Pop Off Pomeranians

02/26/2024

Absolutely

02/26/2024

Last but never least our sweet Cupid. Also leaving me this weekend. It's a bitter sweet time.

02/26/2024

Dasher's leaving this weekend as well. He'll be headed on a jet plane to Oregon. My good friend is being his flight nanny ❤️

02/26/2024

Comet's last photo set with us! 😭❤️ He leaves to his loving mama this coming weekend. He adores her already.

02/26/2024

02/26/2024

Our Darby Barbie. Darby is expecting! Due in April ❤️

02/26/2024

Teenage Slim Shady ❤️ 6 months old. He's going to his (and my) first dog show this coming weekend! UKC to start because it's less scary than AKC haha.

02/14/2024

Happy Valentine's Day from Pop Off Poms!

02/11/2024

DASHER = James.❤️ 9 weeks old.

Dasher's mom is going to name him James. It suits his sweet and dignified personality.

02/11/2024

COMET 💖. 9 weeks old.

Comet's new mom lives close by and has been able to visit him as he's grown up! He already adores her.

02/11/2024

CUPID 💘 . 9 weeks old.

I only have this little girl for 3 more weeks before she heads to her new family! 😭💖

01/27/2024

Dasher 🎄 7 1/2 weeks old.
available

01/27/2024

Comet 🦌7 1/2 weeks old.
reserved

01/27/2024

Cupid 💘. 7 1/2 weeks old.
Reserved

01/25/2024

I let my sweet baby Blitzen go today and I'm so heartbroken. After 4 weeks of special care following an accident that happened at 3 weeks old we went to the neurologist and received a very poor prognosis. I've been his mom since he was born. This one was extra hard. Breeding is rough emotionally, mentally and financially sometimes. I learn more every litter. Some lessons learned are harder than others 💔

01/20/2024

Dasher!
Sweet Dasher has the sweetest soul. He loves playing with his siblings. He gives boop kisses and is just a doll.

01/20/2024

Cupid!
This little girl is full of sugar, spice and every nice! She keeps her brothers in line and loves to interact with us. Her new mom and older Pom brother are looking forward to her go home date!

01/20/2024

Comet!
Comet is a lover and wants to be with us more than anything else! His new mom is looking forward to snuggling him! He has a funny haircut from a medical screening procedure 🤣

01/19/2024

Updated 🦌 photos coming tonight! Babies are 6 weeks old ❤️

01/16/2024

The tiny babies will be 6 weeks old on Thursday! These premie babies have sure been a learning experience! I may be a bit overly attached to all of them 😭 Blitzen suffered some head trauma when he was younger due to an accident and will likely stay with us. Comet is Reserved. Dasher and Cupid are currently available.

01/16/2024

Adorable Twix! (They kept his name ❤️) He's doing great in his forever home!

01/10/2024

Dasher 🦌 Comet 🎄 Cupid 💘 Blitzen ❄️

01/10/2024

Sweet pile of pups. 😴💤

01/07/2024

Sharing from another breeder. Madcap Bull Terriers who put the Puppy Culture protocol together. At PopOff Poms we keep puppies until 10-12 weeks. This is a critical socialization period but also for the Pomeranian breed hypoglycemia is a real concern in this transition age. As their breeder and a veterinary professional I have the resources and knowledge to navigate that tricky age. So that when you receive your puppy you can focus on loving and bonding with a happy, healthy, socialized puppy.

"We've gotten a number of posts on the theme of when to place puppies and I just want to make some very general statements on this.

1. The optimal time to place a puppy splits the end of the critical socialization period between the breeder and the puppy owner. So the breeder gets to shepherd the puppy through the first part and do all the "firsts" and the puppy owner gets to customize the socialization experience to their lifestyle. The breeder is typically more experienced and better able to navigate those tricky first intros, but the puppy owner typically has more time and energy to pour into individual socialization and training.

2. That having been said, there is no magic in warehousing puppies for an extended period of time. If the breeder is not going to be willing or able to do active socialization, training and enrichment protocols, the puppy is not going to benefit by staying longer with their litter than traditional placement age. So when you're looking at the breeder, are they doing things like leash walking, outside socialization experiences, and crate and confinement training? Or just keeping a bunch of puppies in a pen with lots of toys and gadgets?

3. For us, this works out to placing puppies at about 10 weeks of age. That gives the puppy owners a solid two weeks to customize the socialization experience. But I will not lie to you, those last two weeks between 8 and 10 weeks are a LOT of work and we take that responsibility of keeping those puppies for that extra time very seriously.

4. And, as I mentioned, developmental differences are huge...at 9 weeks our puppies are beginning to look for "their people" but are still very flexible...GSD puppies are beginning to take on their littermates and mistrust novelty...and Norwich Terrier puppies are still nursing. So, no, there is not "an age" that is best to place puppies.

5. I think the operant question is not so much at what age the breeder is placing the puppies as what is the breeder doing with the puppies while they have them? Are they keeping them long enough to complete important protocols? Are the actually doing that work? Are they careful not to place the puppies during a fear period?

6. All that having been said, there are certainly outside limits to this. I think it's safe to say that a breeder who is looking to place puppies at 6 weeks old is not doing what needs to be done with those puppies, at least in terms of what we at Puppy Culture believe should be done. It's just an enormous red flag.

7. But, even then, there are some cases where placing the puppies really early could be a legitimate decision. The example i always use is a giant breed puppy that would have to fly in cargo if you waited until 10 weeks to place the puppy. I would place a puppy at 7 weeks old in an experienced home with a good adult dog before I would have a 10 week old puppy be shipped in cargo. So there is some nuance, here.

8. My final comment, and I have warned about this before, do not bring up "it's illegal where I live to place puppies before x age." The people who write those laws are not breeders, don't know dogs, and don't know what's best for puppies. I'm sorry for you if you live in a place that is governed by an ignorant animal rights cabal. But the fact that "it's illegal" does not somehow legitimize or lend credence to that practice.

9. And, OK, my final final comment is that I get how frustrating this is as a puppy seeker. I am trying to help my sister find a kitten of a specific breed and it's just really frustrating to navigate the waters of breeders who are ethical in the sense of health and good genetics but really just warehouse kittens and sell them. If you have a very specific breed in mind it's really just dumb luck if you find a breeder who truly does it all. I don't really have an answer, just sympathy for your position ❤"

01/07/2024

Give us a follow on Insta!

01/05/2024

The babies are 4 weeks old today!

01/01/2024

Love Cupid's sass!

01/01/2024

Dasher ✅🦌 Comet ❎🎄 Cupid ⏸️💘 Blitzen ⏸️ ❄️