Absolutely EVERY POMERANIAN goes through the "puppy uglies stage". Anyone claiming their Poms don't go through this fase are blatant liers.

A puppy grows in every way, aswell as their coats. They can't keep their puppy coat for the rest of their lifes.  So the next step in puppy development is the odd stage where they look very weird as there will be a long hair here and there.

This fase happens when the puppy coat starts making place for the adult coat.

It is not a very nice term the "puppy uglies", you can call it transition period; teenage stage... But what happens is the body is growing, the body might look a bit awkward. Everything is out of porportion (long legs, illusion of long ears, a monkey like face ect.) But it has to happen because they are growing and developing. They are not going to look like a 8 week old pup and then... poof they are one year old.

Just like humans, we also go through our awkward teenage years, (you know how you feel about a certain few year's photos [usually those school photoshoot photos that Mom has hanging against the walls, and is ever so proud of], that you rather did not exist. Well in a nutshell - the Poms go through the same development of awkwardness, - it starts at about 4 months and lasts up to 10 months of age. (but can differ, it is not exactly the same time period with every single Pomeranian. And after that, their beautiful coat starts growing into a gorgeously luscious thick coat. Then they enter their adult stage and their face will be beautifully framed. Those hudge ears will be nicely tucked between the thick hair on their heads.

Also take notice of the coat colour; see how it looks lighter? It is because the fluff is now very visible. And as their coat starts to grow the guard hair, it will deepen in colour. ( the guard hair).

This is why when Pomeranians are shaven - their fluff is cut into, and that is why it does so much irreparable damage, to their skin and hair.

Pomeranians are supposed to have their coats - NOT EVER BE SHAVEN!!! Their skin is under all that coat for protection against the sun. To think that you help your Pomeranian in the summer by giving him or her a "summer cut", is the worst mistake you can ever make. Their skin is protected against the uv rays. And by taking that poor dog for a shave, exposes their skin to uv rays, that was never intended to burn their skin. And yes, they get burned in the sun. It is the same if you shave your head and walk about without protection for your exposed skin on your head. You will feel how warm your head gets. Well, this is what happens to a dog that is shaved. 

They can also suffer from heat exhaustion or overheating. There is reading material on the internet that can be read up on shaving your dog versus unshaven dog - how they regulate their body temperature. You will see the shaven dog have red area's where the unshaven dog shows the blue area's where the body temperature is regulated naturally.

And most of the time that coat, does not ever grow like it was before the dreaded shaving.The hair suffers so much damage. It looks dry, wavy and just a harsh texture when starting to grow out after a shave. And it feels so dry - and why would you ever want to remove that gorgeous thick coat that feels so soft when you touch it?

And then there is "shaven alopecia x" that can be read up on. This topic is not brought up when choosing a cut or shave at the parlor, but it is very possible and has happened to various long coated breeds before. And yes, also to dogs that are not pure bred ( meaning mixed breeds - telling you that a canine can suffer or be damaged all the same, pedigree dog or mixed breed). That is why there is ample reading material on the subject.Where it is explained in detail what great damage is caused by shaving a dog. There are articles about post clipping alopecia - to see how the coats looked before they were clipped and after the damage was done. Google images also has a wide variety of images and websites that describes exactly how dangerous it is.