274 THE POMERANIAN 



EYES. The eyes should be medium in size, rather 

 oblique in shape, not set too wide apart, bright and 

 dark in colour, showing great intelligence and 

 docility of temper. In a white dog black rims round 

 the eyes are preferable. 



EARS. The ears should be small, not set too far 

 apart nor too low down, and carried perfectly erect 

 like those of a fox, and, like the head, should be 

 covered with soft, short hair. No plucking or 

 trimming is allowable. 



NOSE. In black, black and tan, or white dogs 

 the nose should be black ; in other coloured 

 Pomeranians it may more often be brown or liver- 

 coloured, but in all cases the nose must be self-, 

 not parti -coloured, and never white. 



NECK AND SHOULDERS. The neck, if anything, 

 should be rather short, well set in, and lionlike, 

 covered with a profuse mane and frill of long, 

 straight hair, sweeping from the underjaw and cover- 

 ing the whole of the front part of the shoulders and 

 chest as well as the top part of the shoulders. The 

 shoulders must be tolerably clean and laid well back. 



BODY. The back must be short and the body 

 compact, being well ribbed up, and the barrel well 

 rounded. The chest must be fairly deep, and not 

 too wide. 



TAIL. The tail is a characteristic of the breed, 

 and should be turned over the back and carried flat, 

 being profusely covered with long, spreading hair. 



COAT. Properly speaking, there should be two 

 coats, an under and over coat, the one a soft, fluffy 

 undercoat, the other a long, perfectly straight, and 

 glistening coat, covering the whole of the body, being 

 very abundant round the neck and forepart of the 



