Pomeranians and shedding...

Question
Hi,

I'm trying to seek an opinion of someone who knows pomeranians very well and how much they shed. My american eskimo dog of 13 years recently passed away. I really miss having a dog and am currently wanting to get a new one but am having great difficulties in deciding on whether a pomeranian would be the correct choice for me or not as I'm VERY concerned about how much a pomeranian will shed.

My american eskimo shed like CRAZY. She came with me everywhere and was in my car everyday and I would literally have to vacuum my car twice a week! Even when she was regularly groomed... american eskimos shed a LOT. An insane amount of shedding. I definitely do NOT want to get another american eskimo ever again because of their massive shedding. Plus I LOVE smaller lap dogs the size of a pomeranian or chihuahua.

My question is... do pomeranians shed as much as an american eskimo? Because in that acse it's not the right dog for me. I HOPE pomeranians do not shed as much as an american eskimo do they?

I'm worried that if I get a pomeranian that I will have to vacuum my card twice a week again for years and that when I carry my pomeranian that I will end up covered in fur? If I groom and brush my pomeranian at least twice a week... I won't have this problem I hope? I mean if I groom the pomeranian at least twice a week?

The reaosn I really want to get a pomeranian is because I love how they look. I am torn between getting a long coat chihuahua or a pomeranian. See pictured below is a long coat chihuahua:

http://www.dog.com/breed/docgrafx/chihualh.jpg

But I do not like the face of a chihuahua :(
I think pomeranians have MUCH more attractive faces. Chiahuas do not have attractive faces in my opinion.

Do you think a long coat chiahua will shed MUCH less than a pomeranian or about the same? Because if they shed about the same... I would much rather get a pomeranian in that case.

What I really want is actually a chi-pom (chihuahua/pomeranian mix) as shown below:

http://www.dogster.com/pet_page.php?i=199371&j=t

See how short that chi-pom's fur is? But they are so difficult to find! :(

I really want a pomeranian because I highly prefer a pomeranians face to that of a long coat chihuahua... but do you think that a pomeranian would shed MUCH more that a long coat chihuahua?

I wish I could find out the answer to that question so that I could make a better decision as to whether to get a long coat chiahua or a pomeranian. What I really want is a chi-pom because then I could get a dog with the pomeranian face I love but with the shorter less shedding fur of a long coat chihuahua but they are impossible to find :(

I think a chi-pom would be the perfect dog for me but they are EXTREMELY difficult to find. So I'm stuck on whether to get a long coat chihuahua or a pomeranian...

Thanks
Robin  

Answer
Poms shed ALLOT!  Just as much if not more then your Amer. Eskimo.  The Chi will shed less, but will shed, and are also very difficult to housebreak.  The Pom/Chi mix could turn out very well for you if you don't get the Pom coat. But because it is a mix breed, you will not be able to look at a 8 week old puppy and know what kind of coat it will have. You are better off picking a breed that you know will not shed so much.