that parti color came from somewhere else.
Dog Coat Colour Genetics