The Royal History Of The Pomeranian Breed

The Pomeranian's ancestors include the Spitz sledCharlotte kept one as a pet. Queen Victoria got
dog. The breed was bred down in Pomerania, aMarco, a Pomeranian of her own, in 1888.
land on the southern Baltic coast where GermanyThe English royal family had then, and has now, a
and Poland are now located. Britain's Queenkeen interest in breeding horses and dogs. Queen
Victoria brought a Pomeranian to England fromVictoria applied this enthusiasm for breeding to
Italy in 1888, and the breed's popularity surged inthe Pomeranian, at one time keeping 35
Great Britain. Pomeranians have inspired classicalPomeranian dogs. The monarch is credited with
music and artwork over the years. They appealfurther reducing the size of the Pomeranian
as much to royalty and celebrities as to everydaythrough her efforts. Her show Pomeranians -
people who admire the Pomeranian's spunkyFluffy, Nino, Mino, Beppo, Gilda and Lulu, competed
personality.in many dog shows and won at least two
Looking at the sturdy Spitz dogs that pull sledschampionships. According to her biographers, in
though the deep winter snow of Lapland and1901, from her deathbed, the Queen asked for
Greenland, it's hard to believe that these dogsher pet Pomeranian Turi, who was brought to her
were the forefathers of the diminutiveand remained at her side until she died.
Pomeranian. It's true, though. The tiny PomeranianBesides royalty, other famous Pomeranian
was much a considerably larger dog, large enoughowners include a wide range of artists and
to work herding sheep. It's not hard to imagine.celebrities, from Michelangelo, whose dog watched
The region that comprises the south coast of thehim paint the Sistine Chapel, to actress Kate
Baltic Sea, now known as Germany and Poland,Hudson, who is by now as well known as her
was once known as Pomerania. The Spitz sledmother, Goldie Hawn. Hudson's Pomeranian is
dogs were imported into Europe throughnamed Pom Clara Bo.
Pomerania, where breeders worked throughAccording to Sir Isaac Newton's biographers, a
generations of dogs to reduce the thirty poundPomeranian can drive a person mad. Newton's
dogs closer to today's Pomeranian, weighing wellPomeranian, Diamond, once knocked over a
under ten pounds. The Kennel Club in Englandcandle that burned some of his work papers, and
recognized the breed as we know it in 1870,the ensuing stress caused Newton to have a
calling it the "spitz dog." Traces of thenervous breakdown.
Pomeranian's lineage can be seen in the breed'sPomeranians are inspirational. Mozart dedicated an
coat and color, which are reminiscent of the wolfaria to his Pomeranian, and Chopin composed
blood in the Spitz breed.music for a Pomeranian belonging to his girlfriend.
One of the best known Pomeranian owners inThe name of historical church leader Martin
history was Queen Victoria of England, who ruledLuther's Pomeranian Belferlein pops up here and
between 1819 and 1901. Queen Victoria first sawthere in his writings.
the dog as a girl, when her mother, Queen