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Pomeranian

Height 18–24 cm
Weight 1–3 kg
Life span 12–16 years
Exercise 30 min/day

extroverted
bold
lively
intelligent
alert
playful

The Pomeranian is a small and playful breed of dog that was originally bred in Germany as a companion dog. They are intelligent, affectionate, and loyal, and make excellent family pets.

Group: Toy Group
Origin: Germany, Pomerania (19th century)
Coat: long double · orange, red, cream, white, black, blue, brown, sable, black and tan, and parti-color
Also known as: Pom, Zwergspitz, Dwarf Spitz, and German Toy Spitz
Recognized by: AKC, FCI, UKC, KC, CKC, ANKC, NZKC
Hypoallergenic: No
Id: b7211a59-787d-4b34-b390-77b9b0dc5b9d

Traits

Energy
Trainability
Barking
Grooming
Shedding
Drooling
Good with children
Good with dogs
Good with strangers
Apartment friendly

Every rating runs from 1 to 5 against dogs in general, so a 3 is an average dog rather than an average Pomeranian. They are researched estimates, not measurements.

Researched from images.akc.org fci.be deutsche-spitze.de en.wikipedia.org southerncaliforniapomeranianrescue.org

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Everything above came from https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/b7211a59-787d-4b34-b390-77b9b0dc5b9d. No key, no sign up. See it in the reference.

Request

curl -s "https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/b7211a59-787d-4b34-b390-77b9b0dc5b9d"

Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": "b7211a59-787d-4b34-b390-77b9b0dc5b9d",
    "type": "breed",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Pomeranian",
      "description": "The Pomeranian is a small and playful breed of dog that was originally bred in Germany as a companion dog. They are intelligent, affectionate, and loyal, and make excellent family pets.",
      "life": {
        "max": 16,
        "min": 12
      },
      "male_weight": {
        "max": 3,
        "min": 1
      },
      "female_weight": {
        "max": 3,
        "min": 1
      },
      "hypoallergenic": false,
      "male_height": {
        "max": 24,
        "min": 18
      },
      "female_height": {
        "max": 24,
        "min": 18
      },
      "origin": {
        "era": "19th century",
        "region": "Pomerania",
        "country": "Germany"
      },
      "coat": {
        "type": "double",
        "colors": [
          "orange",
          "red",
          "cream",
          "white",
          "black",
          "blue",
          "brown",
          "sable",
          "black and tan",
          "parti-color"
        ],
        "length": "long"
      },
      "traits": {
        "energy": 3,
        "barking": 5,
        "drooling": 1,
        "grooming": 4,
        "shedding": 4,
        "temperament": [
          "extroverted",
          "bold",
          "lively",
          "intelligent",
          "alert",
          "playful"
        ],
        "trainability": 3,
        "good_with_dogs": 3,
        "exercise_minutes": 30,
        "apartment_friendly": 5,
        "good_with_children": 3,
        "good_with_strangers": 3
      },
      "other_names": [
        "Pom",
        "Zwergspitz",
        "Dwarf Spitz",
        "German Toy Spitz"
      ],
      "recognized_by": [
        "AKC",
        "FCI",
        "UKC",
        "KC",
        "CKC",
        "ANKC",
        "NZKC"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://images.akc.org/pdf/breeds/standards/Pomeranian.pdf",
          "title": "Official Standard of the Pomeranian - AKC"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.fci.be/nomenclature/Standards/097g05-en.pdf",
          "title": "FCI-Standard N° 97 Deutsche Spitze (German Spitz)"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.deutsche-spitze.de/vfdsp_e-standard.html",
          "title": "Verein für Deutsche Spitze e.V. - FCI breed standards"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomeranian_dog",
          "title": "Pomeranian dog - Wikipedia"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://southerncaliforniapomeranianrescue.org/about-pomeranians",
          "title": "AKC Meet the Breeds: Pomeranian temperament"
        }
      ],
      "images": [
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          }
        },
        {
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          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/72azbd52zq4jzos2m2nhs90g5hzt",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/1jls675529g5vt9sndv8q0te6umc",
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          }
        },
        {
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          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/wt6w639hnp2hkt8swx8j8hi4wvpy",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/zcochiadfs7dv73w9kj2qims7f8v",
          "attribution": {
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          }
        },
        {
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          "attribution": {
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          }
        },
        {
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          }
        },
        {
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          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/kzpw5vief21ki7h3di3gf4pcu13l",
          "attribution": {
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          }
        },
        {
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          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/2o88rta9ikocvwkn9nrbxzgcng0a",
          "attribution": {
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        },
        {
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    },
    "relationships": {
      "group": {
        "data": {
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          "type": "group"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

The picture itself also has an endpoint: https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/b7211a59-787d-4b34-b390-77b9b0dc5b9d/image, which redirects straight to the file. See it in the reference.