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Article #409: The Royal History Of The Pomeranian Breed

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The Pomeranian breed originated in horses and dogs. Queen Victoria applied
Lapland and Greenland, with the Spitz this enthusiasm for breeding to the
sled dogs. The dogs were imported to Pomeranian, at one time keeping 35
Europe through Pomerania, where they were Pomeranian dogs. The monarch is credited
bred to a smaller scale. Queen Victoria with further reducing the size of the
of Britain in the late 1800s contributed Pomeranian through her efforts. Her show
not only to the breed's popularity but Pomeranians - Fluffy, Nino, Mino, Beppo,
also to the development of the breed. The Gilda and Lulu, competed in many dog
queen kept over 30 Pomeranians at one shows and won at least two championships.
time and diminished the size of the breed According to her biographers, in 1901,
beyond what earlier breeders had from her deathbed, the Queen asked for
accomplished. her pet Pomeranian Turi, who was brought
Pomeranians have inspired classical music to her and remained at her side until she
and artwork over the years. They appeal died.
as much to royalty and celebrities as to Besides appealing to royalty, through the
everyday people who admire the decades the Pomeranian has also been a
Pomeranian's spunky personality. favorite of a variety of artists and
It's hard to believe it, but the tiny celebrities. Perhaps the most famous
Pomeranian descended from the Spitz sled artist in history, Michelangelo, painted
dogs in Lapland and Greenland. Before the the Sistine Chapel with his Pomeranian at
Pomeranian was bred down to a smaller his side.
size, the larger dogs worked as Actresses love Pomeranians. Kate Hudson
shepherds. Indeed, it is not difficult to has one; Cindy Williams who will always
imagine today's Pomeranian yapping around be remembered as Shirley in "Laverne and
the edges of a herd of sheep. Shirley," appeared in weight loss
Pomeranians got their name because they advertisements with her Pomeranian. And
were imported into Europe through the best-known canine television star of
Pomerania, a land on the southern Baltic the 1980s was Chester, who co-starred
coast where present day Germany and with his real-life owner Fran Drescher in
Poland now sit. In Pomerania, the dogs "The Nanny."
were bred down closer to their modern-day If you believe Sir Isaac Newton's account
size. It took many generations of of what caused his nervous breakdown,
Pomeranians to reduce the twenty-pound then you believe that a Pomeranian can
dog of the 19th century to the four to drive a person mad. Newton's Pomeranian,
six-pound standard of the breed today. Diamond, upset a candle that burned some
The Kennel Club in England recognized the of Newton's important work papers, and he
breed in 1870, calling it the "spitz had a nervous breakdown because of the
dog." Traces of the Pomeranian's lineage stress.
can be seen in its coat and color, which Pomeranians inspire their owners. The
are reminiscent of the wolf spitz breed. composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
One of the best known Pomeranian owners dedicated one of his arias to his
in history was Queen Victoria of England, Pomeranian and Chopin wrote a piece for a
who ruled between 1819 and 1901. Queen Pomeranian that belonged to his
Victoria first saw the dog as a girl, girlfriend.
when her mother, Queen Charlotte kept one Pomeranians aren't just for royals and
as a pet. Queen Victoria got Marco, a celebrities. This confident, intelligent,
Pomeranian of her own, in 1888. breed will make a great pet for anyone
The English royal family had then, and who loves small dogs and wants a loyal,
has now, a keen interest in breeding attentive companion.






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