The origins of the Spitz German

From a studio aproximativo can deduce that all the Spitz have a common origin, concretised in the Canís Familiaris Palustris, ancient dogs of Egypt, Greece and China and that it is almost with all security the canine variety more ancient that exists. In the numerous paintings found in these civilisations, appear dogs fenotípica mind very similar. Besides, the Spitz belong to a geographic field very delimited: The region of Pomerania. This region of the seaboard báltico, at present pertaining to Poland, formed part in time pretéritos of the state prusiano. It has characterised enormously to these dogs formed in his soil and has arrived even to join his name with the fate of the same, as the variety Zwergspiiz receives precisely the name of Pomerania. They have been found fossils of dogs of morphology genetically next to the Spitz, called dogs of the peats and of a considerable antiquity.


 
The Pomerania descends originally of the ancient races Spitz north that were spent to Europe for the pastoreo of sheep.
 
The ancestors of the Pomerania or Lulú of Pomerania as it also knows them , weighed hast 30 pounds (of 13 to 14 Kg) and the colours were mostly white, cream or black. They are the criadores English those that develop the diverse colours that today know.
 
María Antonieta, Emile Zola and Mozart were proprietary of Pomeranias. It says that the first in importing officially Pomeranias to England was Reina Charlotte, wife of Jorge III. To final of the 19th century, the queen Victoria turn an enthusiast of the Pomerania and established his own criadero. It presented to his dogs in exposures and had quite success, what did that the race did very popular in England. As to the queen Victoria liked him the small dogs, a lot of criadores tried to diminish the size. By means of the selection of the smallest copies of the litters, the Pomerania was bred from his original size until arriving to the current of 18cm +/-2 (among 2 and 3 kg). In the first exposures the dogs classified in two varieties according to his weight: less than 3 kilos and more than 3 kilos.


 
The race was recognised like such by the English Kennel Club (KC) in 1870 and the Club founded in 1871. The first Pomeranias that were exported of England to the And.And.Or.Or. They were still of size bigger that the one who today know.
 


The Pomerania is the smallest variety inside the Race Spitz German to which belongs. The Spitz German are emparentados with the Samoyedo, the American Eskimo, the Keeshond, the Elkhound Norwegian, the Spitz Japanese and the Volpino Italian. It thinks that all these dogs had a common ancestor, that emigrated of the Nordic areas Europeans like Finland and Siberia, where were used like animals of tug given his big resistance and his adaptation to the cold climates.


 
The Pomerania is the denomination that receives in the Anglo-Saxon countries the equivalent to the Spitz Dwarf of the Federation Cinológica International (FCI). The denomination Spitz German is not recognised by the American Kennel Club (AKC). Have an equivalent Race to the rest of varieties of Spitz German called American Eskimo, divided in 3 varieties according to the size.
 
In 1900, the AKC recognised the race and in 1909 the American Pomeranian Club was accepted like member. The Club celebrated the first Monographic of the Pomerania in 1911. The big intelligence and liveliness of the Pomerania turn a very popular race. The Pomerania current is mainly a fond dog of company and a striking dog of exposure.