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Dogs can detect sadness

I know mine pick up on mommies moods, sometimes before mommy does!

Donate Supplies and Amazon Donates Money

Click here to donate supplies from our Amazon Charity List using Amazon Smile!

Amazon gives us cash back of every purchase you make when using Amazon Smile!

 

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Our Holiday Fundraising Auction has begun!

Click here to be taken to our

eBay for Charity page.

 

We have over 150 items being offered in our first auction! We started everything at 99 cents, so there is something for everyone’s budget!

Please take a moment to check out the items we have being offered and place a bid or two (or three or four)!

We have a stack of USPS Priority Boxes just waiting to be stuffed full of your wins and shipped out to you the first week of December! Plenty of time to get them wrapped and put under the tree.

Be sure to check back during the week as we spread items out a little bit because we had so many! You can sort the items by “Newly Listed” to see what’s new!

Auction has started! Ends December 3

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Over 150 items up for auction this week!  We scattered start/end times to meet more people’s schedules. 

The Pomeranian Club of Central Virginia (PCCV) is a small, 501(c)(3), nonprofit based in Richmond that serves Virginia and the surrounding states. Our funding is 100% donation based and primarily provides care for our seniors and special needs rescues.

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Thanksgiving food your dog shouldn’t have

Show Breeder vs. Backyard Breeder

We are often asked why someone’s pom doesn’t look a certain way, why they are so big? Not fluffy? Why they are so expensive from breeders? how come their coat is flat and silky?  Why their snout is so long? and many others…

You don’t have to pay $3,000 for a pet pom, but you should always find a reputable breeder.  “Backyard breeders” tend to care more about the dollars involved and not the health of the breed in general.  Some are well meaning in wanting to breed their beloved pet, but we discourage this as there are so many Poms in rescues and shelters all over the country.  Reputable breeders can not only show you the parents, but also tend to know the lineage back several generations of each litter they breed.

Out collecting for the fundraiser

Olivia was out and about today! First she voted, then she picked up a donated item for the fundraiser!

Raffle & Auction Items Needed

Click here for a preview of current items

The Pomeranian Club of Central Virginia (PCCV) is a small, 501(c)(3), nonprofit based in Richmond that serves Virginia and the surrounding states. Our funding is 100% donation based and primarily provides care for our seniors and special needs rescues. These rescues tend to be with us long term because it is harder to find them fur-ever homes.

We are asking for donations of items that can be used in both an auction in December and raffle in January. Items do not need to be dog specific and can include household goods, jewelry, handmade items, gift cards, or any item that can be shipped or transported.  It doesn’t matter how big or small, we combine items into baskets for the raffle. Donations are tax deductible.

All donors will receive recognition and a link to their business (website, Etsy/Ebay/Poshmark store, Marketplace profile, etc.) on our Facebook Page and will be added to our website (PomeranianVirginia.org). Additionally, each of our clubs’ officers (and many of our members) will share your store info on their pages as well. Our reach is over 10,000 friends worldwide with a very large percentage of those being in the dog world as breeders, rescuers, agility, confirmation, and obedience participants, and just dog lovers in general.

Our auction is slated for the first week of December and the raffle is on January 12 in Fredericksburg.  We would like items to be received by Thanksgiving or Christmas respectively to allow time for preparation and marketing.

Contacting us at 804.410.4493 or via our Facebook page Messenger/Chat.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Slippery Floors? Arthritic Pom?

We had a Pom come into rescue that had a Femoral Head Ostectomy (FHO) in 2016.  The FHO surgery consists of removing the ball of the hip joint.   He is 8 years old and has a little arthritis in that joint.  If he slips and stretches that leg the wrong way, it strains the leg, which makes his gait less stable, which makes him more prone to slipping, which prolongs the injury and so and so on, you get the idea.

We looked around for something to help him get a better grip so he wouldn’t slip as much.  The area we live in almost everyone has wood floors, so finding him an appropriate home with carpeting has been a challenge.

These are the products we ended up with:

Dr. Buzby’s Toe Grips (in small/red)toegrips

Pawfriction

Pawfriction

Pom-O-Ween Reminder!

Don’t forget to join us for Pom-O-Ween this Saturday.  We will be in a large covered shelter with electricity, so don’t let a little drizzle keep you away!  We will be giving prizes for costumes.  There will also be Pomeranian themed and some pet themed jewelry available to help support our rescue!

 

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$1.00 donation for every pin purchased!

From now until November 30, we will receive $1.00 for every one of these Pomeranian pins sold!  Get your checkbooks ready and head over!  Let’s see if we can make them run out of stock!!

CLICK HERE!!

 

 

Halloween Safety Tips for Pets

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Upcoming Fundraiser/Raffle – January 12

Our annual fundraising raffle is only two short months away.  The raffle is held during the Celebrate Virginia Cluster in Fredericksburg, VA.  This year it falls on January 12.

We had such a good response pre-selling tickets for people unable to attend, that we will be doing that again this year.  Last years winners were in Maryland and West Virginia!

This year is going to be very exciting!  We have a wonderful group of small business owners donating items for the raffle and it is definitely going to be our biggest and best raffle ever!!  Start saving for tickets now (I know I am)!

In the upcoming weeks I will be posting links to our generous benefactors store fronts on Etsy or their website.  I implore you to please check out their stores while you are Christmas shopping this year.  Take a moment to let them know in the comments during check out that you found them through the Virginia Pom Club so they know how much we all appreciate their donations.

If you have something you would like to donate to the raffle, please contact us via Facebook or through the links on our site.  It does not have to be Pomeranian or even dog related!  It can be new, vintage, big or small!  We will be combining items into baskets.

As always, thank you for your continued support.  Your generosity throughout the past years have allowed us to rescue many dogs that had special needs that may not have found homes otherwise.

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10 Costumes That Prove Pomeranians Always Win At Halloween

 

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Halloween was MADE for Pomeranians.
— Read on buzzsharer.com/2016/10/29/10-costumes-that-prove-pomeranians-always-win-at-halloween/

Super Adorable Plush Poms

I am just in love with these stuffed Poms from Japan.  They are too adorable!  They come in a wide range of colors and patterns that Pom lovers don’t usually see in merchandise.

Some of them have smiles, some frowns, there’s even a few with little pink tongues sticking out!

The holidays are right around the corner and there may be a Pomeranian Lover on your shopping list that thinks these are a sweet as I do. Or you could just send one to your favorite Virginia Pom Blogger! (LOL)

Ebay has lots of them and Amazon has one seller.  If you go to Amazon, I prefer the talking Pom Toy in the “begging” stance here!

Click here to go to see them on Ebay!