Damascusroad Pomeranians

It is true that you get what you pay for. You will have to pay a good price to provide a good food for your dogs, but you will save on vet bills in the long run and you can expect your dog to live a longer and healthier life. You would be amazed at the garbage that many pet foods contain, so please make your choice carefully.

We do not recommend that any dog be fed exclusively on pet food. We firmly believe that your dogs diet should be regularly supplemented with a variety of fresh meat (not raw), fruits and vegetables, hard and/or cottage cheese, yogurt, and any other table scraps that offer a balanced meal for your pet (i.e., not just a plate of mashed potatoes and gravy).

Love your Pomeranian enough to feed it well.

You are, after all, what you eat ... and your dog is too!

Pet Shampoo Link

The only pet shampoos and rinses we recommend are the ones we use on our own dogs:

Aubrey Organics

Check it out at

Once you get to this website, click on "Our Products" and then on "Pet Care"

If this Organimals shampoo/rinse is not available in your area, and you don't want to fly it in as we do, I recommend you do some research, ask a few questions of the manufacturers, before deciding on a skin/coat care product for your Pomeranian. There may well be other good products that I have not discovered, but you will have to look for them, and you have to know what you're looking for. It is true that you get what you pay for. You will have to pay a good price to get a good shampoo, but you will save on vet bills related to skin and coat problems in the long run and you can expect your dog to live a longer and healthier life.

The ideal shampoo would be all natural, using only organic ingredients, using products that are free of pesticides and artificial fertilizers/growth hormones. Don't be fooled by labels that say the product is all natural. Read the ingredient list, and if any of the ingredients listed here are in the product, then it is not all natural - no matter what the label says. The term "all natural" as it is applied to shampoos and soaps (or most products, for that matter) is defined by the manufacturer of the product in an unregulated environment. "All natural" is in the mind of the manufacturer! It goes without saying that the shampoo should be naturally preserved. You would be amazed at the garbage that many pet shampoos contain, so please make your choice carefully and wisely.

If you are using a good quality shampoo such as the one we recommend, then we also recommend you bathe your Pomeranian at least once every two weeks . . . and even once a week if you like. Contrary to popular opinion, frequent bathing is good for your Pomeranian's skin and coat provided you are not using a chemical-laden shampoo. This, in combination with a good food (see About Pet Food page of our website), will virtually guarantee a long life for your Pomeranian, and one that is free of skin and coat problems . . . just like our Pomeranians have been since we started using these products a number of years ago.

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"All Christians must pray to Mary, Mother of God and Mother of men, in order that she may continue to intercede today with her Divine Son in the communion of all the saints because Mary, by her fervent supplication, helped the Church from its beginning and is elevated above all the angels and all the saints."

Vatican Council II, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 21 November 1964.

Excerpts from CHAPTER VIII: OUR LADY, from sections 60-65.

Mary's Role in the Church

Mary's function as mother of men in no way obscures or diminishes this unique mediation of Christ, but rather shows its power. But the Blessed Virgin's salutary influence on men originates not in any inner necessity but in the disposition of God. It flows forth from the superabundance of the merits of Christ, rests on his mediation, depends entirely on it and draws all its power from it. It does not hinder in any way the immediate union of the faithful with Christ but on the contrary fosters it.

The predestination of the Blessed Virgin as Mother of God was associated with the incarnation of the divine word: in the designs of divine Providence she was the gracious mother of the divine Redeemer here on earth, and above all others and in a singular way the generous associate and humble handmaid of the Lord. She conceived, brought forth, and nourished Christ, she presented him to the Father in the temple, shared her Son's sufferings as he died on the cross. Thus, in a wholly singular way she cooperated by her obedience, faith, hope and burning charity in the work of the Savior in restoring supernatural life to souls. For this reason she is a mother to us in the order of grace.

This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation.[15] By her maternal charity, she cares for the brethren of her Son, who still journey on earth surrounded by dangers and difficulties, until they are led into their blessed home. Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix.[16] This, however, is so understood that it neither takes away anything from nor adds anything to the dignity and efficacy of Christ the one Mediator.[17]

No creature could ever be counted along with the Incarnate Word and Redeemer; but just as the priesthood of Christ is shared in various ways both by his ministers and the faithful, and as the one goodness of God is radiated in different ways among his creatures, so also the unique mediation of the Redeemer does not exclude but rather gives rise to a manifold cooperation which is but a sharing in this one source.

The Church does not hesitate to profess this subordinate role of Mary, which it constantly experiences and recommends to the heartfelt attention of the faithful, so that encouraged by this maternal help they may the more closely adhere to the Mediator and Redeemer.

Mary, type or figure of the Church

By reason of the gift and role of her divine motherhood, by which she is united with her Son, the Redeemer, and with her unique graces and functions, the Blessed Virgin is also intimately united to the Church. As St. Ambrose taught, the Mother of God is a type of the Church in the order of faith, charity, and perfect union with Christ.[18] For in the mystery of the Church, which is itself rightly called mother and virgin, the Blessed Virgin stands out in eminent and singular fashion as exemplar both of virgin and mother.[19] Through her faith and obedience she gave birth on earth to the very Son of the Father, not through the knowledge of man but by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit, in the manner of a new Eve who placed her faith, not in the serpent of old but in God's messenger without waivering in doubt. The Son whom she brought forth is he whom God placed as the first born among many brethren (Rom. 8:29), that is, the faithful, in whose generation and formation she cooperates with a mother's love.

The Church indeed contemplating her hidden sanctity, imitating her charity and faithfully fulfilling the Father's will, by receiving the word of God in faith becomes herself a mother. By preaching and baptism she brings forth sons, who are conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of God, to a new and immortal life. She herself is a virgin, who keeps in its entirety and purity the faith she pledged to her spouse. Imitating the mother of her Lord, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, she keeps intact faith, firm hope and sincere charity.[20]

But while in the most Blessed Virgin the Church has already reached that perfection whereby she exists without spot or wrinkle (cf. Eph. 5:27), the faithful still strive to conquer sin and increase in holiness. And so they turn their eyes to Mary who shines forth to the whole community of the elect as the model of virtues. Devoutly meditating on her and contemplating her in the light of the Word made man, the Church reverently penetrates more deeply into the great mystery of the Incarnation and becomes more and more like her spouse. Having entered deeply into the history of salvation, Mary, in a way, unites in her person and re-echoes the most important doctrines of the faith: and when she is the subject of preaching and veneration she prompts the faithful to come to her Son, to his sacrifice and to the love of the Father. Seeking after the glory of Christ, the Church becomes more like her lofty type, and continually progresses in faith, hope and charity, seeking and doing the will of God in all things. The Church, therefore, in her apostolic work too, rightly looks to her who gave birth to Christ, who was thus conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, in order that through the Church he could be born and increase in the hearts of the faithful. In her life the Virgin has been a model of that motherly love with which all who join in the Church's apostolic mission for the regeneration of mankind should be animated.

Notes

15. Cfr. Kleutgen, textus reformatus De mysterio Verbi incarnati, cap. IV: Mansi 53, 290. Cfr. S. Andreas Cret.,In nat. Mariae, sermo 4: PG 97, 865 A. - S. Germanus Constantinop., In annunt. Deiparae: PG 98, 321 BC. In dorm. Deiparae, III: col. 361 D.S. Io. Damascenus, In dorm. B. V. Mariae, Hom. 1, 8: PG 96, 712 BC - 713 A.

16. Cfr. Leo XIII, Litt. Encycl. Adiutricem populi, 5 sept. 1895: ASS 15 (1895-96), P. 303. - S. Pius X, Litt. Encycl.Ad diem illum, 2 febr. 1904: Acta, I, p. 154; Denz. 1978 a (3370). - Pius XI, Litt. Encycl. Miserentissimus, 8 maii 1928: AAS 20 (1928) P. 178. Pius XII, Nuntius Radioph., 13 maii 1946: AAS 38 (1946) P. 266.

17. S. Ambrosius, Epist. 63: PL 16, 1218.

18. S. Ambrosius, Expos. Lc. II, 7: PL 15, 1555.

19. Cfr. Ps.-Petrus Dam., Serm. 63: PL 144, 861 AB. - Godefridus a S. Victore. In nat. B. M., Ms. Paris, Mazarine, 1002, fol. 109 r. - Gerhohus Reich., De gloria et honore Filii hominis, 10: PL 194,1105AB.

20. S. Ambrosius, l. c. et Expos. Lc. X, 24-25: PL 15, 1810. - S. Augustinus, In lo. Tr. 13, 12: PL 35, 1499. Cfr. Serm.191, 2, 3: PL 38, 1010; etc. Cfr. etiam Ven. Beda, In Lc. Expos. I, cap. 2: PL 92, 330. - Isaac de Stella, Serm. 51: PL 194, 1863 A.