One thing that always scares me is the thought of something happening to my Pomeranian. Dogs, as we all know, have very short life spans compared to humans so during my research I decided to look up health risk that I might encounter as my pom gets older. I was pleased to find that Pomeranians are among breeds that have the least amount of health issues. But none the least they still have some things that you have to watch out for. Some common health problems that they face are Cardiomyophathy, Cerebellar ataxia, and Cryptorochidism.
Cardiomyophathy is when they have an abnormality of the heart. Cerebellar ataxia is when they have a neurological disorder. Cryptorochidism is when one or both testicles descend into the scrotum and it reflects in the dog when they are exercising. Pomeranians also tend to suffer from hernias, high toes or short toes, and Hydrocephaly which is when they have fluid in the brain of the dog. Now there are ways to decrease the chance of the Pomeranian having these problems. By breeding the poms that don’t have these health risks with other poms that also lack these problems will help produce healthy risk-free Pomeranians. It may be hard to find breeders that actually take the time to do this so a good back up plan would be to get a veteran and that specializes in the Pomeranian breed. He can know what to look for and give you helpful advice on how to keep your Pom in good, healthy shape.
To make sure my Pomeranian Romeo stays healthy I take him to the Vet for regular checkups. I feed him a well balanced diet and make sure he gets plenty of exercise. Anything that I see that changes in his normal activities I call the vet to see if the change is normal or if it’s something they may need to look further into. Also make sure to give him his monthly heart worm meds because all breeds are likely to contract heart worms. So far Romeo has not had any health problems and I hope it continues for the rest of his days with me.
Citation:
Health Concerns Facing the Pomeranian. (n.d). OfficialPomeranianGuide.com. Retrieved February 3,2010, from http://www.officialpomeranianguide.com/Pomeranian_Care/Health_Problems_facing_the_Pomeranian.php.
To make sure my Pomeranian Romeo stays healthy I take him to the Vet for regular checkups. I feed him a well balanced diet and make sure he gets plenty of exercise. Anything that I see that changes in his normal activities I call the vet to see if the change is normal or if it’s something they may need to look further into. Also make sure to give him his monthly heart worm meds because all breeds are likely to contract heart worms. So far Romeo has not had any health problems and I hope it continues for the rest of his days with me.
Citation:
Health Concerns Facing the Pomeranian. (n.d). OfficialPomeranianGuide.com. Retrieved February 3,2010, from http://www.officialpomeranianguide.com/Pomeranian_Care/Health_Problems_facing_the_Pomeranian.php.
