Some websites and books say that Poms are descended from sled/sledge dogs from Iceland and Lapland?
The best thing is to compare the breed history of the German Spitz and the Pomeranian on the American Kennel Club’s website. It states the German Spitz was known as the Pomeranian in England in the 18th century and was very fashionable and popular. This is correct – the Pomeranian figures in many high status paintings from this era. Also described is the FCI version of the breed’s history as given above. The AKC history of the Pomeranian refers to it descending from the sled dogs of Iceland and Lapland and unnoticed in Britain until the mid 19th century (there are other statements that differ from known fact but these will become apparent later). A bit of logic – if the German Spitz was called a Pomeranian in Georgian England – and the Pom and the German Spitz were one and the same – then the ancestry of the Pomeranian and the German Spitz will be precisely the same. Now compare the AKC history of the Keeshond and the American Eskimo Dog and contrast this with the Pom and the German Sp
