Mini Aussie Pom Puppies for Sale

A herding brain in a very small dog

The Mini Aussie Pom crosses a Miniature Australian Shepherd with a Pomeranian. Both parents are thickly coated, both are alert, and both are considerably sharper than their size suggests — the Mini Aussie is a herding breed scaled down, and the Pomeranian is a spitz scaled down from northern working stock. What you get is a small dog with a working dog’s wiring.

That is the honest headline. If you are looking for a small dog that will sleep through the afternoon, this is not the cross to start with. If you want a small dog that will learn a dozen cues, follow you around a yard and notice everything, it is an excellent one.

A day with a Mini Aussie Pom

Mornings go better with a job in them. Five minutes of training before you leave — a recall, a couple of tricks, a search for a hidden treat — takes the edge off in a way a walk around the block does not.

Through the day, most of these dogs settle if the mental side has been covered. A stuffed chew, a window with something happening outside and a predictable routine do a lot of work.

Evenings are for the real exercise: a proper walk, then something with movement and thinking in it. Fetch with a “wait” built in. Weaving between chair legs. A short session of scent work with treats hidden around a room. Ten minutes of that will do more than an hour of aimless wandering.

The chase instinct is real

Both parent breeds respond to movement, and the herding side responds to it strongly. A bike, a broom, a skateboard or a running child can switch on the chase, and it is much easier to redirect at four months than at two years.

Teach the puppy that movement means “look at me”, not “go after it”. Reward attention whenever something moves past. Practise it in the doorway, in the yard and on the lead until it is a reflex. This is the one piece of training worth being systematic about with this cross.

Coat: expect real shedding

Two heavily coated parents make a heavily coated puppy. Whichever way the coat falls, it will have an undercoat, and that undercoat comes out — steadily most of the year and in a rush a couple of times a year.

Weekly line brushing with a slicker and an undercoat rake keeps it manageable. Pay attention behind the ears, in the ruff and around the back legs, where the texture changes and mats form first. As with any double coat, tidy rather than shave, especially through a Florida summer.

Training and socialising the puppy

Bright, sensitive dogs learn quickly in both directions, so keep sessions short and generous. Reward-based work suits this cross; heavy-handed correction tends to produce a dog that shuts down rather than one that complies.

Socialisation matters as much as obedience. Herding-line dogs can be watchful with strangers, so plan calm, positive exposure to visitors, other dogs and busy places through the first six months.

Meet one at either store

This is a cross where the individual puppy tells you more than the breed name does — coat, size and drive all vary. See what is in store on our puppies for sale page, or look through our breeders to understand where our puppies come from. Then come and meet one in Clermont outside Orlando or Goodlettsville outside Nashville, and ask us about financing while you are there.