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Breed guide
How often should you bathe a pomeranian?
Every 3 to 4 weeks, tightening to every 2 to 3 weeks during a shed blowout. A pomeranian carries a full double coat on a five pound frame, and twice a year it lets go of a surprising amount of it. Here is the full schedule.
Quick facts
The pomeranian at a glance.
Coat type
Double coat
A thick fluffy topcoat over a dense undercoat, on a very small frame. It looks delicate; the coat underneath is anything but.
Shedding
Heavy for the dog's size
Real seasonal blowouts. A 5-7 lb dog can put out a surprising amount of loose undercoat during a shed cycle.
Our bath cadence
Every 3 to 4 weeks, every 2-3 during a blowout
Tightening the interval during a blowout is what actually clears the undercoat instead of just the surface.
Typical price
$75
Our small tier. Pomeranians are consistently under 20 lbs and sit at the bottom of the price ladder.
The real problem
A full double coat on a five pound frame.
A pomeranian's fluff is not just a long topcoat, it's a genuine double coat, dense undercoat and all, scaled down to fit a five to seven pound dog. That combination is why the shed volume surprises so many owners: it's a real spitz-type coat doing the same seasonal job a husky's does, just on a much smaller animal, which makes it look disproportionate to the dog carrying it.
Twice a year, spring and fall, the undercoat releases in earnest. Regular brushing handles the coat most of the year, but during a blowout it can't keep pace, and that's when tightening the bath interval to every 2 to 3 weeks with a deshed bath actually clears the released undercoat instead of just moving it around the house.
Never shave a pomeranian. The double coat regulates temperature in both directions, and shaving risks permanent, patchy regrowth without actually stopping the shedding underneath.
The schedule
A pomeranian bathing schedule you can put on the calendar.
Every 3-4 wksFull bath and blow-dry
A double coat this size still needs a real forced-air dry to the skin, not a towel. A damp undercoat under a fluffy topcoat holds moisture longer than it looks like it would.
Every 2-3 wksDuring a blowout, deshed bath
Twice a year the undercoat releases in earnest. A deshed bath with a soak and a forced-air dry clears more in one visit than weeks of home brushing.
2-3x weeklyBrushing, all year
Regular brushing prevents mats from forming where the coat is densest, around the neck ruff and britches, and keeps loose undercoat from building up between baths.
Every bathNails and sanitary trim
Small dog nails grow fast, and a quick sanitary trim keeps the coat around the rear clean between full grooms.
If your vet has prescribed a medicated bathing plan for skin issues, that plan wins over this one.
The honest answer
Does a pomeranian need professional bathing?
Outside of a blowout, not strictly. A pomeranian fits in a sink, and a thorough home wash with a complete dry works fine for a young, cooperative dog on the normal 3 to 4 week cadence.
Where we earn the $75 is the blowout. A real forced-air dryer clears a released undercoat down to the skin in one visit, which a towel or a home dryer struggles to match on a coat this dense. Nails and a sanitary trim are handled the same visit. Under an hour, in your driveway, flat price.
Get your pomeranian's schedule with real dates.
The schedule builder already knows the pomeranian coat. Answer a few questions about your dog's age, coat, and blowout timing, and it turns the cadence above into dates you can act on.
Build the schedule, freeFrequently asked
Pomeranian bathing questions.
The coat is doing a lot of work for the size of the animal. A full double coat, dense undercoat plus a long topcoat, on a 5-7 lb frame, means the shed volume looks disproportionate to the dog. It's a real double coat, just a small one, and it blows out seasonally like any spitz-type breed.
We don't recommend it, and most groomers won't do it either. The double coat regulates temperature in both directions, and shaving can damage the follicles enough that the coat grows back patchy or wrong, sometimes permanently, a condition often called coat funk in double-coated breeds. It also doesn't stop the shedding, it just makes the loose hair shorter.
Fur comes out in tufts you can pull loose by hand rather than the usual scattering, and it happens for a few weeks straight rather than a stray hair here and there. That's the window to move from a 3-4 week bath cadence to every 2-3 weeks with a deshed bath.
For most poms, bathing is the main job; the "teddy bear" trim some owners like is optional and can be done separately by a groomer. We handle the wash, deshed, and dry. If you also want a shaped trim, that's a separate visit with a groomer who does haircuts.
More on how the deshed process works on our de-shedding treatment page, or see how a much bigger double coat blows out on our husky bathing guide.
A big coat on a small dog, cleared before it takes over your house.
Full pomeranian wash and blow-dry in the van at your driveway, $75, every 3 to 4 weeks.
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