Ua ʻike nui ʻia ka ʻīlio Pomeranian a puni ka honua. Ponoʻole e'ōlelo, maʻAmelika, ua hoʻokūpaʻa paʻa ka Pomeranian Spitz iā ia iho i ka papa inoa o nāʻano 50 kaulana loa, a aia ma laila mai ka makahiki 1998. Ponoʻoe eʻae i ka paʻaʻana i kēia kūlana no nā makahiki 20 he nui.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo nā kūpuna o kēia ʻano he mau ʻīlio mai nā ʻāina wao nahele ʻo Arctic, he nui ka nui a hoʻohana ʻia e nā kānaka no nā hana like ʻole, e like me ka Wolf Spitz. Hele lākou i nā hui, halihali i nā ukana, mālama i nā hale. Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻoe e nānā i ka ʻīlio Pomeranian, he mea paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo ua hiki i kona mau kūpuna ke halihali i nā ukana a kū i nā holoholona hihiu ʻoiai he ʻīlio liʻiliʻi loa kēia.