December 6, step off at 11am: Scottish Christmas Walk, Old Town Alexandria.  This is a fun event that we attend every year. OK, it's chilly, so marching warms us up, but our Shelties come with their winter coats already on.  We march with our friends in the Potomac Valley Shetland Sheepdog Club.  As we march along, we always hear, "Here they come!  The Shelteeeeez!"  We love to celebrate our Shelties' heritage with many of the other Scottish dog breeds at the parade. (Westies everywhere!)  Come and march with us, even if you have a Sheltie wannabe.  Or cheer us on from the sidelines as the parade goes  by.  Here's more information about the events of the weekend.  Step off is at 11:00am.  If you want to march with us, e-mail us for specific instructions about the meeting place and time. We'd love to have you join us.  Wear your tartan!

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New Items in the Sheltie Shop
Just in time for holiday giving

Check out the many new items in the NVSR Sheltie Shop.  Cozy fleece blankets, tote bags, BBQ aprons, custom Christmas stocking for your favorite doggies, custom plaques, and of course, our fabulous 2015 calendar featuring lots of our wonderful rescued Shelties. We still have a few calendars left.

The ordering deadline for these cute ustom stockings is November 10th!! Shop now for the Shelties!

These treats use only three (!) ingredients, so there's no excuse.  Put on that apron!

• ¾ cup pumpkin puree
• ¼ cup water
• 2½ cups oats
• additional oats as needed for rolling

Directions -

1. In a large bowl, combine the pumpkin puree and water. Stir well to combine.
2. Add the 2½ cups of oats to the pumpkin mixture and stir well to fully mix the ingredients.
3. Using your hands, roll the mixture into small spheres and set them aside.
4. After you've rolled the mixture into spheres, spread the additional oats on a plate, and roll the spheres in these oats to create a "coating" on the outside.
5. Refrigerate the finished treats for 24 hours before serving to firm the pumpkin puree.

Store in the refrigerator or freezer (better).

NVSR is listed with the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).  If you work for the Federal government, please consider signing up to give to NVSR through payroll deduction. Our designation number is on the logo above. 

Now, you can designate NVSR across regions, even if you don't work in Virginia. Many of our adopters use this easy pay deduction method to help NVSR throughout the year.  We encourage you to sign up on our behalf.  Many, many thanks!

We contact our adopters regularly for updates on how the NVSR alumni are doing. If you want to send us news and even photos, please do!  Here's where to send them:

shepherd@nvsr.org

Our "shepherd" volunteers would love to hear from you!  

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Thanks to our volunteers, Gregg Bender, Theresa Jackson, Kathy Hook, and John Winslow, for setting up and updating these sites.

 

 

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