POM ANTICS
I GUESS POMS FIT RIGHT IN AT OUR HOUSE BECAUSE WE ARE AN ACTIVE FUN FAMILY. MY HUSBAND JIM WAS A MANAGER FOR A BIG FOOD CHAIN WHERE HE WORKED FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I WAS A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST FOR A LOCAL HOSPITOL. POMS CAME INTO OUR LIVES AND IT CHANGED ALOT. NOW I AM AT HOME FULL TIME RAISING AND CARING FOR OUR FURBABIES AND GROOMING. WE DO SHOW BUT OUR KIDS , POMS AND PUPPIES ARE THE MAIN PRIORITY HERE.
I GOT AN EARLY START AT RAISING REGISTERED DOGS. WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD I STARTED OUT RAISING GERMAN SHEPHERDS. I HAD JUST READ RIN TIN TIN AND WAS CERTAIN THAT A LOVE OF THE BREED AND THE WILLINESS TO WORK HARD WAS ALL I NEEDED TO SUCCEED. I LEARNED ALOT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR WONDERFUL VET ANDREW THOMPSON. HIS KIND SPIRIT AND WILLINGNESS TO TEACH ME ALLOWED ME TO GAIN INSITES INTO THE CANINE BREED THAT FEW MY AGE WERE AFFORDED. BY THE TIME I LEFT FOR COLLEGE I HAD SOME EXPERIENCE AND WAS CONVINCED THAT BREEDING EXCELLENT QUALITY DOGS IN A LOVING ENVIRONMENT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A DREAM OF MINE TILL IT WAS A PART OF MY LIFE. NEEDLESS TO SAY MY CHOICE OF BREED HAS GOTTEN SMALLER OVER THE YEARS. I RAISED TINY TOY AND TOY RED APRICOT POODLES BEFORE FALLING IN LOVE WITH MY FIRST POM. POODLES GAVE ME MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THE INTRICACIES OF TOY BIRTHS AND TINY PUPS. BUT NOTHING COULD PREPARE ME FOR THE JOYS AND CHALLENGES OF RAISING POMS.
WITH POODLES IF ONE GOES OVER SIZE IT JUST FITS INTO THE NEXT SIZE UP BUT NOT SO WITH POMS.
POMS REQUIRE A MUCH MORE THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH LINE AND INTENSE GENETIC STUDY TO LEARN THOSE. I HAD STUDIED GENETICS IN COLLEGE BUT HAVE HAD TO SEARCH OUT THE KNOWLEDGE TO ACCOMPLISH MY GOALS IN RAISING POM.
THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE BEEN VERY HELFUL IN MY RAISING POMS. TO THEM I AM VERY GRATEFUL.
THANKS TO CAROLE COX WHO HAS SHOWN ME HOW TO UNRAVEL THE GENETIC MYSTERY. AND NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT A LOVING HUSBAND AN A SUPPORTIVE FAMILY TO HELP. AND OUR GREAT VET SCOTT RUSSELL HAS ASSISTED US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. WITH PATIENCE AND A SENSE OF HUMOR WE HAVE LEARNED MUCH THROUGH EARLY MORNING VET VISITS.
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