Pomeranian
The Pomeranian is a German Spitz bred down to toy size in the nineteenth century, and its popularity in Britain owes much to Queen Victoria, who exhibited her own and favoured…
About the Pomeranian
The Pomeranian is a German Spitz bred down to toy size in the nineteenth century, and its popularity in Britain owes much to Queen Victoria, who exhibited her own and favoured smaller dogs than the breed had previously been. It has the pricked ears, curled tail and stand-off coat of every spitz, in a body that fits in a handbag.
Pomeranians weigh about 1.8 to 2.5 kg for dogs, with a long harsh outer coat over a dense undercoat in a wide range of colours, orange and red being the most familiar. The breed is lively, vocal and quick to learn, and a stud with a steady, outgoing temperament will pass on the quality that makes the breed such an engaging companion.
Ask a Pomeranian stud owner for patella examination, since luxating patella is common in the breed, and for a cardiac examination and a current eye certificate. Tracheal collapse and hypothyroidism appear in the breed and are worth raising. Alopecia X, the coat loss sometimes called black skin disease, has no test but a stud owner who knows the line will know whether it occurs.
Health & breeding
We check every hip, elbow, eye and DNA result you give us against the Royal Kennel Club’s public records by hand, and we record who checked it and when. The Royal Kennel Club’s public records may not include all the screening a dog has had, so a dog with no Royal Kennel Club record showing is not necessarily untested.
Breed Right’s summary — under The Royal Kennel Club Health Standard
Health tests for the Pomeranian
This panel is Breed Right’s summary of the testing that matters for the breed under The Royal Kennel Club Health Standard. The Health Standard is the Royal Kennel Club’s guidance for breeders, not a registration rule. It describes tests to ask about — it is not a report on any individual dog. The Royal Kennel Club’s public records may not include all the screening a dog has had, so a dog with no Royal Kennel Club record showing is not necessarily untested.
Best Practice — further tests it recommends
Completing these as well as the Good Practice tests is what the Royal Kennel Club calls Best Practice.
| Test | Type | Scheme | What’s involved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eye testing (BVA/KC/ISDS) | Screening scheme | BVA/KC/ISDS | Result printed on the eye certificate. |
Breed hip median
Too few dogs of this breed have been scored (BVA Hip Dysplasia Scheme breed statistics 2025 — 5 years: 2 dogs) to give a meaningful breed median. Source · How hip scores work
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Pomeranian stud dogs
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