The german spitz

Merci pour l'information.  Ils sont tres mignon!  Si tu n'a pas de dictionnaire on peut aller a www.altavista.com pour traduction.  Mais, je comprend ce que tu avais dit bien.  J'ai eu une question, tu as dit "the wolf".  En francais, c'est le loup.  Est-ce que c'est vrai?  Je suis desolee que je ne parle pas le francais tres bon. 

Those dogs are beautiful!

How much do they usually weigh?

The coats are deceptive. The mittels (medium) are usually 15-20 pounds, the Kleins 8-12, the zwerg/dwarf/toy is registered outside of Germany as the Pomeranian and is 4-7 pounds. The Gross/Giant are... 30odd pounds, I believe? and the wolfspitz is registered elsewhere as a Keeshond- 35 pounds or so. They're distantly related to the American Eskimo and the sizes corrospond fairly well.

 There are two active GS breed lists in English, one from Australia and one from England- both focus on the Mittelspitz. In some countries, they are kept as separate breeds (most countries, really, but particularly the UK and Australia and Germany doesn't allow cross-variety breeding but you can move a dog from one variety to another ONCE if it matures over or undersize) but others do- I've seen a pedigree of a French dog that has all three sizes in the pedigree! I'm on a waiting list for a mittelspitz girl of my own to show here in the US- there is a US list as well and hopefully there will be a club here someday but it is not very active.

I have a lot more information on my blog at Germanspitz.wordpress.com

 These are NEAT dogs. :)
 

 If the large or wolf sized ones were available over here, I'd be seriously considering that instead of the Finnish Lapphund. I'm one spitz keen-bean! I've met some smaller ones, and they're pretty cool, but a lot of the show folks de-bark them because they can't be bothered teaching them to be quiet.

The Wolfspitz is definately available in Australia- look up "Keeshonds" :) I *think* there are a few Grossespitz imported in to Australia but not many- they're the least popular of the varieties for some reason.

 While I am not pro-debarking, honestly? There are some dogs you really *can't* teach to be quiet. If it's rehome the dogs, lose the house, or debark dogs? Debarking is a pretty reasonable solution!
 

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Merci pour l'information.  Ils sont tres mignon!  Si tu n'a pas de dictionnaire on peut aller a www.altavista.com pour traduction.  Mais, je comprend ce que tu avais dit bien.  J'ai eu une question, tu as dit "the wolf".  En francais, c'est le loup.  Est-ce que c'est vrai?  Je suis desolee que je ne parle pas le francais tres bon. 

Your french is good

Yes I use web traductor but sometimes they don't give the good word

Wolf is the name of the biggest variety of the breed because of his colours but there is no more wolf's blood in it, than in other dogs 

About barking, it's true that Attila did want to do that for each things he ears. But I have leard to him, that he hadn't and now, it's not a problem. He only do that when somebody knock the door, or when he's affraid about something, or when he's really excited, because of playing or be with others dogs who are barking.

If someone really learn to his spitz not to bark to much, he will do, but it has to be done... it doesn't come alone...
 

While I do agree that you can teach many dogs not to bark, honestly, until you've lived with a chronic barker? You don't realize how annoying it can be! Luckily, I have really tolerent neighbors!      

 It's true that chronic barkers can be a huge problem, and most spitz breeds are very fond of their own voices. I think a lot of those breeders didn't even try, though. I spoke to one who refused to do it and she said a lot of them just had it done routinely when they got the dog.

 Bumping upthis thread to add a photo of my mittelspitz girl!

she's so cute and fluffy!

I had no idea people were still breeding the medium sized one. Being german I'm extremely familiar with this breed... but the fact is there isn't the "spitz" now [at least there isn't here in america] They are just Pomeranians & Keeshounds (which is what most of your pictures are). You can get the larger size Pom sometimes due to throwbacks but do they still even call them German Spitz anymore....???? Deuche Klien Spitz is how my german friends refer to my Pom here in the states.... Where are you from????

Attila is beautiful spitz. Is he cream or white with cream markings? Mittelspitz girl is beautiful girl too but by the photo she has small white marking and it is not standard by FCI.