“YORKSHIRE TERRIER NATIONAL RESCUE ALSO HONORS OUR RESCUES BY GIVING THE SMOKY AWARD TO THE RESCUES OF THE YEAR.”
keeping us alive at that house was that we had each other. Luckily, the police became involved when circum- stances at the house involved people not caring for humans and we were confiscated and taken to the Animal Hospital in Monticello. As we recov- ered for our horrible living situation, the vet helped us with our health and contacted YTNR for assistance. They all had one goal in mind. KEEPING US TOGETHER FOREVER! The vet was sure Beatrice would not have survived if I had not taken hermorsels of food to her when she was too weak to eat? I kept telling her, come on Bea- trice! We have to be strong for each other! There is a family out there that wants and needs us! I knew it would not be easy to find our forever family but I stayed hopeful. That is when we met Nicole and Car- son Durham. Oh, how we loved them! They cared for us and continued the promise that we were bonded and would stay together. We settled into their home and enjoyed being there. We did not understand the foster part rescue but we got to fly to another home. I thought YEA! this part of our journey is to get to our forever home. When we arrived I told Beatrice to be quiet and be a good girl! You see we have both figured out how to survive. Sadly, it did not work out. We never seemed to understand why but there we were! Beatrice wanted to know if it was something she had done? I told her no SIS! It just wasn’t the right home for us. Then I reminded her as
YORKIE RESCUE OF THE YEAR
YORKSHIRE TERRIER NA- TIONAL RESCUE PRESENTS THE YORKIE RESCUE OF THE YEAR
Yorkshire Terrier National Rescue also honors our rescues by giving the Smoky Award to the Rescues of the Year. Every year YTNR sends letters to our adopters and ask them to nomi- nate their little rescue. Smoky was a four-pound Yorkie that was found in an abandoned jungle foxhole in New Guinea in early 1944 by a soldier whose jeep had stalled in the jungle. The next day the Yorkie was sold for two Australian pounds ($6.44) to a 20 year old PFC Bill Wynne. Bill and Smoky flew combat missions and went through many air raids together. She lived on typical rugged army food including at that time C and K rations, while serving 18 months straight together in com- bat. When Bill went home, Smoky went home with him, back to the United States. When YTNR was planning its very first Rescue Ball in 1999 the first thing that came to mind was creating a special award for the Yorkie Rescue of the Year. It seemed logical to name this prestigious award after BillWyn- ne’s world famous little Yorkie. After nominations came in, it quickly be- came clear that each story was special and touching. Each successful rescue is wonderful and heartwarming, just as Smoky was. She started a move- ment in rescue, in therapy, in obedi- ence that showed people what a four- pound dynamo could do.
BEATRICE & VIOLET As told to Lisa Stoddard
Dear YTNR, Its Beatrice and Violet here! We know you are all very busy helping other dogs find forever homes! We are so glad tohear youwant to celebrate your adoptees by honoring Smokey and William Wynne again this year! We seem to have similarities toMr. Wyn- ne as well as Smokey. We understand Mr. Wynne was in an orphanage just like we were! We have certainly had our share loneliness! We also under- stand that Smokey was purchased by Mr. Wynne from a soldier to pay for his entry into a poker game! Lots of people gambled on us but we never seemed to win! We wanted to remind you about our story and thank every- one who was committed to keeping us together! I (Violet) am going to type our nomination since Beatrice is tak- ing a nap! She’s a bit older thanme and likes to sleep. Our history of adoption from the pup- py mill is a bit unclear. Our records indicate that I was adopted in July of 2014 and Beatrice joined me in June of 2015. Collectively, we have agreed to not remember how what appeared to be so good turned into tragedy at that home. We thought the worse thing possible was the puppy mill. Little did we know! The only thing
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