I bought my first pom (a black) Chipper and then I got my female (blonde)Diamond at my friend's yard sale. We had pups with them and there were two one black and one blonde. We had to put Chip down because he got in a fight with a coyote when we lived in the country and broke his back( don't get me started crying!) and Diamond lived to be 20!!
Life span is about 15. The black female pup Cricket went to a lady my son worked with and Cricket died of diabetes complications.
Last I knew the blonde pup Muffin went to a farm in Missouri after her elderly owner died a few years ago. I do miss them! When we lived in the country they used to hunt in a pack and I would find baby rabbits or baby moles and such on my front step.
We had dobermans and a German Shepherd and Diamond would boss them around! She wasn't afraid of anything! But the doberman was afraid of the neighbor's tricycle!! So funny!