Yorkie Times
Newsletter for Yorkie Rescue
January 2021
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“Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.”
~ James Cromwell,
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Editor
MaryElizabeth Dugmore
Technical Editors
Amalia Spaulding
Laura Morrisey
Contributors
MaryElizabeth Dugmore
Hannelie Vermeulen
Sandy McBride
Athena Maria Dugmore
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Dear Yorkshire Terrier National Rescue supporters |
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2021 is finally here - a new year with new promises awaited by us all for so long. May this year bring us all happiness, health and support - and may we get closer to managing a pandemic successfully, and getting the chance to be vaccinated. May we all be able to eventually return to the “old normal” where we can visit and enjoy the company of our family and friends in person, and put Zoom fatigue behind us.
Over the past year we have all become more technologically savvy, we all learned to adjust to a constantly changing landscape, and we all spent more time at home than we ever thought we would - and yet most of us still haven’t been able to clean out the closets! Many of us lived in fear of becoming infected with COVID-19, or infecting others. We wore our masks, found pretty or fun ones to make it easier, stayed 6 feet apart, and barely ate out. We had groceries delivered to the sidewalk or at home, and many of us lived out the year in comfy clothes. Our human spirit conquered the changes, and our hope remained. Our animals added to our coping on a daily basis, while they also basked in the additional time spent with us.
We have been thankful to all the frontline workers and health care personnel, and came to appreciate all that others do for us when we are not able to do so ourselves. At YTNR we have been thankful for the continued support, for the kind messages, and for the offers of help when we needed to rescue an animal.
Our organization also went through changes, as several of our volunteers and Board members retired in 2020. We are so thankful for the years Corrine, Jackie and Patti have given us - and all the animals they have helped save. We are thankful for those who remain with us. We are honored by all who share (and shared) our love of animals, and donate their kindness, time, and their skill, and who support us financially. In 2021 we look forward to new beginnings, to new volunteers, new dogs to rescue, and new families for little Yorkies needing a second chance.
We hope that some of you will be able to join us as new volunteers. We will welcome you with open arms - and heartfelt gratitude. Please consider becoming a more active part of our rescue should you be able too. We could use foster parents, transporters, administrative and bookkeeping experience - or anything else you have to offer. It takes a village to run a rescue. It takes love and support to save a life.
As Winston Churchill put it: “We making a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
May your 2021 be bright and merry! May the resilience you gained through managing 2020 be a strong building block for happiness and health as the scope of our lives increase again. May we never take life as we know it for granted again, and may we all remain grateful for what we are blessed with.
With much love and best wishes for a marvelous 2021!
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MaryElizabeth Dugmore
President and Founder, YTNR
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Nonprofit organizations such as Yorkshire Terrier National Rescue’s work are made possible by dedicated volunteers offering their time and skills to a life-saving cause.
Patti Kushnir, our beloved YTNR secretary, has been a great example of conscientiousness, integrity and hard work throughout the years of offering us her skills, her time, her creativity and her love and friendship.
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For nine years Patti has been a beacon of light along the California coast for Yorkies needing rescue from high skill shelters, needing transport, or needing home checks done. She brought together volunteers, and offered assistance and advice as she coached them in sunny California, and made hundreds of phone calls to coordinate services. As the years passed, she fulfilled many roles. She acted as Southern California State director for part of her time with us, and remained a Board member and our Secretary until her retirement December 2020. As our secretary Patti kept up on thank-you notes, sent condolences and memory stones to grieving Yorkie parents, helped organize our regular board meetings, and documented it, and did so much more, many of us weren’t even aware of. Patti was amazingly fast and thorough in everything assigned to her - and was an example to us all in completing projects in limited time! Throughout her tenure with YTNR she remained a reliable team player, a hard working individual, a caring dog rescuer, and always available for what needed to be done in her area or beyond. She is also a great friend and a caring individual who loves a party! She organized get-togethers for volunteers in her area, for visiting YTNR members, and participated in the YTNR balls in Nashville - always helping to bring people together and create unity. |
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The Patti we love
Patti is a creative person who wrote multiple articles for our newsletter throughout the years, and also co-wrote and edited the yearly article YTNR publishes in the TNT magazine. She is a bundle of energy, an encyclopedia of knowledge, and a great co-volunteer and friend to all of us who got to know her.
Patti, we are so grateful for the years of love and hard work you blessed little Yorkies and YTNR with. Thank you for your commitment, your time, your patience and your hard work. You supported our organization and the little dogs in need even when going through your own hardship. You were there for all who needed you, even while Richard, your husband, was ill for an extended period, after he passed, and while you were dealing with your own grief.
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Patti and Richard with their furbabies, Eleanor and Jimmie |
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You remained actively involved while you yourself made a cross-country move and back, all while dealing with your own health issues. We are so blessed to have been the recipients of your dedication and love - and have countless little dogs who owe their lives to you and Marge Williams picking them up from high kill shelters to place them on the road to recovery and a happy home of their own. |
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Patti with Jimmie and Marge
Your passion for Yorkies are infectious, and your love for your own Yorkie, Jimmy, and your (now) little Yorkie angel, Eleanor, speaks volumes of your love for animals and to your commitment to rescue. We have been blessed with you as a volunteer, a friend and an animal angel. Thank you Patti for assisting in so many happy endings. It’s been great volunteering with you, and you will be much missed, but your successes along the way will be your legacy. May this next chapter of your life treat you well, and may you and little Jimmy enjoy the fresh ocean air and the travels to come.
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Dropping Anchor by Hannelie Vermeulen |
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During the pandemic months of 2020, and now into 2021, reality changed for all of us. COVID-19 forced us all to change and adapt. Loneliness, sadness and fear increased, and many of us no longer felt part of, but rather isolated, in a larger society. In the process we also grew, and became witness to strength and resilience in ourselves and others. We came to appreciate family and friendship like we never have before. We became thankful for the bonds we have forced over the years, and the new bonds that came about by weathering a storm together as a world. |
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A throwback to 2013 - no social distancing
We saw an outreach to nature, a peak in localized outdoor activity, and increased connection via the internet. We also became increasingly thankful for our furry loved ones whom we can dote on, and who dotes back on us in such times of need. We saw shelters empty up as so many previously petless individuals and families found support in the unconditional love of a rescue animal. Yet, we all still have a way to go as we enter 2021 with hopes for a happier and healthier new year.
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GiGi hiking with mom and dad
Russ Harris, an amazing, and very funny Australian psychologist, shared some solid advice throughout the pandemic. He compares our struggle to a boat dropping anchor in the harbor during a big storm – so that it is not swept out to sea.
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Anchored
He reminds us that anchoring the boat does not stop the storm or change the weather, but it holds the boat steady while the storm passes. He talks about how we face emotional storms during an extended crisis, such as COVID-19. For example, we can experience unhelpful thoughts spinning in our heads, or painful feelings in our bodies, from being shaken up by the storm. If we do not anchor down, and are swept out to sea, we will be at a loss. BUT, if we drop anchor, we will be able to weather the storm (and the thoughts and physical struggles). Dr Harris gives us some guidance on how to anchor for success, using the ACE formula (that I illustrated with a few pictures and added a few of my coping techniques and examples to):
A = Acknowledge your thoughts and feelings that are showing up, as well as your emotions, memories, sensations and urges. Observe and notice what is happening inside of you. Do so with kindness and caring – just as if you are seeing it in your best friend (or your beloved doggie).
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Love and care
C = Come back into your body and connect with your physical body, while remaining aware of your thoughts and feelings. Deep slow breaths, solidly pushing your feet against the floor, or in the sand, stretching out, etc., can be helpful. These exercises can help us get back into our bodies, calm us physically, which in turn calms us emotionally, and gives us back control.
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Grounding
E = Engage in what you’re doing. Focus (or refocus) your attention on what you are doing – and give it your full attention.
One of my favorite ways of doing so is to look around you and: Find 5 things you can see, 4 things you can touch, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell, and one thing you can taste - and name them out loud. This is called grounding. It helps us engage in, and focus on your surroundings, which in turn calms our inner anxiety.
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Fully engaged
According to Dr. Harris, dropping our anchors during a storm, in the here and now, gives us increased control over our actions, and makes moving forward just a little easier. It takes us off auto-pilot, allows us to engage in life again, and to steady ourselves during difficult times. (© Russ Harris, 2020)
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Amidst continued uncertainty and challenge, may you personally experience the strength and tenacity of a Yorkie as you anchor down during the New Year and another resurgence of the pandemic. May the love and acceptance of our furry creatures guide us all through the COVID-19 experience back into calmer waters. We are in it together - we will get through it together. Stay hopeful and stay safe. One deep breath at a time - as you mask up, practice physical distancing and wash your hands.
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Furbaby in need of donations |
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Hi Everyone,
This is Lyric, she came in with mammary tumors and she is blind, We have spent over $1000 on her medical expenses. Any donation large or small will help us to continue helping these little ones needing so much care and love.
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Our PayPal address is YTNR@bellsouth.net.
Or mail a check to
YTNR
1065 Lewis Rd
Chapmansboro, TN 37035.
Thank you for all your help and support. We couldn’t do this work without you.
love…
MaryElizabeth
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Looking for a Furever Home |
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Adonis came to my home very unsure of himself. He was very distant and if you tried to pet him, he cowered down. The hair on his back had fallen out from untreated fleas and a skin infection. After lots of antibiotics, love, medicated baths and dental work (he lost all of his 18 rotten teeth)— Adonis is learning what it means to be a dog and is definitely enjoying the posh life of a Yorkie. He sleeps in the bed with foster mom now, he snuggles on the couch and he always keeps foster mom company while she works from home. He chews on chew toys (or tries to) and loves licking cheese from a Kong! His little face just lights up when he sees his leash or anything related to food. If Adonis’ foster brother weren’t so hyper, I think Adonis would come out of his shell more but he doesn’t really know how to respond to foster brother’s frequent attempts to ruffhouse. Adonis has gotten excited sniffing with some of the other dogs in the neighborhood though so I know he would do well with a low key brother or sister. Vet estimates he is 8 to and other than losing his teeth has no health conditions. He is potty trained and loves to sleep in in the mornings :)
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Mike and Julia came to meet SunRay and it was love at first lick. SunRay immediately claimed them as his humans and showered them with love. Now that they are home, SunRay “sunny” has started coming out of his shell! He plays with all of his new toys and loves being Mike’s new co-worker during the day! Best wishes to the happy new family!
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Thank you for opening your hearts and homes for these
precious rescues and for making their dreams come true!
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In memory of Tovi
Sandy McBride
My beloved Tovi left this earth on October 24, 2020, at 11 years of age. He was my world, and I loved him to the moon and back. I hope that he loved me as much as I loved him.
Tovi enjoyed life and being spoiled. He loved to go on walks, and would always dictate how long or far we go - although he preferred his stroller or to be carried in his sling. When he saw me get the GPS out, he would get so excited. He knew we were about to go on an adventure, most of the time ending up at Starbucks, being fed some whipped cream. Every once in a while we made a trip to McDonalds, just for his French fries treat. As we were going through the drive thru, he would start drooling and jumping up and down in is car seat. He so loved it!
He couldn't get enough of his stuffed animals and his special balls. He also loved for me to blow him bubbles, so he could catch them, and would get upset when I couldn't blow them fast enough. Bath times were always special too. He had several baths a week, as he loved being brushed. When we were all done, I would tell him how pretty he was, and he would break out in a special prance with his head held back, like saying "boy don't I know it". He had to have bows or scrunchies in his hair every day, and sometimes everything, collars, bows and coats, would match.
Tovi tolerated being dressed up in many costumes, and being taken to see Santa and the Easter Bunny. He looked especially handsome in red. I was able to donate his lovely clothes, collars, leashes, and toys to other YTNR Yorkies in Oregon, and I know it will make him happy to know that other little dogs are wearing the clothes that he loved, and that it allows his memory to live on in them.
I love him so much, and miss him terribly. I hope that my heart will heal, and that one day I can smile again.
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"It is eerily terrifying that there is no sound when a heart breaks.
Car accidents end with a bang, falling ends with a thud, even writing makes the scratching sound of pencil against paper. But the sound of a heart breaking is completely silent. Almost as though no one, not even the universe itself could create a sound for such devastation. Almost as though silence is the only way the universe could pay its respect to the sound of a heart falling apart."
- Nikita Gill, The Sound of Heartbreak
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Volunteers are from all walks of life: men and women, single professionals, married couples, retirees, business owners and just plain folks.
We need them in every State to help us foster and take care of the yorkies needing our help.
Volunteers are Yorkie-owners and Yorkie lovers whose passion for the breed extends into an active desire to serve and help the breed through rescue efforts.
No experience required to join us, we have State Directors and Helpers to walk you through the guidelines necessary to get a dog ready for its forever home. If this sounds like you, please fill out an application and we will add you to our YorkieSpice list of volunteers and supporters that will help and support you.
(Please click on the picture above to be taken to the volunteer application).
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We received some lovely donations to help us raise funds for our little dogs.
Please browse our latest listings.
Check back often as we are adding more things as we get pictures and descriptions.
Thank you for supporting our rescue efforts.
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We would Love your support! |
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Just click on the above image and you will be ready to shop
♥ Yorkies across U.S. will Thank You, as will YTNR ♥
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Special Thanks to this month's Donors |
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Thank You to the Many Wonderful & Generous December Contributors
General Fund
Laurel Sullivan
Carolyn Mendelson
Sherry Oberlin
Kathleen Oliver
Anne Hobbie Adonis and SunRay
Amalia Spaulding
Perpetua Phillips in memory of Rowdy
Arlene Gilbert
Barbara Buechele
Charles Laird
Catherine MacMaster for Adonis and SunRay
Stephen Beck
Cheryl Dodge
Frank Jones
Joyce Barnaby
Deborah Thompson Adonis and SunRay
Carlyn Clement Adonis and SunRay
Danelle Borland Adonis and SunRay
Amelia Jones Adonis and SunRay
Yorkie Angel Donors *
Sandra Flolo*
Karin & Alan Nakashima*
Kathryn Schuller*
Pieter Vermeulen*
Hannelie Vermeulen*
MaryElizabeth Dugmore*
Mary Jane Sanders*
Carla Pucket*
Betty Jo Williams*
Ron & Amalia Spaulding*
Lindsay Hardin*
Stephi Jackson*
Ann Sousa*
Joan Willner*
Bette Gae Dart*
Paula Scott*
Lisa Ellison*
Julie Gedro*
Patricia Johnson*
Jessica Damisch*
Paula Fonseca*
Sandra Grumbein*
Carrie Unger*
Karen Roff*
Linda Connor*
* monthly donor
Any donation large or small helps us help those more desperate cases that would otherwise be left in the system.
We can't do the things we do without you...
The Yorkshire Terrier National Rescue Inc. is run solely on private donations and fundraising efforts made by people like you who love this Breed. We very much appreciate your support.
We are a 501 (c) (3) organization, your donation is 100% tax deductible.
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Supermodel Athena Maria Aphrodite
The Goddess of Wisdom and Love.....
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The benefits of bee pollen for dogs
Animal Wellness Magazine
Contrary to popular belief, bee pollen doesn’t just benefit bees. Learn how this supplement can support the health of your dog.
Unlike honey, bee pollen is a product of bees that’s still widely misunderstood. But this nutrient-dense powerhouse supplement is packed with vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, protein and fats – and it’s a great dietary addition for both humans and their canine companions. It has one of the most complete nutritional profiles in the world, made up of 35% protein and 50% carbohydrates. It’s also high in chromium, cobalt, niacin, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, zinc, iron, folic acid, and much more! Below is a closer look at bee pollen and what it can offer your pup.
Where does it come from?
Bee Pollen is gathered by worker bees and mixed with nectar and bee saliva. The bees then pack this “blend” into a granule that adheres to their back legs, and carry it to the hive where it’s used to feed the colony.
The type and quality of pollen varies by location, plant source (whether fruit or forage), and weather. It’s not uncommon for pesticides and/or heavy metals to influence the quality of the pollen, so it’s important to know your source. Reach for toxin-free bee pollen – the most expensive and sought after is that created around a desert area.
The benefits
The health benefits of bee pollen are numerous. Antioxidants of flavanol, resveratrol and lycopene found in bee pollen, along with vitamins A, B, C, K and E help to ward off infections by strengthening the body’s ability to overcome or prevent inflammation while regenerating the cells.
Bee Pollen also contains a variety of fatty acids. Essential fatty acids are the most predominate of these – approximately 70% of which are Omega-3 fatty acids (Alpha-linolenic acid) and 5% Omega-6 (linoleic acid), which is necessary for growth in dogs. The remaining percentage is monounsaturated and saturated fats.
Nearly a dozen major enzymes and several thousand minor enzymes and co-enzymes in bee pollen help with food digestion and absorption of nutrients while regulating the immune system.
Some key reasons to add bee pollen to your dog’s diet
Here’s a few additional reasons why you should consider adding bee pollen to your dog’s daily meals:
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It’s hepatoprotective – It protects and promotes a healthy liver, and assists in the healing process for a compromised liver. This makes it a good option for dogs who need to detox.
- It improves muscle mass.
- It boosts metabolism.
- Allergy protection – Bee pollen contains Quercetin, a natural antihistamine. When taken regularly, it can help reduce allergy symptoms and allergic reactions.
- It’s anti-microbial, anti-fungal and anti-viral.
- Improves blood flow to the nervous system helping to relieve stress and anxiety.
- It contains trans-cinnamic acid, which is a natural antibiotic.
- It’s alkaline – Bee pollen balances the overall pH in the body promoting a healthy urinary tract.
- It contains the plant pigment rutin, which offers cardiovascular support. This helps strengthens blood vessels and capillaries.
- Gram for gram, it contains more amino acids than beef, fish or eggs.
- As part of a daily diet, bee pollen can improve moisture in the skin which in turn can speed healing of wounds.
- It supports and can improve digestion via anti-microbial properties that rid the GI tract of invading pathogens.
Bee pollen can be added daily to your dog’s food. The recommended dose for a 50 lb dog is 1 teaspoon per day. Start with 1/3 dose, and gradually increase to ensure he doesn’t have a sensitivity. Ask about organic bee pollen at your local pet food supply store, or find it online!
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Many Thanks to Lifeline4Paws |
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Chris Hogan,
Executive Vice President
of the Hogan Family Foundation Inc,
is the Program Director of Lifeline-4-Paws.
She is a YTNR member and has generously supported
our rescue efforts, contributing tens of thousands of dollars
to hundreds of our dogs since 2007.
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