Show Trimming Guide to the Pomeranian by Denise Leo

Firstly, let me make mention that this is only the way I trim my Pomeranians.I am sure everyone has their own way of doing this.

Another important thing to remember is that no two Pomeranians are the same and all trimming should be done to enhance that particular Pomeranian. Trim a little, let the Pomeranian rest and run around the floor, while you evaluate what else you think needs doing, trim a little more, give the Pomeranian a run around - I repeat this until I am happy with the result.

Try and trim the Pomeranian at least a few days before the show.

I must also point out that I have not put these photos in the order of trimming.

I start by fully brushing the Pomeranian completely out, no knots ,every hair must be seperated.Then I cut the toenails as short as possible.If the toenails are long you may not be able to get the nails as short as desired in one session. So in about 5 days time try and cut the nails again as short as possible. Once you get your Pomeranians nail short, keep them that way.When allowed to get long, the blood supply to the nails also grows to nearly the end of the nail.

I trim in this order-[ Again this is just the order I feel comfortable with!]

1/ Trim the top of the ears first.

2/ I then trim the feet and legs.

3/ I then trim the ruff around the head and then the bib.

4/ I now trim all along the body reaching the tail end.

5/ trim the tail

6/ trim the pants

7/ I lay the Pomeranian on it's back and trim the coat on it's underside, again still working in a circle.

8/ I then stand the Pomeranian up and very carefully trim any straggily hair hanging down between the front and back legs to give a nice outline.

9/I trim the feathering on the front legs to blend in with the body coat and to what I think would suit that particluar Pomeranian.[If your Pomeranian does not have a perfect front you do not want feathering flapping everywhere when your Pomeranian moves to draw attention to the faulty front movement!!!!]

I hope the following images are clear enough to give you an idea of my method of trimming a Pomeranian.

[Click on any of the thumbnailed images for a larger view and detailed description of what each picture depicts.]

Below is the clear orange Pomeranian depicted now groomed-"The finished result"