I got this email yesterday:
Hi Yorkie lovers!
We are very excited to let you know that Yorkie Day is taking place this Saturday! Woohoo! So far, we have over 125 yorkies registered to attend this amazing event! We hope you are as excited as we are for all of our yorkies to get together, play, and get to know each other!
Because we have so many yorkies, we thought it would be great to have them all run around and play together. The location for Yorkie Day will thus be at Stuyvesant Park Dog Run from 2pm until 4pm. It is located in Manhattan, on 2nd Avenue, between 15th and 17th Streets. The dog park entrance is located on 15th between 1st and 2nd Avenues, but much closer to 2nd Avenue. It is a very large dog park, and we will be getting there earlier to set up and claim a section of the back of the dog run for all the yorkies to gather. Look for Yorkie Day signs - and yorkies of course!
By public transportation, you can take the 4, 5, 6 to Union Square, or the L to 3rd or 1st Avenues.
As you may recall from previous emails, we have some exciting guests to welcome at Yorkie Day. We have another surprise guest to reveal now! Schmitty the Weather Dog with Meteorologist Ron Trotta will be appearing and doing a "pawcast" from Yorkie Day! Schmitty has appeared with Oprah, and been featured on The Regis & Kelly Show, The Ellen Show, and Access Hollywood! We are so excited to have such a famous yorkie join us on Saturday! For more information, please check out Schmitty's website at
Schmitty The Weather Dog - Schmitty The Weather Dog
We also have Rick Caran's Jilli Dog Show performing at our event! Mr. Caran has trained yorkies for many years and will be bringing his "next-generation Jilli Dog" named Ruby to show off her fabulous tricks for us! In particular, Mr. Caran has successfully trained his yorkies to become the world's only poker-playing dogs! We are very excited to see Ruby perform her show, and to hear any training tips Mr. Caran has to share with us! For more information on Jilli Dog and Mr. Caran, please visit
Jilli Dog - the world's only poker playing dog - one of America's top trick dogs. Check out a preview of Mr. Caran's show here:
Rick Caran and Jilli Dog - Trade Show Appearance - YouTube
Furthermore, Yorkie911 will also be participating in Yorkie Day! For those of you who do not know, Yorkie911 is a non-profit rescue group that is dedicated to helping lost, abandoned, or other "in-need" yorkies find foster families, until their "fur-ever" home is located. This is a very worthy cause, close to all yorkie owners' hearts, and Yorkie Day is proud to have Yorkie911 at our event. Please see www.yorkie911rescue.com for more information.
Looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday, September 14 at 2pm!! Please let us know if you have any questions about Yorkie Day. Lastly, please remember to keep telling your friends with yorkies to register and come - the more, the merrier!
Best regards,
Laura & Stirling