Pomklee Puppies

Two spitz breeds, one small dog

The Pomklee is a Pomeranian crossed with an Alaskan Klee Kai. Both sides of that cross are spitz dogs of the northern type, so the shape stays fairly consistent: pricked ears, a wedge of a head, a thick standing coat, and a tail carried in a curl over the back.

The two halves come from very different places. The Pomeranian descends from larger German spitz farm dogs and was bred down to toy size in Britain during the nineteenth century. The Alaskan Klee Kai is modern by comparison, developed in Alaska from the 1970s as a companion-sized dog carrying husky markings — the facial mask, the pale goggles around the eyes, the white underside.

What you end up with is that wolfish pattern on a frame small enough to lift with one arm. That is genuinely the draw. Each puppy leans its own way between the two sides, which is the best reason there is to meet a litter rather than study an average.

Size, and what the puppy will finish at

Crossbreeds do not settle on one number, and the Pomklee less than most, because both parents come in a range of their own. Klee Kai are bred in toy, miniature and standard sizes, and Pomeranians are small even for a toy breed. A litter can produce adults from a few pounds up to the low twenties.

If final size matters to you — and in a small-dog household it usually does — ask about the parents rather than guessing from the puppy in front of you. Our staff can tell you what is known about a particular litter, and it is a quick conversation to have in person.

Whatever the number, this is a small dog with a real engine. Two proper walks and something to solve indoors covers most days comfortably, and a Pomklee that has had both is happy to spend the rest of the afternoon asleep on the back of the sofa, where it can keep an eye on the street.

The coat, the markings and the colours

This is a double-coated breed: a soft dense undercoat beneath a longer standing outer coat that gives the dog its outline. The ruff around the neck, the feathering on the back of the legs and the plume of the tail all come from the same place.

The markings are the reason most people walk over to the pen. Where the Klee Kai side comes through you get the husky pattern in miniature — a dark mask with pale goggles above the eyes, a white muzzle, a white chest and underside, and a saddle of colour over the back in grey, black or red. The Pomeranian side brings its own palette, so orange, cream, sable and solid black turn up too, sometimes with the mask softened into something in between. Blue eyes appear in some lines and brown in others, and a good number of dogs have one of each.

Day to day, a thorough brush once or twice a week keeps the coat in order. Line-brush down to the skin rather than skimming the top, and pay attention behind the ears, in the armpits and around the collar. Twice a year the undercoat comes out in earnest and the schedule steps up for a couple of weeks with an undercoat rake and a slicker. Most owners do that job outdoors with a coffee, and the coat that grows in behind it is the best the dog will look all year.

A double coat is kept long rather than clipped off. It insulates against heat as much as against cold, so in a Florida or Tennessee summer the answer is early and late walks, shade, water, and a cool floor indoors in the middle of the day.

A dog with plenty to say

Both parent breeds are talkers, and they talk in different registers. Pomeranians announce things: the doorbell, the delivery van, a car door down the street. Klee Kai hold conversations — a grumbling, yodelling, arguing sort of noise that owners quote back to each other for years. A Pomklee tends to do some of each, and you will always know when someone is at the door.

You can shape it into something you enjoy. Rewarding the dog for coming to find you instead of holding the window, teaching an “enough” cue early, and paying attention to the quiet moments rather than the loud ones all turn the running commentary into a couple of seconds of announcement followed by a small dog trotting over to report.

The Klee Kai side also brings a thoughtful streak around new people. A well-raised Klee Kai does not fling itself at visitors; it hangs back, takes everything in, and decides in its own time, and there is something quietly satisfying about being chosen by a dog like that. The Pomeranian side is bolder and more social. Which way a given puppy leans is one of the more interesting things to see in person.

Socialisation is the piece that pays for itself. Start early and keep going well past the puppy stage: new floors, new people, umbrellas, hats, hoods, car rides, the vacuum. A Pomklee that met the world early grows into a confident little dog that will walk into anywhere with you.

Training a clever, independent dog

Spitz breeds are bright without being biddable in the retriever sense. A Pomklee learns a behaviour quickly and then asks what it is worth, which makes training feel like a negotiation with someone who is enjoying themselves. Short sessions, real rewards and plenty of variety get you a long way. Change the game before the dog does.

Two things are worth deliberate early work. The first is recall: both parents carry enough interest in squirrels to make a long line and a fenced yard the sensible place to practise, and a recall built on cheese in the first year holds up for the next ten. The second is the settle — a mat or a crate with something good to chew, so that coming and going from the house stays an ordinary part of the day rather than an event.

House training runs on routine. A schedule, one consistent spot outside, and the same trip after meals and naps does the job. A covered patch of ground is a kindness to a small dog in wet weather, and it keeps the routine intact on the days nobody wants to go out.

Family life and what a day looks like

With children, a Pomklee does best in a household that treats it like a dog rather than a toy. Teach children to sit on the floor and let the dog come to them, and give it a crate or a bed that belongs to it alone. That is how a small dog and a small child end up friends, and once they are, a Pomklee will follow a child around the house all afternoon.

A day with one has a shape. A brisk morning walk with plenty to sniff, breakfast out of a puzzle toy, and then a long stretch of presiding over the household from the highest available cushion. Afternoons suit a training game or a food-stuffed toy. Evenings are for the sofa, where a Pomklee will arrange itself against someone and sleep with one ear still up.

They travel well, they fit in a small home, and they take readily to trick training and scent games, both of which are worth having in your pocket for a wet week. A dog this size can also come with you to more places than a big one can, which is a large part of why people who have owned one tend to want another.

Coming to meet the Pomklee puppies

Photographs oversell the markings and undersell everything else. Coat texture, how the dog carries itself, whether it comes to you or waits to be convinced — those register standing next to a puppy, not scrolling past one. Our Pomklee puppies come from our network of licensed breeders, and our staff can tell you what is known about a specific litter. Every puppy here goes home with its vet records, its vaccination history and a health warranty, and our team will walk you through what those cover.

We have two stores, one in Orlando and one in Nashville, and you are welcome to sit on the floor with a puppy before deciding anything. Find directions and hours, and if you want to spread the cost, ask about financing while you are here.