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Home Page Pom Boys Pom Girls Pom Puppies Older Poms for Sale Sales Sales Sales All puppies and older dogs must go. Prices $300 to $400 Although Pomeranians were first introduced to English nobility by Queen Charlotte, it was her granddaughter Queen Victoria--who, some hundred years later, had the biggest impact on promoting the breed and encouraging its popularity. While touring the Mediterranean in 1888, Queen Victoria found in Florence, Italy, a mid-size Pomeranian, weighing approximately 12 pounds, and brought him home. The 12 pounders that the Queen favored over the earlier 20 to 30 pound specimens of Charlotte's era soon gave way to a more fashionable, smaller still (under eight-pound) dog and the Toy Pomeranian was born in England.
The evolution of the Pomeranian breed in America closely paralleled that of the mother country, Great Britain. Many early American dogs were imported from England and initially were of the larger white variety. Initially in dogs shows there were two classes of Poms-- under eight pounds and over eight pounds. Today the AKC classifies the Pomeranian as a Toy Breed with a weight standard from 3 to 7 pounds. Colors are another evolution in the Pomeranian. The original color was white. Black was later introduced along with the diluted colors of brown, blue. Subsequently , the reds and oranges came in favor. Although almost all colors were acceptable in dogs shows, step had been taken to favor solid colors and the standards reflected that stance. Now the AKC standard states that "acceptable colors to be judged on a equal basis; any solid color, any solid color with lighter or darker shadings of the same color, any solid color with sable or black shadings, parti-color, sable and black & tan...."
There are links to several Pomeranian pages. On the Boys and Girls pages you can view the breeding stock that we have. On the puppies page, which will be updated in a timely manor, will have pictures or listings of the puppies currently available. From time to time we will have older dogs for sale and they will be pictured on the final page--older Poms for Sale.
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