Category: Health

EXPLANATORY NOTE! As previously indicated, this kind of PomPomDog posts regarding health and nutrition, are written after having consulted several specialized texts and having read different opinions. However, in case of any doubt or problem, ask ALWAYS your veterinarian.

Recently we went to the vet with our Pomeranian Colette for her annual vaccines (heptavalent, anti-rabies and kennel cough), and as we already are in spring in Spain we also bought all the necessary medicines to prevent Colette from catching leishmaniasis. (more…)

In the previous post, we started to talk about shedding, the natural and healthy stage that our Pomeranians go through and their types (from puppy to adult, seasonal annual shedding and female shedding). If you missed this publication, you can read it again by clicking here.

Going on with this topic, today we’ll talk about what care you should provide to your doggy during the shedding, not only to make it look as beautiful as possible, but above all to make it feel good and avoid problems in the future with knots, mats and forced haircuts.

As you will see, some of these tips are obvious, but it is always good to remember them 🙂 (more…)

Do you want to know when your Pomeranian will become that fluffy ball that you met when it was just a puppy? Do you get the feeling that your Pomeranian loses its fur most of the time? Or do you want to know what care you should provide to your Pomeranian at this stage to make it look as beautiful as possible? Then you’ll be interested in these series of posts that we are going to dedicate to Pomeranian shedding. In the post of this week: Pomeranian’s types of shedding. (more…)

Winter is coming and we must take some measures to help our Pomeranian to fight the cold. In today’s post: the use of a coat.

If you also live in a place where the winter is very cold and temperatures drop below 32 F, it is often foggy or it snows, it is essential to keep your Pomeranian warm.

I must confess that we were not very keen on dressing Pomeranians because we believed in some myths: (more…)

EXPLANATORY NOTE! This kind of posts regarding health and nutrition, which you will find in Pom Pom Dog, are written after having consulted several specialized texts and read different opinions. That is the reason why in case of doubt or problem, ask ALWAYS your veterinarian.

… and suddenly, one day Colette stopped eating, or she hid her food, or even she played with it without eating it. We thought that she was ‘dog-tired’ of eating always the same (Colette feeds mainly on fodder – we will talk about it another day), or even that Colette could have dental problems.

And because of a lack of experience: Colette is our first dog, and the only dog in the family. We were worried so we carried Colette to the veterinarian and when he asked us when she had been in heat for the last time and we answered him that two weeks ago, he said to us without any doubt that Colette had (fortunately!) “just a trifle” or scientifically said “pseudopregnancy”.

Lots of owners, among we include ourselves, don’t know or don’t pay special attention to their dog in heat. The truth is that it’s a very important moment in their life because it concerns not only her health, but also her mood. And this is the main reason why we have decided to publish this post in order to understand her behaviour. (more…)