Breed Standards are almost a compulsory part of a dog breeders Web Site, aren't they.
To be honest, they leave so much up to an individual's interpretation that I wonder if most people can really understand them at first read.
For that reason, I'd like to explain my own personal interpretation of the Pomeranian Standard. I hope it's a little easier to read.
For those who wish, the official standard is at the end if this page.

He is, or should be, small and dainty.  Dainty means delicate, pretty, refined.  He should never be coarse.  He is compact and short coupled.  Not rangy or lacking substance.  Some top winning dogs are too spindly in bone, too high in hock, too long and narrow in fore face.  This is a weight breed and a 2 kg dog is not balanced if he stands 14 inches high.  He should be small to fit into that 2 kg weight limit for a male.

The term ‘foxy in outline’ when relating to the head, does not mean it should resemble a fox.  This term applies to a multitude of breeds and it only means they have an erect ear carriage and some fore face.  I can't stipulate enough that in this breed the male can be smaller, as well as the same size, as the female, but most Judges here, just don't seem to be able to grasp that.  The male can weigh 1.8kg to 2 kg, the female 2 kg to 2.5kg.  So the male can be considerably smaller than the female, but can also be the same size, providing the bitch is in the lower weight bracket.

There should be a DEFINITE stop, not a slight stop with the fore face giving the appearance of being down faced.  And, the fore face, should be short, not narrow and snipy.  Many Pomeranians shown today, have a fore face which is far too long without cushioning either side of the muzzle.  And.  BLACK on the muzzle is definitely not allowed.  A short fore face, can't be pointy as this would leave insufficient room for full dentition of the incisors.

Squinty eyes are also hideously undesirable, yet they prevail.  Often the worst traits possible are what we genuine breeders see, in the “winners’ circle”.The ears should appear small and are high on the skull, but when relaxed they can give the illusion of being low set. 

The neck must be short, well set in to the shoulders.  A Pomeranian cannot tilt his head back as in a show pose, if he has too much neck.  Some of the top winners have a ‘reach’ of neck and that is untypical of the breed.

His body should be well ribbed, not slab sided and rangy looking.  His legs should show some substance, and not give the appearance of having thin, feeble chicken bones.

His feet are small and catlike, he should never have long toes (check the photos of some of the top winners - hare feet perhaps?)  He is right up on those small ‘dolly peg’ feet, and his hocks are very short, his tail is high set and the plume can reach to the head, when in full coat.

This breed has dramatic coat changes, transition from baby to young adult, junior moult around 13-14 months of age, some coat loss during the warmer weather and certainly major coat loss after a bitch has weaned her puppies.
 

Many Judges still persist in finding the largest male for the Dog Challenge, and the smallest bitch for the Bitch Challenge.  It is not unusual also, for some Judges to cause some of the smaller Toy breeds major discomfort with their heavy handed approach.  A large hand pushing a tiny specimen on the spine, for whatever reason, I am not sure of, does nothing to convince me of their judging expertise.

Worse still, I had the misfortune to have had a well known judge when examining my Open Dog on the table, pretend that he could not find two testicles.  He made such an issue of this and even with my repeated attempts of holding both testicles, so he could verify they were present, the damage was done.  He had made it obvious to the gallery that I was showing a dog which was not entire, so he then could dismiss him as a possible contender for the Challenge award.  I know, that this was done so that he could award another dog owned by a prominent person, the award.  After the judging, several people who witnessed this came to me and asked was the dog not entire.  Some of these people were Judges themselves.  I made a great point of letting them feel that the dog was entire.  I myself, am a Judge, and there is no way that I would exhibit a dog that was not entire.  This Judge had almost destroyed my credibility.

Another problem we exhibitors are faced with, are Judges who penalize heavily, the loss of an incisor tooth.  It is not unusual that this tiny breed lose teeth at a very early age.

There is absolutely no need for a Judge to lift a Pomeranian off the examining table and hold him in the air.  This can be very disconcerting for some Poms.  Gauging weight can be successfully done, by holding him firmly around the body and lifting him an inch or so off the table.  Soundness in this breed is paramount and this can be evaluated when you see him on the move, without “yanking” him about on the examination table.

The Pomeranian must have rear propulsion and drive with good extension.  So many shown today, move underneath themselves and are sickle hocked.  Their action is brisk, which should not be confused with being stilted or proppy.

Some judges have the opinion that he should be round like an orange, he should present as being round-ish, it is an illusion.  He can be trimmed to help the illusion of being round-ish.  With his short neck, which allows his head carriage to tilt up and his high set tail with his tail feathering or plume coming up to the back of his head, this gives the appearance of being round.  The feathering of his tail should come straight up this back, never, ever hanging to the side.

GENERAL APPEARANCE: Compact, short coupled dog, well knit in frame.  Exhibiting great intelligence in expression; activity and buoyancy in deportment.

CHARACTERISTICS: Sound, vivacious and dainty.

TEMPERAMENT:  Extrovert, lively and intelligent.

HEAD & SKULL:  Head and nose foxy in outline, skull slightly flat, large in proportion to muzzle which finishes finely and free from lippiness.  Nose black in white, orange and shaded sable dogs; brown in chocolate tipped sable dogs, but in other colors may be “self colored”, never parti-colored or flesh.

EYES:    Medium size, slightly oval, not full, not set too wide apart; bright, dark and showing great intelligence.  In white, orange, shaded sable and cream dogs, rims black.

EARS:    Small, not set too wide apart, not too low down, but carried perfectly erect.

MOUTH:   Jaws strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. the upper teeth closely over lapping and lower teeth and set set square to the jaws.

NECK:   Rather short and well set into shoulders.

FOREQUARTERS:  Shoulders clean and well laid back.  Fine bones legs, perfectly straight, of medium length in due proportion to size of dog.

BODY:   Back short, body compact, well ribbed up, barrel well rounded.  Chest fairly deep, not too wide but in proportion to size of dog.

HINDQUARTERS:  Fine bones, legs neither cow hocked nor wide behind; medium angulation.

FEET:    Small, compact and cat-like.

TAIL:    Characteristic of breed, high set, turned over back and carried flat and straight, profusely covered with long, harsh, spreading hair.
GAIT/MOVEMENT:  Free moving, brisk and buoyant.

COAT:   Two coats, an under coat and an outer coat.  Former soft, fluffy, the latter long, perfectly straight, harsh in texture and covering whole of body; very abundant round neck and fore part of shoulders and chest; forming frill extending over shoulders.  Forequarters well feathered, thighs and hind legs well feathered to hocks.

COLOR:   All colors permissible, but free from black or white shadings.  Whole colored are: white, black, brown, light or dark, blue as pale as possible.  Orange which should be as self-colored and bright as possible.  Beaver.  Cream dogs have black noses and black eye rims round eyes.  Whites must be quite free from lemon or any other color.  A few white hairs, in any of the self colored dogs permissible but undesirable.  Dogs (other than white) with white or tan markings highly undesirable and not considered whole colored specimens.  In parti-colored dogs, colors evenly distributed on body in patches; a dog with white or tan feet or chest not a parti-colored dog.  Shaded sables should be shaded throughout with three or more colors, the hair to be as uniformly shaded as possible, and with no patches of self-color.  In mixed classes, where whole colored and parti-colored Pomeranians compete together, the preference should, if in all other points they are equal, be given to the whole colored specimens.

SIZE:    Ideal weight, Dogs 1.8-2kg (4-41/2 lbs); bitches 2-2.5 kg (41/2-51/2 lbs).

FAULTS:   Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.

NOTE:    Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.