NEW YORK — In the days before the Westminster Dog Show, I could not stop saying the phrase “33 Pomeranians.” There’s a pleasing rhythm to the phrase—better spelled out as thirty-three Pomeranians—that lends itself to any multitude of cadences. Excitedly: thirty-three Pomeranians! As matter-of-fact as one might say 101 Dalmatians: thirty-three Pomeranians. Baffled and/or aghast:…