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