| The Pomeranian's ancestors include the
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| | shows and won at least two championships.
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| Spitz sled dog. The breed was bred down
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| | According to her biographers, in 1901,
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| in Pomerania, a land on the southern
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| | from her deathbed, the Queen asked for
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| Baltic coast where Germany and Poland are
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| | her pet Pomeranian Turi, who was brought
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| now located. Britain's Queen Victoria
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| | to her and remained at her side until she
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| brought a Pomeranian to England from
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| | died.
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| Italy in 1888, and the breed's popularity
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| | Besides royalty, other famous Pomeranian
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| surged in Great Britain. Pomeranians have
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| | owners include a wide range of artists
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| inspired classical music and artwork over
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| | and celebrities, from Michelangelo, whose
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| the years. They appeal as much to royalty
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| | dog watched him paint the Sistine Chapel,
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| and celebrities as to everyday people who
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| | to actress Kate Hudson, who is by now as
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| admire the Pomeranian's spunky
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| | well known as her mother, Goldie Hawn.
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| personality.
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| | Hudson's Pomeranian is named Pom Clara
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| Looking at the sturdy Spitz dogs that
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| | Bo.
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| pull sleds though the deep winter snow of
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| | According to Sir Isaac Newton's
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| Lapland and Greenland, it's hard to
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| | biographers, a Pomeranian can drive a
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| believe that these dogs were the
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| | person mad. Newton's Pomeranian, Diamond,
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| forefathers of the diminutive Pomeranian.
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| | once knocked over a candle that burned
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| It's true, though. The tiny Pomeranian
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| | some of his work papers, and the ensuing
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| was much a considerably larger dog, large
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| | stress caused Newton to have a nervous
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| enough to work herding sheep. It's not
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| | breakdown.
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| hard to imagine.
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| | Pomeranians are inspirational. Mozart
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| The region that comprises the south coast
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| | dedicated an aria to his Pomeranian, and
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| of the Baltic Sea, now known as Germany
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| | Chopin composed music for a Pomeranian
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| and Poland, was once known as Pomerania.
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| | belonging to his girlfriend. The name of
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| The Spitz sled dogs were imported into
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| | historical church leader Martin Luther's
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| Europe through Pomerania, where breeders
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| | Pomeranian Belferlein pops up here and
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| worked through generations of dogs to
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| | there in his writings.
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| reduce the thirty pound dogs closer to
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| | The Pomeranian is a natural performer.
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| today's Pomeranian, weighing well under
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| | Actress Cindy Williams, of "Laverne and
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| ten pounds. The Kennel Club in England
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| | Shirley" fame, appeared with her dog in
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| recognized the breed as we know it in
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| | commercials for a weight loss program.
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| 1870, calling it the "spitz dog." Traces
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| | And then there's Chester, who belonged to
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| of the Pomeranian's lineage can be seen
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| | actress Fran Drescher in real life, and
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| in the breed's coat and color, which are
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| | co-starred with his owner in the hit TV
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| reminiscent of the wolf blood in the
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| | show "The Nanny."
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| Spitz breed.
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| | The Pomeranian appeals to royalty and
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| One of the best known Pomeranian owners
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| | celebrities, but this delightful breed
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| in history was Queen Victoria of England,
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| | also makes a great pet for everyday
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| who ruled between 1819 and 1901. Queen
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| | people. Anyone who loves small,
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| Victoria first saw the dog as a girl,
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| | confident, intelligent dogs will love the
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| when her mother, Queen Charlotte kept one
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| | Pomeranian.
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| as a pet. Queen Victoria got Marco, a
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| | Rosie Allan is an expert on British royal
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| Pomeranian of her own, in 1888.
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| | dogs and lives in the countryside of
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| The English royal family had then, and
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| | London with two Pomeranians. The
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| has now, a keen interest in breeding
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| | Pomeranian, a favorite of royalty, is a
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| horses and dogs. Queen Victoria applied
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| | descendant of the Spitz sled dogs. Queen
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| this enthusiasm for breeding to the
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| | Victoria of England, who once had 35
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| Pomeranian, at one time keeping 35
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| | Pomeranians, made the dog popular in
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| Pomeranian dogs. The monarch is credited
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| | England in the late 19th and early 20th
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| with further reducing the size of the
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| | centuries. Helpful Pomeranian information
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| Pomeranian through her efforts. Her show
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| | such as that found here is also available
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| Pomeranians - Fluffy, Nino, Mino, Beppo,
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| | at libraries and through the American
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| Gilda and Lulu, competed in many dog
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| | Kennel Club.
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