Attn: Pomeranian Experts! i've got a Q for u~!

[orinoco]

i keep hearing the term 'Foxy faced' and 'Teddy bear faced' every time i come across anything that has to do with poms.... what does it mean anyways?? :s

i'm vaguely aware of the differences in the way their head looks, i mean, it's something like the 'apple head' chihuahua vs. the 'deer head' chihuahua, correct? but what i know is the show standard is actually the apple head... what's the case with the poms?

i've read somewhere that the 'classic' pom have the foxy face and a flatter longer coat whereas the 'modern' look is the teddy bear face with a fluffy coat... any truth to that? help?

TIA everyone~!

~Rose

 

[elizat]

Yeah, I've heard that too. My mom has always had poms. It has something to do w/ nose length too, I think. I think of the teddy bear faced poms as having a shorter, more squashed face, w/ a shorter nose as well. I don't know if the foxy face is more classic or not, but I know all the poms we had before 2000 had the more defined noses, different coats, etc. The teddy bear "look" may be what breeders are going for now, not sure.

 

[emma*puppy]

Emma is a fox-faced Pomeranian. Her nose is fairly long and her eyes are very almond-shaped. I would even say her head looks like a triangle.

Teddy-bear faced Poms have huge round eyes and their muzzles are more squashy or short.

There's another kind that's called baby-faced, but I'm not sure what sets that apart. I think most Poms are Teddy or Fox.

I've noticed that a lot of the Poms with straighter sleeker hair is fox-faced but the super fro-y ones are often teddy-bear-faced.