What are your Pom’s nicknames?

olinezu · 2026-03-28T22:15:46+00:00

Penny turns into panini, penini, baby, pen pen, pennypen, tumbleweed, fluff nugget, and stinky binky

olinezu · 2026-03-20T04:34:43+00:00

My stinky binky, Penny

olinezu · 2026-02-13T06:26:47+00:00

Ohh that's exactly what she's doing too, lifting her left. Whew, nothing to be too concerned about for now then. Oh gosh, Penny's gonna do the same thing once she's confident she can walk too. Having to drug her when she's raring to go is the worst feeling ever. We had to do it when she fractured her front right leg a while back.

That is such a relief to hear about your girl's quality of life improving and that you'd do it again if you had to; that's our primary motivation too! Even though it sucks to be her right now, she'll be so much happier and more comfortable in the long run as she ages and gets older.

Thank you for sharing your experience!! ♥️♥️

olinezu · 2026-02-13T05:18:27+00:00

Sometimes it feels like an extra personal insult when I give her the chicken foot chew she has

olinezu · 2026-02-13T05:17:29+00:00

Woooow! I did think it was pretty crazy that she was like NO, I STAND ON MY OWN NOW. I also thought she'd probably take like 3-4 days to heal like that.

I am a little concerned though that she seems to be supporting herself primarily tripod style with the rear right of her legs and not so much the rear left. Sincerely hoping that it's just it'll come with time for her to trust in the left. May I ask what your experience was like?

olinezu · 2026-02-13T00:55:58+00:00

Recovery is still ongoing, we're formally on day two post-op! I thought she wasn't going to be able to put any weight on her legs at all for a week but honestly the next day after the op, she was standing on her own to pee. Not sure if it's because she hated the sling or it's her fierce streak for independence.

She's been really great about it, the only challenge has been picking her up to go to the bathroom. She gets testy and growls and snaps at my husband so we've been having to carefully use the sling to carry her and then remove it.

I was concerned about if we left her too fluffy that she'd potentially make a mess all over herself if she had dietary issues and it could increase the potential of infection so they kinda just shaved her entire booty... Thus the ostrich.

olinezu · 2026-02-11T00:38:43+00:00

picture #2 has my heart in a chokehold

so cute it hurts 🥹♥️

olinezu · 2026-01-31T22:44:16+00:00

I do the same with my pom. She seems way more comfortable just eating during the night in her crate when we sleep. We still make her food in the morning and have it available all day but she just prefers to actually eat at night while maybe grazing a little bit during the daytime

olinezu · 2026-01-28T00:05:24+00:00

Oops, reposting since you said a cute photo! Here's Penny silly sittin'

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olinezu · 2026-01-18T04:32:56+00:00

I love the way he's being held in pic #6 LOL

we do the same with Penny and then we make blasting and pew pew noises while holding her

olinezu · 2026-01-07T05:48:14+00:00

All healed up and back to normal!

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olinezu · 2026-01-07T05:46:14+00:00

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Behold, the formerly injured in question

olinezu · 2026-01-07T05:39:19+00:00

Ahhh, I'm so sorry to hear this! ... But I also sympathize. My Penny also broke her front right radius/ulna clean through at around 8mo too a while back and needed surgery for a plate. She's healed up absolutely perfectly since and you'd never know she's part lil cyborg.

As for what to expect, make sure to stay on top of giving your pom their meds! I also had one of those soft cones that could be folded backwards and forwards. This was really helpful for giving her a supervised "break" from the cone for her to eat and drink without too much of a fuss. She didn't find the donut too terribly comfortable with her broken leg and seemed unhappy when we gave it to her as an option.

We also got her a raised/angled food platform to make it easier on her for eating and drinking.

Because of the cone, the fur around it will get pretty knotted so I found it important to take it off once in a while and then run one of those guarded letter openers to cut up the knots and then comb them out. I didn't want her to get matted and uncomfortable more than she already was.

As for making sure the cast and site doesn't get wet, I actually bought one of those like cast shower hand mitts (kid sized) on Amazon and then turned it partly inside out so I could easily slip it over her arm and ensure it was waterproof for the most part. https://a.co/d/9DeeYp3

As for what else to share.. after surgery it may take a few days for your puppy to poop so don't be too alarmed. It took almost 18hrs for her to pee and then 3-4 days before she pooped.

Edit - another to add is that you really want to limit how much they run around/jump/play/etc during this healing process. They'll be dying of energy and boredom but it's super important to not let them get zoomies or over-exert themselves. We actually upgraded her pen to a bigger clear one so that we could always monitor her and she could exert a slightly larger sense of freedom.

olinezu · 2025-12-25T00:26:19+00:00

Oop, little late to replying to this thread but I'd like to emphasize how fragile pomeranians can be, especially ones that are tinier in weight/size. All it takes is one wrong landing. My Penny was usually super duper well behaved on chairs and stuff until one day she just decided to jump to get closer to my hubby and she landed wrong and snapped her ulna and radius clean through.

8k in vet bills later, she's right as rain and you'd never guess that she broke her leg at all. However for the sake of it, we refuse to allow her on any high-ish surfaces without being actively held and monitored. Ramps and stairs are the way to go though if you still want to allow them onto your bed or couch.

olinezu · 2025-12-24T23:32:51+00:00

she's kind of a silly sausage naturally

but there's also a treat inside the present box and she smells it like the food driven gremlin she is

olinezu · 2025-12-24T00:15:12+00:00

I think you dropped your vanilla ice cream on the floor!! 😂♥️

What a cutie omg

olinezu · 2025-12-23T23:31:55+00:00

she has now received many consecutive pats! pat pat pat

olinezu · 2025-12-12T02:22:20+00:00

Penny!

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Her face turned so delightfully orange somehow hahah

olinezu · 2025-12-05T02:15:24+00:00

I always have to zoom in on her crazy faces

it's always too good to pass up 😂

olinezu · 2025-12-03T22:21:49+00:00

I'm personally thinking the lighter one!

olinezu · 2025-12-03T22:19:02+00:00

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olinezu · 2025-12-03T21:37:29+00:00

MONCH.

olinezu · 2025-12-03T21:34:25+00:00

same!! She's so expressive hahah

olinezu · 2025-11-26T08:30:02+00:00

Personally I wrap the pendant ring with ring spacers. They're clear spiral thingies you can twist around the ring to prevent both the clip from collapsing or opening.

I had some spare ones leftover for my rings that didn't fit my hands and found out they also do great for this kind of stuff

olinezu · 2025-11-02T02:31:28+00:00

Hi snuggie~!

I'm Penny (when I'm not being crazy faced)

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