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My name is Lion: Not at shelter (Kristy)!

Posted 4 days ago | Updated 3 days ago

Adoption process
1

Submit Application

2

Approve Application

3

Meet the Pet

4

Pay Fee

5

Take the Pet Home

My basic info

Breed
Cairn Terrier
Color
Tan/Yellow/Fawn
Age
Adult
Size
Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less (when grown)
Weight
Sex
Male
Pet ID
22205321

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

You can fill out an adoption application online on our official website.

Remember our first post about these three terriers? After the loss of a family member left them homeless, they were brought to the shelter.  We had no idea what sex they were or their ages or breeds! The good news is, we have made friends with them, discovered they are about 18 months old, and have discovered they are all males!

Thanks to Bry with Sit Pretty Grooming LLC for offering to take the three in and freshen them up this week, so they could more readily fostered! 

Turns out once they got on the grooming table, they were pretty easy clients, according to their groomers who worked extra hard to get them done!

Lion, brown Cairn terrier mix perhaps, is confident, bossy, and has no issues with making new friends. His foster mom said he loves peeing on absolutely everything; (she is using a belly band to control his output). He and his brother Tin-man were smart enough to figure out how to break out of their confinement at her home, made their way up the steps, and decided to make friends with the resident dog who normally doesn’t like new dogs in her home. Thank goodness there was no bloodshed and everyone seems happy!

We are hoping to have these guys sterilized in the next couple weeks so they will be ready to be adopted. In the meantime, their  foster moms are working hard to teach them house manners, and routines.  We will not be placing them in the same home, but feel they will do well with other nice dogs, and cats as well. we have not tested them with children yet.

 

PLEASE NOTE: This pet has been posted by Friends of Campbell County Animal Control, Rustburg, VA. For questions about the pet, please email us at FOACinfo@gmail.com. All adoptions begin with an application, found under the "Animals" tab on our website, friendsofcampbellcounty.org. *Unaltered babies under the age of six months can be adopted only to residents of Campbell County, the City of Lynchburg, and counties touching Campbell County. *Unaltered adult pets six months or older will need to be sterilized before they can be adopted outside our local area of Campbell County, the City of Lynchburg, or counties touching Campbell. *We do not promote dog adoptions to homes where an invisible fence is the fencing of choice. *We do not permit cats or kittens to be declawed following adoption. 



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January 24, 2026, 7:28 pm
Rescue

Contact info

Pet ID
22205321
Contact
Barbe Shackelford
Phone
Address
185 Greendale Drive, Rustburg, VA 24588

Their adoption process

1.

Submit Application

Find our official application on our website, at www.friendsofcampbellcounty.org

2.

Approve Application

This is done prior to setting up an appointment with the foster family or the shelter to meet the pet.

3.

Meet the Pet

Foster parents need notice in order to arrange their schedules to meet applicants.

4.

Pay Fee

Take the pet home once you have met and mutually agreed that this is a good match.

5.

Take the Pet Home

Additional adoption info

We start with an application so our volunteers and fosters can have an idea of what the adopter is seeking. We ask that other pets in the home be spayed/neutered already if of appropriate age, current with rabies shots, and prefer use of heartworm preventive. We ask for a non-family personal reference as well as a vet reference to contact. We do home visits only if we feel it is vital to the pet's successful placement.

Applications are generally processed within 24 to 48 hours. Foster parents will contact the applicants to advise them of the progress of their application and to set up a meet and greet. Because volunteers work full-time jobs, contact is often made by email.

Fees to adopt range from $20 to $80 for cats, and from $75 to $300 for dogs. A contract requires that the adopter contact FOAC and return the pet to our care at any time if the adoption does not work out.

Adoption application

Go meet their pets

FOAC vaccinates and deworms the dogs and cats at the Campbell County Shelter, which is open to the public from 12 to 5 weekdays and 11 to 4 on Saturdays. That address is 322 Dennis Riddle Drive, Rustburg, VA (behind Yellow Branch Elementary School.)

Available by appointment for visits are the dogs and cats noted as being in "foster care." We also visit Petsmart in Lynchburg, VA, with our adoptable dogs and cats at various times.

More about this rescue

Established in 2011. FOAC filled the vacancy left by the local humane society when they ended their association with Campbell County Animal Control. FOAC became its own entity in 2012 and has grown to 300 volunteers. We work in partnership with Campbell County Animal Control, and as their guests at the shelter. We do not have our own shelter nor overhead expenses, and no paid employees.

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