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The Maltese is a small, ancient Toy breed whose origins have been traced as far back as 8,000BC. Although there is some evidence that the breed originated from Asia, their exact origin is unknown, though they are thought to have originated from the Isle of Melita (now known as Malta). There are also many historic references to the Maltese in both ancient Egypt and Greece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Maltese is a small, smart, lively and alert little dog with a long flowing white coat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":322,"template":"","acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmc-breeds\/321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmc-breeds"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dmc-breeds"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}