Pomeranian

Pomeranian

Well the Pomeranian is a compact, shortbacked, active toy dog. He has a soft, dense undercoatwith a profuse harsh textured outer coat. his heavely plumed tail is set high and lies flat on his back. Olso a dainty little extrovert, and the smallest of the spitz type of dogs. Light hearted, actieve and gay, his nice foxy head and abundant stand off coat, covering his short barrelled body, give him the appearance of a ball of fluff. Altough his undercoat is soft, and his outer coat texture is far from fluffy, and requires regular attention to keep it clean and attractive. He very lively and very vivacious, sweet tempered and olso affectionate.The Pomeranian is cocky,commanding, and animated as he gaits. He is sound in composition.

General Appearance** Compact, short coupled dog, well knit in frame. Exhibiting great inteligence in expression, activity and buoyance in deportment.

Characteristics** He is sound, lively and very intelligent.

Temperament** The Pomeranian is an extrovert exhibiting great intelligence and a vivacious spirit, making him a great companion dog as well as a competitive show dog. Ans olso extrovert, lively .In the standard should be penalized to the extent of the deviation.

Head and Skull** The head is in balance with the body. The muzzle is rather short, straight, fine, free of lippiness and never snipey.The 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 selfcoloured, 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, shoded sable and cream dogs, rims black.

Ears** Small not set too wide apart, no 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 so setin the shoulders. To allow the head to be carried high.

ForeQuarters** The pomeranian has sufficient layback of shoulders to carry the neck and head proudly and high. Shoulders must be clean and well laid back. Fine boned legs, perfectly straight, of medium length in due proportion to size of dog. The feet are well aeched, compact, and turn neither in nor out. He stands well up on his toes. Dewclaws may be removed.

Body** Back short, body compact, well ribbed up, barrel well rounded.Chest fairly deep, not too wide but in proportion ti the size of the dog.

HindQuarters** Fine boned, legs neither cowhocked nor wide behind, medium angulation.Olso the angulation of the hindquarters balances that of the forequarters. The buttocks are well behind the set of tail. The thighs are moderately muscled with stifles that are moderately bent and clearly defined.

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 and Movement** Free moving, brisk and buoyant. The Pomeranian's gait is smooth, and free, balanced and vigorous. He has good reach in his forequaeters and a very strong drive and well with his hindquarters.

Coat** A Pomeranian is noted for its double coat. The undercoat is soft and dense.Theouter coat is long, straight, glistening and harsh in texture. A thick undercoat will hold up and permit the quard hair to stand off from the Pomeranian body. The coat is abundant from the neck and fore part of shoulders and chest, forming a frill which extends over the shoulders and that of the body. The forequarters are well feathered to the hock. The tail is profusely covered with long, harsh, spreading straight hair. Trimming for neatness and a clean outline is permissible .

Colour** All colours permissible,patterns,and variations yhere - of are allowed and must be judged on an aqual basis. Patterns: Black and Tan - or rust sharply defined, appearing above each eye and on muzzle, throat, and forechest, on all legs and feet and below the tail. The richer the than the more desirable, BRIDLE - the base color is gold, red, or orange - brindled with strong black cross stripes, PARTI - COLOR - is white with any other color distributed in patches with a white blaze preferred on the head. classifications, the Open classes at specialty shows may be divided by color as follows, Open red.Orange, Cream, and Sable, Open Black, Brown, and blue, Open Any Other Color, Pattern, or Variation, The preference should, if in all other points they are equal, be given to the whole coloured specimens.

Size** Ideal weight, dogs: 1.8-2kgs (4-4% Ibs). Bitches: 2.25-3. 5 kgs ( 4%-5% Ibs).

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,

Note** Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.