General Appearance
Compact, short-coupled dog, well
knit in frame. Exhibiting great intelligence in
expression; activity and buoyancy in deportment.
Characteristics
Sound, vivacious and dainty.
Temperament
Extrovert, lively and
intelligent.
Head and Skull
Head and nose foxy in outline,
skull slightly flat, large in proportion to
muzzle which finishes finely and free from
lippiness. Nose black in white, orange and
shaded sable dogs; brown in chocolate-tipped
sable dogs, but in other colours may be self-coloured,
never parti-coloured or flesh.
Eyes
Medium size, slightly oval, not
full, or set too wide apart; bright, dark and
showing great intelligence. In white, orange,
shaded sable and cream dogs, rims black.
Ears
Small, not set too wide apart,
nor too low down, but carried perfectly erect.
Mouth
Jaws strong, with a perfect,
regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper
teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set
square to the jaws.
Neck
Rather short and well set into
shoulders.
Forequarters
Shoulders clean and well laid
back. Fine-boned legs, perfectly straight, of
medium length in due proportion to size of dog.
Body
Back short, body compact, well
ribbed up, barrel well rounded. Chest fairly
deep, not too wide but in proportion to size of
dog.
Hindquarters
Fine-boned, legs neither
cow-hocked nor wide behind; medium angulation.
Feet
Small, compact and cat-like.
Tail
Characteristic of breed, high
set, turned over back and carried flat and
straight, profusely covered with long, harsh,
spreading hair.
Gait/Movement
Free moving, brisk and buoyant.
Coat
Two coats, an undercoat and an
outer coat. Former soft, fluffy; the latter
long, perfectly straight, harsh in texture and
covering whole of body; very abundant round neck
and fore part of shoulders and chest; forming
frill, extending over shoulders. Forequarters
well feathered, thighs and hindlegs well
feathered to hocks.
Colour
All colours permissible, but free
from black or white shadings. Whole colours are:
white, black, brown, light or dark, blue as pale
as possible. Orange which should be self-coloured
and bright as possible. Beaver. Cream dogs have
black noses and black eye rims. Whites must be
quite free from lemon or any other colour. A few
white hairs, in any of the self-coloured dogs
permissible but undesirable. Dogs (other than
white) with white or tan markings highly
undesirable and not considered whole coloured
specimens. In parti-coloured dogs, colours
evenly distributed on body in patches; a dog
with white or tan feet or chest not a
parti-coloured dog. Shaded sables should be
shaded throughout with three or more colours,
the hair to be as uniformly shaded as possible,
and with no patches of self-colour. In mixed
classes, where whole coloured and parti-coloured
Pomeranians compete together, the preference
should, if in all other points they are equal,
be given to the whole coloured specimens.
Size
Ideal weight: dogs: 1.8-2 kgs
(4-41/2 lbs); bitches: 2-2.5 kgs (41/2-51/2
lbs).
Faults
Any departure from the foregoing
points should be considered a fault and the
seriousness with which the fault should be
regarded should be in exact proportion to its
degree and its effect upon the health and
welfare of the dog.
Note
Male animals should have two
apparently normal testicles fully descended into
the scrotum.