My female Pom is 5 months old and has lost a lot of coat. Is she ill or could parasites be the problem?
Probably neither. Still a vet exam is a good idea. ALL Poms shed their puppy coat at roughly 4-6 months and go through what breeders call ‘the uglies.’ This is a truly amazing growth period that turns a small ball of fluff into a leggy, almost hairless mess. Don’t worry, in 2 months she will really improve! But the bad news is she will ‘blow’ her coat again at roughly 12 months. After this she will have seasonal sheds but nowhere near as bad. You can avoid most coat problems by spaying. A good ‘spay’ coat is quite lovely although it can tend to curl at the ends. After the 12 month shed, male coats (if the breeding is there) are beautiful but stripping during a seasonal shed, helps to keep them fluffy.
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