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Available Rescue – Bailey *Super Sweet Senior*

Bailey is a 7 lbs. and approx. 12 years old.  A typically lifespan for a Pomeranian is 14-16 years. 

He loves rubbing up against your leg for scratches and belly rubs, very cat-like.  He knows the word “outside” and goes in and out of the doggie door with no problem.   The only time he barks is for food, otherwise he is quiet as a mouse. He would be an excellent apartment dog.

Since his teeth are all gone, he obviously should eat soft food, but he does grab kibble from the other dogs bowl.  The vet said he was in pretty good overall shape, has minor cataracts but still sees ok, and he has a strong heart. You should see him hop about like a little deer. It’s very cute with his unusual gait.  Look at him frolicking in the yard in his video. 

He has blossomed! It took longer for him than any other foster we’ve ever had. What took 4 days for others took 4 months for him! Finally, after 7 months, he has started sleeping in the bedroom. Normally fosters are sleeping in bed with us on the first night. I’m not sure he ever had a “pack” before. We took him to the mall at about 4 months and he was rubbing on everyone. He is a strange little guy. He doesn’t like to be held for a long time or to sit with you on the couch. After you’re done rubbing his belly he retires to his bed. He puts up a huge fight when trying to groom him. He is very happy to see us when we get home and comes over to “tap” us with his front paws. He has to tap both of us (we carpool to work). If one of us is lagging behind because we’re getting the mail or something, he goes to the door looking for the other one. We have gotten a few kisses out of him, but it’s hard for him to reach his tongue up with no lower jaw to support it. The few times he has given kisses we were either laying on the floor with him or were holding him higher than our nose level.  

He would do best in a home with older, low key, people.  He is content to just eat, sleep, and hang out. There are some rescues that seem to exude gratitude for a full belly and warm bed, Bailey is one of those. He personifies contentment.  He loves going out on his leash for short walks and cruising Stony Park Mall meeting and greeting.  His favorite is to run around in the big yard.

As a senior, Bailey’s adoption fee is $250.

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ADOPTED 6/2/17 Available Rescue – Gypsy – Retired Therapy Dog, AKC, Canine Good Citizen!

 Richmond, VA – Gypsy is an owner surrender (surrendered to us on 2/25).  Her previous owners have an Aussie that was starting to intimidate her & they were afraid he would hurt her. They got her as a puppy at 11 months & have had her ever since.
Her birthday is 2/28/2008 and she just turned 9 and weighs in at 8.25 lbs. She is AKC registered, and is a retired certified (TDI) therapy dog.  She also has her CGC (Canine Good Citizen) from AKC .  We have all her paperwork, Vet history, also a newspaper article featuring her as a therapy dog. 
 Overall, she is in very good health.  She just had a dental in April and her heart and knees are both good (common problem areas for Poms).  However, she was attacked by a larger dog who picked her up and shook her in 2009.  In addition to traumatizing her, this attack appears to have made her susceptible to some arthritis in the back of her neck that needs to be treated (think “old football injury” and doggie Aleve).  She has been prescribed Metacam .25 once a day at a cost of about $35.00 every 4-6 weeks.  She will need to take this for the rest of her life as she is in pain without it and becomes very withdrawn and timid.
She has a history of ruptured anal glands and requires that her anal glands be expressed every 6 months. You can do this yourself at home. You can have your vet or groomer show you how. 
We took her to the South of the James Farmers Market for the first day of the summer market. The market was very busy with tons of people and dogs of all sizes and breeds, but she wasn’t overly timid and she let people approach her and hold her.  She does get nervous around larger dogs.
She uses the doggie door without problems and is housebroken.  When we let her out into the large yard, she loves to run around the yard until she is out of breath!  Inside, she is content to be curled up next to my legs/feet on the couch.
She has decided that I am her “person” and is very attached.  She has her head sticking out the door to greet me before I cross the threshold when I come home.  When I’m home, she stays with me wherever I am.  She sleeps in bed with us at night, usually pressed against my legs. She also has a habit of walking very close to me and circling.  Very easy to trip over her if not careful.
Gypsy needs someone that will be patient with her.  She still shies away when you reach out to touch her overhand.  The best way is to start by scratching under her chin, after that, it’s all good.  She will give kisses, but only if you are laying down at her level after she trusts you. 
She needs to be adopted to a no young children home (20 lbs).  She loves going with us in the car and is great on the leash.  She would be a great travel companion as she is very quiet.  If there was a playful dog in the house, I think she would engage with them after a while.  Our dogs just aren’t big “players”.
Gypsy’s adoption fee is $300.  
To fill out an adoption application, Click Here for Word or Here for PDF!
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Help us become a 501(c)(3) fundraiser!!

As you all may know, we are a very small rescue and depend 100% on funds raised by donation and fundraisers.  It has only been in the past couple of years that we have actively been trying to increase our rescue program to be able to assist more, and perhaps not as healthy, Poms as we have done in the past.  It’s a constant struggle to keep funds coming in keeping up with  funds going out. This has been especially difficult this past year with Bailey, Frisco, and Gibbs all requiring so much medical care. 

All the funds we raise always go towards medical care for the rescues we take in.  Food, shampoo, toys, brushes, etc.. are all paid for by the foster parents or donated through our Amazon Wish List (search for Pomeranian Club of Central Virginia if you are interested in donating items), our annual  membership dues pay for the Virginia SCC fee and our annual insurance premiums, and all other costs are absorbed by members. 

One of our goals for 2017 is to become a 501(c)(3) organization.  Obtaining this status will make us eligible for programs like AMAZON SMILES which will give all our supporters an easy, no fuss way to give a little back to us every time they shop. It will also enable us to hopefully apply for some grant funds as well as pull Poms from shelters that will not currently allow us to pull from them. 
Now through March 31, we are holding a Yankee Candle Fundraising event from now through March 31 to raise funds for future veterinary care and the $400 IRS filing fee to obtain the 501(c)(3) status.  Yankee Candle gives us 40% of all sales and the items are shipped directly to you! There are currently 70 items under $15! 

Our Yankee Candle Group Number is 990105254 Click here for the Yankee Candle Fundraising page.
Of course, if you would prefer to just make a donation through Paypal, our email is PCCV.Inc@gmail.com and if you send it as “Friends or Family” we don’t get charged a fee.  You can also use one of the links below or on the right hand side of our website.
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RIP Special Agent Gibbs – 2/25/17

This post is very hard to make.  Gibbs left us this past Saturday.  He fought so hard, but it was too much on his little body.  We only had him a short time, but he will live in our hearts always.

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Cannabis Treatment for Gibbs – looking for $5.00 sponsors

If you’ve been following Gibbs, then you know he has an enlarged heart and was being treated for a mass pressing on his trachea as well.
After two rounds of prednisone, the pressure on his trachea was relieved and he no longer had the coughing fits that prevented him from resting. However, after about five days he started getting a cough again. We decided to put him back on 5mg of prednisone twice a day. This has kept the cough from recurring.
To treat the fluid buildup around his heart that keeps him short of breath, we are giving 10mg of furosemide twice a day. Occasionally if he sounds particularly bad, I will give him 20mg instead. 
Even with these medications and keeping his movement down to walking from the kitchen to the living room or bedroom, with the occasional trip out the doggie door to a small area, he still struggles. If he gets excited in anyway, his oxygen levels plummet and he goes into a seizure like state. He will get stressed sometimes to the point of becoming stiff and if you put him down, he will face palm the ground and it takes a few moments for him to come around and use his legs.
Traditional treatments don’t seem to be working as well as we would like, so we are adding cannabis to his treatment regimen. I researched this option and discussed it with a vet. The vet has another patient who has used it to successfully treat seizures in their dog. We are starting out with the recommended dosage of 80mg twice a day, or 1 cookie every 12 hours. 
With the “cannabis cookies” in addition to the prescribed medications, Gibbs treatments are currently costing around $50.00 per month. We will be making adjustments as we are able to his meds. My goal is to get him off of the prednisone which can be damaging to the liver and kidneys with long term use.
We would love to have some sponsors for Gibbs treatment while he’s waiting for an adopter that is willing and able to provide what he needs. Please use the PayPal donate link below (or on the right side of your screen for different options) and donate whatever you can, even $5 a month is a HUGE help! If we can get 10 people to contribute $5 every month, his medications would be fully paid for!
Use this button to donate $5.00!  
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Available Rescue – Gibbs (Updated 12/23)

Polar Bear?  Seal Pup? Gibbs has quite a story.

UPDATE 12/23 – The mass responded to the prednisone and has fixed his coughing, but unfortunately that has only halfway solved the issues.

Gibbs does have congestive heart failure (CHF), but no murmur was detected.  At this point we will need an adopter that is willing to provide the care and medications needed to give him a good quality of life.

He will need to be on a maintenance dose of Prednisone 5mg per day and Furosemide 10-20 mg per day to keep fluid from accumulating. The cost of these medicines combined should not exceed $20 per month.  It is very affordable and dogs can live a long and comfortable life with treatment.

He will need to be a true lap dog as he needs his exercise restricted.  He will have no problem with that.  His exercise consists of following me around the house, wagging his little tail and standing on his back paws against the couch asking to be picked up for snuggles.

ORIGINAL POST – He is a purebred Pomeranian bred by a show breeder of Champion Pomeranian’s in New York (Great River Poms). He was sold approximately a decade ago, but the records were destroyed during a divorce so we don’t know to who.  The microchip implanted by the breeder was never registered so we cannot trace it to the purchaser. 

Sometime after he was purchased, Indianapolis Animal Services (Animal Control) ended up with him, though we don’t know how.  All we know is that they implanted a second microchip that also was never registered by the adopting family.  We reached out to them to try and get more information but did not hear back from them.

Fast forward to October 6, 2016 and Gibbs is picked up as a stray in Rustburg, Virginia by Campbell County Animal Control and brought to their shelter.  With the exception of a couple of mats behind the ears he is remarkably clean and it is assumed he will be claimed quickly.  One of our adoptive moms finds out about him so when the 10 day stray hold passes, the Pomeranian Club of Central Virginia asks that he be released to their care.

Gibbs is given a course of Clavamox by the shelter to treat a cough and then given a course of Baytril by a rescue vet when the cough has not subsided by the time the Clavamox was completed. When it is clear we are not dealing with kennel cough, Gibbs is brought in for an X-ray which is when we find the second microchip that Campbell County did not find.  It is assumed they stopped looking after they found the Indianapolis chip.

We had hoped to have surgery performed at this time. While he has obviously changed hands many times, no one had him neutered and his mouth is the worst I’ve ever seen. He cannot eat anything but very soft, almost puréed food due to mouth pain.

Unfortunately, in addition to the chip, early aspiration pneumonia is spotted in his upper lungs as well as an unidentifiable mass which is pressing on his trachea that is believed to be the actual cause of his cough. He has an enlarged heart, so we cannot clearly determine the nature of the mass on the X-rays and we decide on a course of doxycycline & prednisone in an attempt to shrink the mass to make it safe for surgery.

He is extremely sweet and very quiet.  He is almost all white until you get to the ears, then he is a light cream.  In the non-Pom world, he would most likely be called a white dog,  in it, we call him cream.  He is 8.25 pounds right now.

  Click here for Gibbs Photo Album 

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ADOPTED Available Rescue – Frisco

Richmond, Virginia – Frisco is a 2 year old, larger male that came to us from Brunswick. His owner abruptly left for California leaving most of his possessions, including Frisco, behind. 

Frisco is a lover. He loves cats, dogs, but especially people! Frisco loves to be petted and scratched above his tail. He makes little grunting noises when you pet him. 

He loves blueberry Nutro crunchy treats and rawhides, bit he is food aggressive with other dogs, so he needs his own bowl.

Frisco loves to chase squirrels, so a fenced in yard would be best. He would also do best in a home with dogs around his size. He hasn’t been around dogs bigger than him, but sometimes plays a little too rough with the little ones. 

Frisco knows “sit” and is house trained, but he does mark new places. He can be stubborn, but is very smart, so with more training, he will literally be the perfect dog. He has a lot of energy, since he is still very young, so he needs someone who will keep him physically and mentally stimulated. His tail is always wagging and he always has a smile for you.

Frisco’s adoption fee is $300.

Click here for more pictures & videos of Frisco!

Click here for an Adoption Application!

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Available Rescue – Gibbs (Updated)

Polar Bear?  Seal Pup? Gibbs has quite a story.

He is a purebred Pomeranian bred by a show breeder of Champion Pomeranians in New York (Great River Poms). He was sold approximately a decade ago, but the records were destroyed during a divorce so we don’t know to who.  The microchip implanted by the breeder was never registered so we cannot trace it to the purchaser. 

Sometime after he was purchased, Indianapolis Animal Services (Animal Control) ended up with him, though we don’t know how.  All we know is that they implanted a second microchip that also was never registered by the adopting family.  We reached out to them to try and get more information but did not hear back from them.

Fast forward to October 6, 2016 and Gibbs is picked up as a stray in Rustburg, Virginia by Campbell County Animal Control and brought to their shelter.  With the exception of a couple of mats behind the ears he is remarkably clean and it is assumed he will be claimed quickly.  One of our adoptive moms finds out about him so when the 10 day stray hold passes, the Pomeranian Club of Central Virginia asks that he be released to their care.

Gibbs is given a course of Clavamox by the shelter to treat a cough and then given a course of Baytril by a rescue vet when the cough has not subsided by the time the Clavamox was completed. When it is clear we are not dealing with kennel cough, Gibbs is brought in for an X-ray which is when we find the second microchip that Campbell County did not find.  It is assumed they stopped looking after they found the Indianapolis chip.

We had hoped to have surgery performed at this time. While he has obviously changed hands many times, no one had him neutered and his mouth is the worst I’ve ever seen. He cannot eat anything but very soft, almost puréed food due to mouth pain.

Unfortunately, in addition to the chip, early aspiration pneumonia is spotted in his upper lungs as well as an unidentifiable mass which is pressing on his trachea that is believed to be the actual cause of his cough. He has an enlarged heart, so we cannot clearly determine the nature of the mass on the X-rays and we decide on a course of doxycycline & prednisone in an attempt to shrink the mass to make it safe for surgery.

He is extremely sweet and very quiet.  He is almost all white until you get to the ears, then he is a light cream.  In the non-Pom world, he would most likely be called a white dog,  in it, we call him cream.  He is 8.25 pounds right now.

We are taking applications for his adoption, though he will not be available until he is able to be neutered and have his dental done.

UPDATE 11/27 – The mass is responding to the prednisone, but unfortunately that has only halfway solved the coughing/breathing issues.  Gibbs does have congestive heart failure (CHF).  At this point we will need an adopter that is willing to provide the care and medications needed to prolong his life.  From past experience, the cost to fill the prescriptions for 90 days can run as much as $200-300.  However in that case there was also a murmur, which Gibbs does not have, so his will likely be a little less.  The big thing for him is getting him to the point where he is oxygenating enough to keep his tongue a healthy pink and not tinted purple.

  Click here for Gibbs Photo Album 

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Can you sponsor Gibbs microchip registrations?

UPDATE 11/12 – thanks to the generosity of our followers, we have a sponsor for his chips and both chips are now registered!  If he ever ends up in a shelter again, it will lead them back to us!!


Gibbs has had a rough time. He was originally purchased from a breeder in NY who inserted a microchip that the new owners never registered.  

Fast forward and he ended up in the Indianapolis Animal Care Services (animal shelter) who implanted him with a second chip that again, the new owners did not register.

Fast forward yet again, and he is picked up as a stray in Rustburg, Virginia and winds up at the Campbell County Animal Shelter where he goes unclaimed.  They scan and find the Indianapolis chip, but since it was never registered, his owners cannot be contacted.  

Pomeranian Club of Central Virginia asks to have him released to their care and when taken to the vet for chest X-rays is when the second chip is found. 

Both chips need to be registered before Gibbs is adopted by a new family to ensure that if anything happens in the future, the chips will lead back to Pomeranian Club of Central Virginia no matter which of the two chips is picked up by the scanners. 

We are hoping there is an angel out there willing to sponsor Gibbs microchip registrations. The cost is $20.00 per chip. 

If you can sponsor Gibbs microchip registrations to prevent him from ever ending up unclaimed in a shelter again, please use the “Donate” button to the right on our website or on our Facebook page  

  Thank You!

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We are in desperate need of your help. DEADLINE TO ORDER IS NOVEMBER 30

Available Rescue – BAILEY



Our rescue program is very small and we have two poms needing extensive medical right now and we are out of money (Gibbs & Frisco) and we haven’t paid off Bailey’s tail amputation from last month yet.

PCCV has joined with Yankee Candle to help raise funds for the medical treatments needed by the rescues in our care.




CLICK HERE and use the PCCV Group # 990105254, to start shopping and Yankee Candle will send Pomeranian Club of Central Virginia 40% of each sale. Your goods are shipped directly to you!  Simple as that!



You can also donate using the button on our Facebook page or  the “Donate” button on the sidebar to the right of this post.  Every single dollar helps!  

The best way to help is to adopt one of sweethearts!  If you are interested in adding a poofball of joy into your life, please consider adopting a rescue. 
Available Rescue – RUSTY
Available Rescue – TY



Sure, they may not be as “cute” as a puppy.  But they also don’t chew your shoes, your remotes, wires, need to be housebroken, they can be left home alone all day if needed, you know what their personality is already (no surprise behavior problems!) and besides, puppies grow out of the cuteness after a couple months anyway! 


Available after treatments finished – GIBBS

November is “Adopt a Senior” month.  In honor of that, all adoptions of the Poms seen on this post are $50 off if you mention you saw it on our website!


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ADOPTED 11/20 Available Rescue – Ty

Ty is between 8-10 years old.  He loves kids, other dogs, cats, people, pretty much everything!  He loves to be outside or curled up on the couch with you, the best of both worlds!

Wether you are looking for someone to go on long walks with, play fetch in the yard, or just snuggle on the couch while you binge on Netflix, Ty is your man!

Check out some more pics and videos here!

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Happy Pom-O-Ween Event

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ADOPTED 11/13/2016- Available Rescue – Rusty

Rusty came to us as an owner surrender from a shelter. She had a bad case of flea dermatitis on her back that has cleared up nicely. Her fur has started to grow back and her skin is no longer dry and scratchy. There are pictures using the link below.

She is about 6-7 years old and 9 pounds. She is very quiet and extremely sweet. Her previous owner was home all the time so Rusty is not accustomed to being alone. She does fine when we are gone to work, but she doesn’t always like to see us go.  She sometimes cries very softly when my husband leaves, so there is some separation anxiety.  For that reason, she would do best in a home where someone is home most of the time, perhaps an older, retired couple. She likes to be with you on the couch and snuggle with you in the bed.

She likes to have a little playtime but it mainly consists of a little rolling around on the bed and excited bowing.  She is a really excellent little girl and would be a wonderful companion.

She has the all clear from the vet and is ready for her new home!

Rusty’s adoption fee is $300.