Ook de Nederlandse Keeshonden Club ziet de Pomeranian als een Keeshondvariëteit.
Hieronder een paar stukjes van de Duitse Dwergspits en de Pomeranian, uit 'The ultimate dictionary of over 1,000 dog breeds' geschreven door Desmond Morris. De verschillend tussen de Pomeranian en de Duitse Dwergspits zijn onder andere hoogte, gewicht, en vachtkleuren. Het is overigens een Engelse encyclopedie. (als dat niet duidelijk was
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Ook bij de stukken over de Dutch Barge Dog (Keeshond) en de Wolfspits staat duidelijk beschreven waarom het aparte rassen zijn en eigenlijk niet onder een noemer zijn te zetten.
German Toy Spitz
Also known as the Toy German Spitz, the Dwarf Spitz or the Loulou (abbrevation of Loup Loup), or in its homeland as the Zwerg Spitz, this breed was developed exclusively as a companion dog.
This is the smallest of the German Spitz breeds, a dwarf form developed as a toy dog ideally suited to life in a restricted, urban environment. (...)
There has been confusion between this and the Pomeranian breed. Both have been created by selective breeding that has favoured smaller and smaller individuals, but the development of the Toy Spitz has taken place in Germany and other parts of continental Europe. Some authorities treat them as one and the same, but others seperate them as two destinct breeds (as is done here). The reason for separating them is that they have been bred as distinct lines for well over 100 years and the size of the Pomeranian has been reduced even below that of the German Toy Spitz. They may have paralleled one another's progress, but they are not the same breeding stock.
The German Toy Spitz is a favourite lapdog on continental Europe, but is littleknown elsewhere because its niche is already occupied by its 'parallel breed', the English-developed Pomeranian.
In height, this breed is under 9 in (23 cm); in weight it is under 7 lb (3 kg). It is accepted in solid colours with black, orange, brown, grey and white being the favourites, and also in particolours.
Pomeranian
A small pet dog developed from the larger spitz types by reduction through selective breeding, this dog originated in Germany, but was fostered and developed in England. It has sometimes been called the Dwarf Spitz or the Loulou by those who do not distinguish between it and its continental equivalent, the German Toy Spitz. It takes its name from the extreme northern German district of Pomerania. To its friends it is known simply as the Pom.
The ancestors of the Pomeranian arrived in England from Germany in the 18th century, when the German-born Queen Charlotte came to the British throne and brought with her the favourite court dogs of her country. She called them Pomeranians, but these were white spitz dogs weighing 20-30 lb (9-14 kg), which places them in the size-range of what we today call the Standard* or Mittel Spitz*. (...)
In 1888 Queen Victoria was on a visit to Florence when she saw some small examples of the breed (equivalent in size to today's Miniature Spitz*) and brought them home with her. They were added to her kennels and this royal accolade resulted in a further rise in the Pomeranian's popularity. (...)
In the years that followed, the size of these little dogs continued to shrink, heading down towards the dwarf dog we know today. Its modern height is only 7-8 in (18-22 cm); its weight only 4-5 lb (1,8-2,2 kg). These tiny examples became so favoured that the earlier, larger types vanished in Britain (although they did, of course, survive in continental Europe). (...)
Fondly described as 'animated puff-balls', Poms appear in 12 different colour forms: black, brown, chocolate, beaver, red, orange, cream, orange sable, wolf sable, blue, white and particoloured. (...)
* Standard Spitz, Mittel Spitz, Miniature Spitz, variaties van de German Spitz of Duitse Spits, worden in Nederland respectievelijk de Grote Keeshond, Middenslag Keeshond en Kleine Keeshond genoemd (terwijl de benaming 'Keeshond' niet geheel terecht is)