Cynographia Britannica (London, 1800) by Sydenham Teak Edwards
The following descriptive text about the Spitz comes from the Cynographia Britannica, published in London in 1800. It is a collection of dog breeds that existed in Britain at the time.
CANIS POMERANUS
POMERANIAN, OR FOX DOG.
Le Chien Loup.-BUFFON. Canis Pomeranus-Kran.
Head broad towards the neck and narrowing to the muzzle; ears short, high, his long, thick, and rather erect coat, forming a ruff around the neck, but short on the head and ears; of a pale fallow colour, lightest on the lower parts; some are white, some black, but few spotted; the tail large and bushy, curled in a ring on the rump; instances are few of short coated ones.
He is known in England by the name of Fox Dog, probably from his bearing some resemblance to a fox about the head, but by authors who describe him as native of Pomerania, more properly termed Pomeranian Dog.
He is of little value as a House Dog, being noisy, artful, and quarrel- some; cowardly, petulant, and deceitful; snappish and dangerous to chil- dren; and in other respects without useful properties. He is very common in Holland, and there named Kees; has been used by the caricaturists, partisans of the house of Orange in opposition to the Pug, to ridicule the patriots in their late political disputes. There is a peculiarity in his coat; his hair, particularly the ruff around his neck, is not formed of hairs that describe the line of beauty, or serpentine line, but is simply a semicircle, which by inclining the same way in large masses, give him a very beauti- ful appearance. Although his attachment is very weak, yet is he difficult to be stolen. The largest are used for draft in Holland.
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Cynographia Britannica by Sydenham Teak Edwards (1800)