does anyone in the philadelphia area know anyone with pomeranian pupppies for sale ?

Answer 1

check with the national breed club. you can locate them by checking the AKC website. they usually have a listing of all the reputable breeders.

do NOT get one from a pet store. most pet stores get a lot of their animals from "puppy mills" where the animals are not raised in healthy nor humane environments. and they can't guarantee that it is full blooded either.

Answer 2

Find a good breeder by going to www.akc.org or talking to people at dog shows. You can also find info about the breed clubs on the akc site - they probably have a rescue group where you can get an older dog for less money. The best breeders will be members of their breed club, promoting healthy dogs with great temperaments. They should ask you a bunch of questions to make sure their puppy will be getting a good home. If all a "breeder" seems to care about is whether your check will clear, you can be sure he won't care a week later when the pup is dying from distemper or parvo and you want your money back.

Whatever you do, DON'T go to a pet shop or buy one sight-unseen off the Internet!!!! You'll pay top dollar for what is usually a poor quality puppy mill dog. And you'll be supporting one of the cruelest industries in the country. The breeding animals are often kept in deplorable conditions - spending their entire lives in small wire-bottomed cages. They probably haven't been vaccinated against contagious diseases or tested for any health or temperament problems or genetic diseases - that costs money and cuts into their profits. A female is often bred every time she comes into heat. When her poor little body can't take it any more, she is often clubbed in the head and tossed into a dumpster or an open ditch. Most puppy mills ship their pups to pet stores at wholesale prices and many pups die before they even get there.

These so-called "breeders" have now figured out that they can use the internet to ship a dog directly to the customer and thus make more money by cutting out the middleman. If you buy a dog from out of state, good luck getting your money back if there's something wrong with the pup. These people count on you becoming instantly attached to the poor little guy and being willing to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars at the vet to treat whatever is wrong with him.

Good breeders DON'T breed dozens of different breeds. And they don't breed mutts - that's all these so-called "designer dogs" are. Most of them DO come from puppy mills or backyard breeders who don't know what they're doing. You're playing genetic roulette - you might get a good dog, you might not.

Answer 3

i agree about the no pet store thing. i got mine from a well known friend of ours who breeds them humanely. check with your local akc for recognized breeders.