Pomeranian dog
The Pomeranian is a dog from Pomerania (in Eastern Germany and Northern Poland). Queen Victoria, Queen Charlotte, and Joséphine de Beauharnais all owned Pomeranians.
Other names | Deutscher Spitz, Zwergspitz, Dwarf Spitz | ||||||||||||
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Nicknames | Pom Dog, Pom-Pom, Pom, Zwers, Tumbleweed | ||||||||||||
Country of origin | Pomerania | ||||||||||||
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Pomeranians are sometimes called Zwergspitz (which is a Dwarf Spitz) and Toy German Spitz in different countries.
The Pomeranian can live from 12 to 16 years.
Pomeranians are more likely than other dogs to get some health problems, like:
Pomeranian Dog Media
A Toy Spaniel, a Dwarf Spitz and a Maltese next to a basket (1855) by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wegener
Portrait of Mr and Mrs William Hallett by Thomas Gainsborough, 1785. The painting features a larger type of Pomeranian than is now common.
Other websites
Media related to Pomeranian at Wikimedia Commons