EVERY NOW AND THEN A LIL RAIN MUST FALL. SO IT IS
WITH OUR CUTE LIL POMS. STARTING ANYWHERE FROM 4
MONTHS TO 6 MONTHS, THE POM GOES THROUGH THE
UGLIES. THEIR HAIR FALLS OUT, THEIR NOSE GETS HUGE,
AND THEIR LEGS GET LONG. THEY ARE CLUMSY, LIKE A
TEENAGER, WITH FEET TO BIG. THEY DO NOT LOOK LIKE A
POM ANYMORE. BUT THIS LASTS ONLY A COUPLE OF
MONTHS, AND YOUR POM TURNS INTO A SWAN. HERE ARE
PICTURES OF THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.
FOR FREE. NOTICE HOW BIG HIS EARS ARE. HE HAS A BALD CHEST, WITH ALMOST NO HAIR. HIS NOSE
HAS GROWN. HIS COAT IS ALL DIFFERENT LENGHTS. AT 9 MONTHS HIS HAIR HAS GROWN OUT. HE
STILL HAS A LIL MATURING TO GO, BUT NOW YOU CAN SEE, THE BEAUTIFUL DOG HE WILL BECOME.
HIS COAT WILL BE EVEN MORE FULL AFTER HIS YEAR SHED.
TUFF GUY. AT 4 MONTHS HE LOOKS LIKE THE CLASS CLOWN. HE LOOKS LIKE IS IS A SHORT HAIRED
DOG. AT 8 MONTHS HIS COAT HAS GROWN A LOT. HIS TAN IS TURNING MORE OF A ORANGE, AND
GREATLY INCREASED IN AMOUNT. YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER TIME, THE AMOUNT OF TAN INCREASES.
WHEN HE IS FINISHED WITH HIS UGLIES, AND HIS NEW HAIR STARTS GROWING, IT SHOULD BE IN A
DARKER ORANGE COLOR.
THERE IS MUCH CONFUSION ABOUT SABLING ON PUPPIES. PEOPLE SEE THESE CUTE,
MOSTLY BLACK PUPS RUNNING AROUND, AND DON'T WANT A BLACK COLORED DOG. THE
BACK GROUND COLOR IS NOT A BRIGHT SHINNY ORANGE, BUT A DULL BROWNISH TAN. ALL
THIS CHANGES AT THE 6 MONTH SHED. MOST THE BLACK ON EVEN HEAVY SABLED DOGS,
GOES AWAY, AND KEEPS DISAPPEARING OVER THE LIFE OF THE DOG. THE BACK GROUND
TURNS INTO THE SHINNY ORANGE COLOR WE ALL LOVE IN OUR POMS. DON'T BE AFRAID TO
BUY THAT CUTE PUPPY, BECAUSE HE IS TO BLACK.
THERE ARE 2 SKIN DISEASES IN POMERANIANS. BLACK SKIN DISEASE, AND BLUE
ALOPECIA. BOTH ARE GENETIC. THEY BOTH ARE COLOR SPECIFIC.
BLACK SKIN USUALLY AFFECTS ORANGE SABLE MALES, THAT ARE HEAVY SABLED.
THERE ARE REPORTS THAT OTHER COLORS ARE AFFECTED BY THIS DISEASE. IT CAN
AFFECT BITCHES, BUT IS MORE COMMON IN MALES. WARNING SIGNS IN PUPPIES, IS
A MORE COTTONY COAT. AFTER THE 6 MONTH SHED PUPPIES NEVER DEVELOP THE
HARSH OUTER COAT. THIS DISEASE IS SHOWING UP IN PET LINES NOW TOO. AT THIS
POINT, NOT MUCH CAN BE DONE. THE DOGS ARE PERFECTLY HEALTHY, BUT START
TO LOSE COAT ON THE BACK OF THE HIND LEGS, THEN MOVE TO THE BACK. AT THE
MOST EXTREME OF THE DISEASE, THE DOGS WILL BE NEARLY NAKED WITH ONLY
HAIR ON THEIR HEAD. THIS CAN START AS YOUNG AS 6 MONTHS, OR AFFECT THE
DOG AS LATE AS 4 YEARS. THE SKIN TURNS BLACK AND LEATHERY, THE REASON IT
IS CALLED BLACK SKIN DISEASE. PINE TAR SHAMPOOS, AND NEUTERING CAN HELP.
BLUE ALOPECIA ONLY AFFECTS BLUE COLORED DOGS, OTHER BREEDS CARRY THIS
GENE. CHIHUAHUAS ARE ALSO KNOW TO HAVE IT. ONLY THE BLUE PARTS OF THE
DOG ARE AFFECTED. IF THE DOG IS BLUE PARTI. OR BLUE & TAN, THE TAN OR THE
WHITE WILL NOT BE AFFECTED. THIS GENETIC DISEASE ONLY AFFECTS THE DARK
BLUE COLOR. THE LIGHTER BLUES ARE SAFE FROM THIS. BOTH SEXES ARE
AFFECTED EQUALLY. IN MILD CASES HAIR LOSE IS ONLY ON THE BACK OF THE
EARS. IN BAD CASES THE BACK WILL BE HALF BALD, OR THE COAT VERY SHORT.
THE DOGS NEVER DEVELOP A PROPER OUTER COAT. THE COAT WILL BE SOFT AND
BRITTLE. THE HAIR EASILY BREAKS AND MATTES THESE DOGS SHOULD NEVER BE
BRED, OR BRED TO DOGS THAT DO NOT CARRY THE BLUE GENE. NOTHING CAN BE
DONE, BUT TO KEEP THE COAT CUT SHORTER, TO KEEP IT FROM MATTING. GOOD
GROOMING IS A MUST.
BEFORE YOU DECIDE THAT YOUR DOG HAS ONE OF THESE TWO SKIN DISEASES, BE
SURE TO RULE OUT MANGE. I KNOW OF AT LEAST TWO DOGS, THAT WERE THOUGHT
TO HAVE THESE DISEASES, HAD MANGE INSTEAD. MOST VETS HAVE NOT HEARD OF
EITHER DISEASE, SO BE AS WELL INFORMED AS YOU CAN BE, BEFORE SPENDING
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AT THE VET.
PARTI GIRL, HAS BLUE
ALOPECIA. SHE IS A
VERY DARK BLUE
COLOR, ALMOST A
BLACK. THE BACK OF
HER EARS, AND THE
TOP OF HER HEAD, ARE
ALMOST TOTALLY
BALD. THE HAIR IS
THINNING IN A LINE
DOWN HER BACK. AS
YOU CAN SEE, THE
WHITE COLOR IS NOT
AFFECTED.
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