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Hello,
I saw that you know alot about dog breeds and working in kennels you must come across varietys of different dog breeds.
So i wanted to ask you a question.
First of all, i live in china.
My dog is from here.
He is a healthy male of 5 months, with the size of an average pomeranian his tail curls up over his back, and sometimes curls completly like a pig not hanging over his other side.His ears are a big puzzle for me, as they are overly large in the begining they floped over in half and appeared much smaller, white with a yellowish tinge on the ears fur like a samoyed, but huge! Now hes 5 months and one of his ears is standing, the other down in a fold but sometimes stands up.
He looked alot like a Pom when we bought him as a puppy in his younger months. His fur was white and has remained white with a tinge of yellow ( Not due to being dirty haha)  
He is washed on a regular basis if he gets dirty of course. His fur has always been very fluffy, and the fur around his legs and his mane is bigger than the rest, giving him the typical look of a minature samoyed or pom. But, he does not have the face of a pom, his eyes are not the same nor his muzzle. Its much bigger and wider, his face is that of a samoyed.
He isnt fond of strangers outside, but doesnt mind people we welcome into the house, he will bark at a stranger hes never seen before coming into our house but once he see's they are welcome he is very friendly.
I have had plenty of experience with dogs and other animals, but he is a little more of a challenge due to his behaviour. Since we took him him when we bought him he had a tendancy to be very playful always wanting to bite hands. Which i know is their way to interact or sign for teething, but i tryed everything to stop it and he still is doing this bad habit now.

So thats a little about him and hoping with my attached pictures you could help me discover his breed. We have had so many differnt guesses.
Thank you.

Answer
That's an American Eskimo. They are fairly common in North America but uncommon elsewhere. they do tend to be wary of strangers and it would be a good idea to get him used to people by going to the park and having meet as many people as possible.

here is some more info on the breed:

http://dogbreedinfo.com/americaneskimo.htm