Origins Quiz — Tuesday, September 8, 2026

What breed takes its name from a historical region on the Baltic coast, straddling modern Germany and Poland, even though its sled-dog ancestors weighed 30 to 50 pounds, more than double today's typical size, before Queen Victoria's own import, a 12-pound male named Marco, helped popularize breeding for smaller dogs in the late 1800s?

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