Kennel
Club
Standard
for
Pomeranian
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
&
skull:
Head
and
nose
foxy
in
outline,
skull
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,
not
set
too
wide
apart;
bright,
dark
and
showing
great
intelligence.
In
white,
orange,
shaded
and
cream
dogs,
rims
black.
Ears:
Small,
not
set
too
wide
apart,
not
too
low
down,
but
carried
perfectly
erect.
Mouth:
Jaws
strong,
with
a
perfect,
regular
and
complete
scissor
bit,
i.e.
the
upper
teeth
closely
over-lapping
the
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
under-coat
and
an
outer-coat.
Former
soft
and
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.
Colours:
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
as
self-coloured
and
bright
as
possible.
Beaver.
Cream
dogs
have
black
noses
and
black
eye
rims
round
eyes.
White
must
be
quite
free
from
lemon
or
any
other
colours.
A
few
white
hairs,
in
any
of
the
self-coloured
dogs
permissible
but
undesireable.
Dogs
(other
than
white)
with
white
or
tan
markings
highly
undesireable
and
not
considred
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
weights,
Dogs:
1.8-2
kg
(4-4½
lbs),
Bitches:
2-2.5
kg(
4½
- 5½
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.
Note:
Male
animals
should
have
two
apparently
normal
testicles
fully
descended
into
the
scrotum.