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August 2018 Volume 1

BOARD MEMBERSPresident:

Kit DeRoche Vice President:

Diane Marvin Secretary

Linda Worsham Treasurer:

Raeanne Wright

Florida Yorkie Rescue is a 501(C)3 non-profit

organization. Your tax deductible donations can mailed to:

Florida Yorkie Rescue, Inc. 2740 SW Martin Downs Blvd.

Suite #205, Palm City, Florida 34990

www.FloridaYorkieRescue.org

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Two Puppy Mill Busts in less than four months!The first "Mill Rescue" this year was on April 17th. FYR was able to successfully rescue 29dogs from their elderly owners who had been backyard breeders for years. Many were indeplorable condition, having suffered miserably for years. We were overwhelmed and over-joyed to have been able to save them all. Thank you to Furry Friends Ranch in Palm City andUnited Yorkie Rescue for taking in some of these dogs for us. Click here for videos.

What a wonderful team we had that day... pictured above left to right; Kit DeRoche, LindaWorsham, Wendy DePinto. Raeann Wright and Debra Jo Bright. All the dogs saved thatday were provided immediate medical care and time to heal from their neglect. They were

all eventually adopted and are now living very spoiled lives.

We would like to extendour deepest gratitudeand appreciation to all

the Veterinarians(especially to Dr. Mary

Bressman) and theentire staff at AllCreatures AnimalHospital in Stuart,

Florida for theiramazing support and

medical care theyprovide for us

throughout the year! Wesimply could not do the

Rescue work we dowithout them.

THE FYR NEWS

A YORKIE ALUMNI PARTY - WOOF FUN

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Florida Yorkie Rescue held aYorkie Alumni gathering onTuesday, April 10th for the VeroBeach crowd. We hope to workour way down south and hitsome of the other counties toinclude more yorkies families. Itwas a wonderful evening whichstarted at the exclusive MarshIsland Country Club with thehelp of Jay and Mindy Grutmanwho graciously made it possibleeven though dogs are not reallyallowed in the Country Club...but as you all know, Yorkiesaren't really dogs!). Additionalthanks to

Maxx & Stella above own Peggi Leggieri andTheda Rosen. Photo by Craig Hollenback.

Craig Hollenback who was thephotographer and took somegreat pics of the Yorkies and thehumans "they own." Theevening ended with food anddrinks at the Post and VineRestaurant in Vero Beach whichis now a Dog Friendlyestablishment. Many thanks toall who attended and those whowere not able to, you weresorely missed. Additional thanksto our Board Members; DianeMarvin, Linda Worsham, Joseph Del Campo and theGrutmans who did so muchwork to put this event together!

WANT TO VOLUNTEER?

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Florida Yorkie Rescue is alwayslooking for new volunteers who canhelp transport Yorkies to MartinCounty. On many occasions thedogs we are asked to rescue are notin our immediate area, so our"Transport Angels" are so valuableto us and we simple could not dowhat we do on a daily basis withoutthem. We are also searching for newfoster moms who live in MartinCounty. For more information go toour website and go to our Volunteerspage to fill out an application orCLICK HERE.

Photo above is of Karen Herbst and Sharon Carlquist making sure surrender paperwork is signed.Big hugs to them as well as Valene Mendizabal and Raeann Wright for transporting three dogs

across the state on May 20th in the torrential downpours! Glad everyone got home safely!

Who needs a therapist?

I have my Yorkie! 

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Lisa adopted Zoey, a senior. Diana and Bob adopted Lucy. Melyssa adopted Sweetie.

BANNER RECORD OF ADOPTIONS

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Photo above on left is Diane Marvin (and Woody) who adopted Callie. Center photo is of Debbie (and Steve) who adopted Harley and to the right is Shirley who adopted Olaf.

We simply could not post ALL of the dogs that have been adopted over the past four months.

Happy 4th of July!

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On left is Kibby & Baby; rescued from a puppy mill and adopted by Kit and Jerry DeRoche. On right isStella spending the day with her family Peggi, Theda & Maxx on their yacht, The Absolute Choice.

ANOTHER PUPPY MILL BUST - JULY 26TH

It never seems to end. We were called upon to helpretrieve 12 yorkies that were being bred by anelderly woman who had a stroke. Two were

pregnant but before we could even rescue them, allbut one puppy died at birth. The remaining puppy

was only four days old and weighed 3 ounces whenwe picked her up with her Mom. The stress had

been too much for the mother and her milk went dryso Mama Kit is feeding this precious puppy everythree hours around the clock. I am happy to reportthat she has begun to thrive and has gained a littleover two ounces in four days. A boatload of thanks

to Paula Gossett and Raeann Wright who joined mein this transport venture and to Furry Friends Clinicand Ranch for helping take in some of these dogs

as our space was limited. Click here to make adonation.

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GRACIE IS ON THE MENDMany of you have been following the story ofGracie, a nine year old who was surrenderedseveral months ago. She has had one medicalissue after the other and twice we thought wewere going to lose her. But this little four pounderis a tough girl and has weathered everything thatlife has thrown at her. She is now on severalmedications and seems to be holding her own. She enjoys each day; will run and play with theothers and loves her meal times. For a tiny littlegirl she has one heck of an appetite. You cancontinue to read about her progress on ourFacebook pages. We would like to thank all thosewho have prayed for Gracie over the months andwho have donated towards her hefty medicalexpenses. Also, much love to our Vet Dr. MaryBressman for pulling her through.

Yorkies leave paw-prints forever on your heart!

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In memory of our heartbreaking losses

Tobe

Special thanks to all of our supporters who donate their time, money and items for auction. God bless you.