Yorkie Day is here! We are all ready to go! Here is some information for any of you who have not registered yet:
Guess what tomorrow is? YORKIE DAY!! We are all just so excited to see all the pups play together and have a fun time. The weather looks to be a perfect sunny and cool day! Yay! And can you believe it? We have over 150 yorkies registered to attend this event!!
The location for Yorkie Day will be at Stuyvesant Square 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.
We have had a few questions as to why the event is not in Central Park, as we had originally planned. Unfortunately, the City had no room for us in Central Park!
But, the yorkies would have had to have been leashed there anyways, so this is an even better location because now they can all play with each other!
Unfortunately, Yom Kippur is also tomorrow, and when we originally started planning the event back in May, we had no idea. We are very sorry to those who have to miss the event because of the Jewish holiday and will make sure to better check our calendars next year so everyone can come! Also, we'd like to point out that we will bring some water for the dogs, but because Stuyvesant Dog Run does not have a water hose for the dogs, it might be a good idea to bring some water for your yorkie too.
We will be holding four contests for our yorkies - best costume, best trick, best in breed, and loudest bark. We will have a small prize for the winner of each contest so make sure your yorkie is ready to bring his/her A-game!
We will have sign-ups for the contests when you arrive.
As you may recall from previous emails, we also have several special guests! We have Mr. Rick Caran and his yorkie Ruby coming to show off her fabulous tricks, which include playing poker and playing basketball! You can check out Ruby playing poker at
and playing basketball at
. Mr. Caran and his yorkies have appeared on Animal Planet, Disney TV, Regis and Kelly (playing Poker w/Bette Midler), Today Show, Good Morning America, News Las Vegas, Japan TV, Russian TV, and more!
Schmitty the Weather Dog with Meteorologist Ron Trotta will also 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, to name just a few of his celebrity appearances! In fact, he has already done a pawcast at the NYC premiere of "The Family," where he gave a shout-out to Yorkie Day! Please check it out here:
Some of you may also know Portia and Rosie from the TV reality series Doggie Moms. Grace will be bringing her celebrity yorkies to join us at this special event, and Grace will even be judge for our contests! Aside from Doggie Moms, Portia has appeared in various media events, and she was the studio Yorkie in TV Animal Planet's 101 Yorkies. Portia was also on the cover of the issue of the magazine "Yorkshire Terriers" and has modeled for various print and online fashion ads.
Yorkie911 will be participating in Yorkie Day! 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
Welcome for more information.
It looks like we will have a packed day full of playing, pictures, shows, and contests! Please be sure to pick up after your yorkie, and please do not leave behind any trash when you leave the park. We are very excited to see everyone tomorrow!
Yorkie cheers!