ammiting you dont really need to have a puppy a certain colour as long as the dog is healthy and problem free then thats what really count. but i just wondering how come the pomeranian colours are limited here in britan i was looking at an american site and they had various colour for sale white, parti, merle black etc. and i have noticed over here we can only seem to get the orange and stable colours, and black and even a black pomeranian seems to be very hard to get hold of. i haven't even seen a parti colour pom over here in britan and was just wondering how this was?

The actual breed standard says:-

All colours permissible, but free from black or white shadings. Whole colours are: white, black, brown, light or dark, blue as pale as possible. Orange which should be self-coloured and bright as possible. Beaver. Cream dogs have black noses and black eye rims. Whites must be quite free from lemon or any other colour. A few white hairs, in any of the self-coloured dogs permissible but undesirable. Dogs (other than white) with white or tan markings highly undesirable and not considered whole coloured specimens. In parti-coloured dogs, colours evenly distributed on body in patches; a dog with white or tan feet or chest not a parti-coloured dog. Shaded sables should be shaded throughout with three or more colours, the hair to be as uniformly shaded as possible, and with no patches of self-colour. In mixed classes, where whole coloured and parti-coloured Pomeranians compete together, the preference should, if in all other points they are equal, be given to the whole coloured specimens.

So there you are. As to why certain colours only seem to be available, I guess people would breed for solid colours for preference and fashion plays a part as in all things.

Regards, John

YUP,

Its very difficult to get the right type of patching on particoloured animals.  Its much easier to breed without worrying about how the white spotting gene is going to be expressed.  In a breed which doesn't have large litters it must be very frustrating to have an otherwise lovely specimen born with unacceptable colouring.

I have seen most of the colours at shows (including blacks) but personally have never seen a blue Pom.  Didn't know it was possible but would love to see one (I love the soft colouring of blue coloured dogs and cats ;) )

A number of years ago we had a seminar at the Northern Pomeranian Club where those of us with the more unusual colours were invited to take our dogs and they did a talk on it.  I've never had a parti-colour in over 25 years of owning Pomeranian's, but we did have a black and tan who was the most gorgeous Pom. ever.  Everything about her was perfect to the standard except for her colour and she lived for 15 years.  Poppy's mother was cream as was her dad, we named her Briarlow's Hidden Gem as she was absolutely gorgeous but couldnt be seen at shows!!

I was told many years ago that dogs with the white bits on their feet and bibs carried the parti-colour strain but of course had to be mated to the right dog to get a parti-colour.  I know that there were a couple of people breeding parti-colours, or trying to  a number of years ago. 

Poppy was our only black and tan ever and there was nothing in her 5 generations beforehand  and luckily we'be not had any since.  We just have our beautiful little wolf sable puppy at the moment who thinks that she's a Spanish Water Dog and is absolutely barmy and who at 10 weeks really needs to start going to obedience lessons :D