Ileanna Parks
Posted : 9/8/2006 7:25:06 PM
I looked up poms on the internet, phone books, anything I could find. The nice thing about the internet is you can see pictures of the types of dogs the breeders have. I'm in North Carolina and I know two very good show quality-type breeders and one pet-quality breeder, all with beautiful poms.
FYI - On the internet I also found a place that offered blue merle poms and they are supposedly working to get them allowed into the breed, as this is not a typical color for poms. That was almost 6 years ago, but the pictures were adorable.
Reputable8 pom breeders are very careful where they place their poms, at least mine were, because these are very delicate dogs and just jumping from a couch can break a leg. Most of the breeders I spoke to would not or preferred not to place to homes with young children. Like a number of the small breeds they can have hypoglycemic problems and poms definitely have knee problems that should be addressed or else you may end up with a typical snappy pom. See above note.
My three are all wonderful, sweet, loving, smart dogs. They do seem to prefer to be that one special dog, as all three of mine seem to want that position which belongs to, guess who, Ginger.