WHAT TO AVOID

The following, I hope will help you in finding yourself a healthy puppy dog
from a reputable breeder.
BE CAREFUL AND BEWARE!

First, be prepared to pay £1000 upwards for your Pomeranian puppy, you will NOT buy a genuine Pomeranian for £300 or £400 - do not be fooled by the adverts on the internet
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Your Pomeranian should weigh approximately 4 - 6 lbs as an ADULT, therefore when you view puppies (at around 8 weeks) they are very tiny and VERY, VERY FLUFFY, they should weigh around a maximum of 2lbs at 12 weeks.
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The "cheap" ones are most certainly x-bred's which look like Poms as a baby, with a fluffy coat & curly tail, but they are NOT pure Poms.

Most scammers/advertisers use photo's taken from genuine Pomeranian websites, be very careful.

When you are looking for a Pomeranian Puppy, take your time to read through this website where I have tried to give you as much help and advice for your search. Do not RUSH into this, a big decision, as a puppy should never be discarded and you will hopefully have many happy years with your new dog.

It is always best to either through myself or the Kennel Club find a caring breeder, who will give you help and support from the time you take the puppy home for the rest of his/her life.

Many sadly only want your money and could care-less once the poor little mite has left them.

First there are the "Bad Breeders" mentioned above, basically they take your money and that's it. Sort it out yourself attitude.

Secondly there are of course the Scammers, and this has become a HUGE business in the U.K. mainly these are the adverts you will have been looking at, and you have probably already seen MANY of them, they are all over the internet, they are advertising puppies what appear to be very cheap, YOU WILL NOT BUY A CHEAP POMERANIAN.
However, now a lot of the scammers/x-bred mongrel sellers have got wise and put the prices up, even to £1000 or more to fool unsuspecting buyers.

Remember our life is now full of scammers, whether it is buying "knock off" goods or even buying a pet, the internet is full of them, so this website it here to hopefully stop you before YOU are a victim.
Don't be daft enough to part with your hard earned cash, without ensuring you have validated the seller, you will most certainly get NOTHING! - especially if you send money to people without at least checking them out, e.g. through the Kennel Club, by visiting their home/premises or by some form of confirmation from other breeders (who you should also be able to check out) that they are who they say they are, then NEVER part with ANY MONEY before you have done this.
You will end up with no dog and no money if you do!
Most of these advertisers say that either the wife/husband has left and they need to sell or rehome the dog usually at a fairly cheap price are scams, more often than not they play on your emotions - DON'T BE TAKEN IN - YOU WILL NOT BUY A CHEAP POM, AND REPUTABLE BREEDERS DO NOT "SHIP" THEIR PUPPIES.
PLUS A GENUINE BREEDER WILL HAVE A VALID LANDLINE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS YOU CAN VISIT.

Another "new" scam is from Nigeria & Africa etc., where they are saying puppies will die if not "rescued", then they ask for money for airport taxes etc. etc. - DON'T get caught.

Thirdly you have the Breeders who sell x-bred mongrels as pure bred pups, some of them even have falsified Kennel Club papers!
Again these sort have also hiked the prices up, often to £1000 once again to fool YOU. The worst bit is YOU will not know the difference between a proper Pomeranian and a fluffy mongrel, you idealy need to see KC paperwork plus BOTH parents, or visit the sire seperately, for what this puppy will cost you, it is worth making the effort to do this.

Why the Growth in Puppy Farming? Because YOU are Buying Them.