# What kind of puppy is this in the Pet Meds commercial? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 6, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-puppy-is-this-in-the-pet-meds-commercial/614944 "2012-03-06T17:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-puppy-is-this-in-the-pet-meds-commercial/614944/1 "2012-03-06T17:52:08Z")
[Here.](http://www.1800petmeds.com/videos.jsp). The first commercial on the page – “Pet Meds - I Would Do Anything” – the puppy being held by the announcer at the beginning. What kind of dog is that? ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-puppy-is-this-in-the-pet-meds-commercial/614944/2 "2012-03-06T18:04:03Z")
I don’t think it’s a puppy; it looks like an adult [pomeranian](http://www.google.com/search?q=pomeranian&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BVFWT6-RCIiD0QGL5-X9CQ&ved=0CGUQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=612). ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-puppy-is-this-in-the-pet-meds-commercial/614944/3 "2012-03-06T18:19:47Z")
Definitely a pom. ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-puppy-is-this-in-the-pet-meds-commercial/614944/4 "2012-03-06T18:20:24Z")
It is a baby shiba inu. ---
**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-puppy-is-this-in-the-pet-meds-commercial/614944/5 "2012-03-06T18:22:59Z")
Pom, have onw sitting next to me right now and they look the same. I asked “Oreo” if the dog in the video was also a Pom, and he “meowed” in the affirmative. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-puppy-is-this-in-the-pet-meds-commercial/614944/6 "2012-03-06T18:24:45Z")
> [@obbn](#): > > I asked “Oreo” if the dog in the video was also a Pom, and he “meowed” in the affirmative. Well, that settles that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-puppy-is-this-in-the-pet-meds-commercial/614944/7 "2012-03-06T18:27:00Z")
I can’t hold it in anymore … IT’S SO CUUUUTE! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-puppy-is-this-in-the-pet-meds-commercial/614944/8 "2012-03-07T21:30:38Z")
Is it a pomeranian with a beard trim?