Our objective is to try to study primary source evidence and credible secondary sources in an attempt to reveal the most accurate picture possible.

Among the many 'firsts' revealed on the Pomeranian project are:- 

• Facts about the diminutive shock dogs 'prick eared curs' from Iceland imported in the Tudor era

• A history of the Volpino Italiano from a British perspective ( breed considered a Pom at one time)

• A study on Queen Victoria's Poms with pedigree details and notes on Italian origin

• The catalogue of Arthur Seyfarth - 19th century breeder of Deutsche Spitze 

• The world's first virtual 1895 Pomeranian Dog Show - breed history page 

• Pomeranian Breed history as related by Canine Historians of the Victorian/Edwardian era. 

• The influence of various Spitz breeds in the formation of the modern Pomeranian. 

• 13 Generations with colours of Ch Mars  - foundation dog of the orange colour 

• Pedigree of foundation orange sable dog Ch Dragonfly 

• The first full Pomeranian breed standard as set by Stonehenge in 1878  

• Standards of the UK Pom Club - 1892, 1898, 1901, 1906, 1909

• A plausible explanation for the History of the American Eskimo Dog - see White spitz articles

•   The unjust vilification of the white Pomeranian or Spitz Dog in 19th century New York City 

• Details of Colour Dilution Alopecia in blue Pomeranians arising in the late 1890s