Happy Friday, Pacific Northwest Pomeranian Family! Last Weekend, an amazing little group of Pomeranians got together to celebrate being cute, fluffy, and full of life. Carter, Vail, Minnie, Cyd, Princess Buttercup, Boozhoo, Coquito, and Phoebe spent the afteroon sniffing, playing, and getting to know one another on our Pomeranian Play Date. Thank you, Little Fluffs, for bringing your moms and dads with you -- it was fun to share stories, ask questions, and spend time with each of these cuties. We even had a professional photographer capturing special moments from our day! Please contact him ..read more

Hello! For those of you that have not met me, my name is Catherine Woods, and I have a Facebook Group, called Pacific Northwest Pomeranians. In that group, I post pictures and videos of my available puppies. Facebook, however, does not permit the sales of puppies -- so I have to be circumspect, and disingenuous when posting the pictures and videos – something I am quite uncomfortable with, as I am a straightforward person. Facebook's ban of animal sales creates a situation where I cannot be honest about what I am doing, or honestly answer questions about my breeding program. So for those of yo ..read more

THE MODIFIERS So we've got our base colors down, now let's look at the Loci that can modify them. Yes, each modifier has it's own Locus. Some will be either 'Yes' or 'No', only two options or combinations of the two, being codependent on one another. Others, like in the A Locus, have a series in a Hierarchy. Some of these modifiers are still being studied, but the base information to date is solid. Some modifiers only affect Eumelanin-Black, another only Phaeomelanin-Red/Yellow, while others can affect both. One particular modifier only affects one allele in the A Locus series. We will discuss ..read more

So in past articles we've discussed Pigment, the definitions of some important genetic terms, the E Locus (Red/Yellow) and the K Locus (Black).  We are now going to move on to the third Locus involved in 'color-switching', The A Locus. Remember, the rules will be in italics. *In the dominance of the previously mentioned genes, should they be present and apparent, the (e/e)-Solid Red or (KB)-Solid Black, the A Locus alleles are hidden, but are still there, just NOT expressed. They will be, however, passed on to future generations where they could be expressed. THE A LOCUS - Agouti Series ..read more

Disclaimer: I am I neither a scientist, nor a professional writer, as I'm sure you can tell. All of this knowledge was gleaned from articles I found on the internet. Any one of you could do the same thing as I have done to gather this information. I have not cited all the articles, because at the time I was reading them, I was doing so for my own interest. This is just me, A LAYMEN, sharing something I'm interested in and what I've learned with you. Again, Google dog coat color genetics to see if it isn't true. There are hundreds of articles out there, some really scientific and others just br ..read more

BASIC GENETIC TERMS GENE- It is a set of instructions at each point along a strand of DNA, that tells that cell how to produce a particular protein, (in our study, Color).   Each Gene is formed by two alleles. GENOTYPE-The individual genetic make-up of a creature. When written out, the genotype equation for each dog's coat color looks like a row of letters -> (KB/ky, Ay/At, E/e, B/b, D/d, I/i, S/sp, M/m, L/l)  (See Allele)  ALLELE-One half of a gene at each locus.  Alleles come in pairs, one Allele from each parent, to make up one gene at a given locus in the pup.  ..read more

Wilder M. Taylor Roff July 28 at 12:10 PM ✰ Paisley will be playing “Quinn” (Oscar’s dog) in the Oscar Shaw movie written by my father, @donroff! This will be our first gig for something like this!!! As I’ve been wanting to get P on the big screen for quite awhile now, so this is definitely a dream come true for us!!! And I am ABSOLUTELY OVER THE MOON about it!!! We will be flying to Philly, PA this summer-fall together!! This will be our very FIRST time having such an incredible opportunity like this, to have one of my very talented canines appear on the big screen!!! (I hope this will open m ..read more

THE LOCI There is a lot of scientific jargon that explains why one color expresses and another doesn't (loss of function, depth of melanocytes at the hair follicle, insertions, sequencing and much more...). While I'm sure that's all important, I've simplified and condensed down all that information to list just the affects on coat color & patterning recognized by all that scientific study. We don't have to know HOW they figured it all out, we get to just reap the benefits of it! Here begins the list of the Loci that affect coat color, their associated alleles (Series) and a brief explanati ..read more

The domestication of dogs began at the end of the Paleolithic into the Neolithic Era between 13,000 and 17,000 years ago (Bosch 2015). During this period, man lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers in encampments that likely attracted carnivorous grey wolves providing a new food source of human-derived vegetal and animal food waste items (Bosch 2015). A gradual relationship emerged between humans and wolves leading to multiple domestication and interbreeding events. These breedings with wild wolves led to the domestic dog evolving (Bosch 2015). The Spitz working dog is considered an ancient breed c ..read more

Tips For Curtailing Crazy Pom Barking: Barking is normal for Pomeranians... ,,There is just a lot of stuff to bark at. But if your pom’s barking is starting to get excessive, here are a few things to try, and a few things to avoid: Start with exercise – Tire that puppy out! Poms are notorious for playing hard -- and napping hard. Try to make sure your pom gets a walk before you leave for work – or hire a mid day dog walker – in winter time, you might try an indoor treadmill. If your pom is barking a lot, and you yell at him – you should know you are just reinforcing the behavior – any inter ..read more