Hi, I'm James. And I'm Laurent. And this is Beedi, our little Pomsky.
Pomskies are still a fairly new breed. And it's hard to know what to expect, before you get a Pomsky.
There's just not a lot of information out there, about what Pomskies are really like.
And whatever little educational content is out there, gets drowned in an ocean
of Pomsky puppy pictures and videos.
Before Beedi, we had another dog that was half Pomeranian and half American Eskimo.
And when we were researching Pomskies, we were thinking: We're going to keep the Pomeranian half,
and just replace the Eskimo half, by a Husky half. How different could it possibly be?
Oh boy, oh boy! Very different from what we expected!
To make this video we surveyed dozens of fellow Pomsky owners,
and asked them about the things they wish they knew, before getting a Pomsky.
And the answers they gave us were very consistent across the board.
And in this video, we'll cover the 5 responses that came back, over and over again.
So let's go!
Number 5: Pomskies are not lap dogs.
Actually, Pomskies are the exact opposite of a lap dog.
A lot of people get thrown off by how cute Pomskies look as puppies.
They're all fluffy. And they look all cuddly and adorable. And they think that
their Pomsky is just gonna lay on the couch, all day, waiting to be pet by their owner.
But, just because they're cute and fluffy, doesn't mean that they are cuddly.
Actually, Pomskies are not a particularly cuddly breed.
And this comes as a big surprise to a lot of 1st time Pomsky owners.
The two of us disagree a lot on how cuddly Pomskies are.
I think Beedi is cuddly. She loves to get belly rubs in the morning. And we snuggle on the bed.
But again, this video is not just about Beedi, and our relationship with Beedi.
It's about the responses we got from multiple Pomsky owners we surveyed.
One of the tricky things with Pomskies is
that they only became popular in the last couple of years.
And, as a result, there are a lot more Pomsky puppies and adolescents than adult Pomskies.
And cuddliness is something that a lot of Pomskies don't develop, until they're 2 or 3 years old.
When they're puppies, Pomskies just want to play all the time. They don't have time to snuggle.
But as they grow up, and start forming a bond with their owner, they become more cuddly over time.
We have certainly noticed an evolution between Beedi as a puppy, and Beedi now.
But we would never use the term 'lap dog' to refer to her.
Number 4: Pomskies are full of energy. It shouldn't come as no surprise, that a
husky mix is full of energy. After all, Huskies were bred to run in the snow, and pull sleds.
But it's the amount of energy Pomskies have, that kind of catches 1st time owners off-guard.
In the first 6 months, it's energy overload.
But that amount of energy doesn't just disappear, after the puppy stage.
We have to take Beedi for walks, all the time!
And our step count has been out of this world, since we got her.
If she doesn't get enough steps during the day, we pay for it at night.
If she's not tired enough, she wants us to play with her, way past our bedtime!
I remember once, meeting a woman on the street, who loved Beedi.
The woman was probably in her 50's. And she told me:
'I'm looking for a dog for my mom. And yours looks like the perfect dog for her'.
And I remember telling her: 'I've never met your mom. But I can guarantee you,
that a Pomsky is not the right dog for your mom'.
The Health App on our phone shows what a typical day looks like.
You can see the long walk in the morning. And the shorter walk after lunch.
And then the 3rd walk in the afternoon. And in the afternoon, we normally take Beedi to the dog park.
So, even though we don't get a lot of steps. She gets a lot more steps than we do.
She burns down all that pent-up energy, playing with other dogs.
And, once a week, we take her to doggie daycare. This is kind of our quiet day,
like a mini vacation, when we have time to do things that we can never do when she's around.
And the extra benefit of sending her to doggy daycare,
is that she's usually pretty tired the following day too. Woohoo!
Number 3: Pomskies can be picky with food.
And to be clear, not every Pomsky is picky with food.
Some of them gobble down their food, the way a normal dog should.
But being picky is something you should absolutely be prepared for. Because a lot of Pomskies are.
Having a dog that doesn't eat is probably the last thing you expect, as a dog owner.
But lots of Pomskies are. And it can be heartbreaking when that happens.
As a new Pomsky owner, you already have a lot on your plate.
And your puppy not eating, just adds to that list.
When your Pompsky puppy doesn't eat, as a new owner, you don't always know what to do.
And you get a lot of conflicting messages.
Some people tell you to let your puppy go hungry, until they eat.
Otherwise, you're just training them to be picky.
Others tell you that they may have allergies.
But the truth is that Pomskies are just prone to being picky eaters.
And a lot of Pomsky owners know that all too well.
We made a whole video about our tips and tricks to make Beedi eat her food.
And we're going to put a link to this video in the corner right here.
Number 2: Pomskies shed a lot. And it's not just the shedding. It's also the hair everywhere.
And, even though Huskies are somewhat short-haired dogs, they have a double coat.
And underneath the hair you see, there's an undercoat, that protects them from the cold.
And twice a year, in the spring and in the fall, they blow their coat.
And during that time, they can lose enough hair to make a blanket out of it.
Pomskies tend to be smaller; only 20 to 30 lbs for most of them.
So, the amount of hair they shed is less than a 50 or 60-lb Husky.
But it's still a lot of hair. A lot!
Some Pomskies can have short hair, like Beedi. But others can have wooly hair, like Zee here.
And they almost look like mini-Samoyeds.
For those especially, the hair is kind of a year-round thing.
But even with Beedi, we can find fur balls on the floor, on the carpet, or on the car seats.
And we can never snuggle with her, if we wear dark clothing.
For hair, just like for everything else, every Pomsky is different.
For us, we haven't found it to be a huge issue. No worse than if we had a cat, or another dog breed.
But other Pomsky owners have told us that their situation is way worse than ours.
So, you have to be ready for that possibility.
And number 1: Pomsky puppies are destructive.
This is the biggest surprise that 1st time Pomsky owners have to deal with.
Because Pomsky puppies look like little angels, on all the pictures you see on the Internet.
But they're not angels. They're monsters!
Pomsky puppies dig in the trash. They chew furniture. And they chew your shoes.
I had to buy a bunch of spare shoe laces.
Because chewing my shoe laces was Beedi's favorite game, when she was a puppy.
Some Pomsky owners, who live in high rises, and cannot easily take their puppy outside,
try to teach their Pomsky to pee on a wee-wee pad. But that doesn't work with Pomskies.
Because wee-wee pads are so much fun to destroy!
When Beedi was a puppy, we had to double our toy budget.
Because she would destroy them in a matter of hours.
The squirrelies you see here are the survivors of a long lineage of squirrelies.
And they did not all have such a happy fate.
These three are missing a few limbs here and there. But, at least, they're still alive.
And Sponge Bob here just suffered a head injury, which means his days are numbered at this point.
Pomskies love to chew on stuff. In addition to chew toys, you'll also need to buy chew bones.
Lots of them!
Dog chews will probably be your biggest expense, with a Pomsky. Way ahead of food.
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Bye. Bye. Beedi says bye.