Thursday, June 14, 2012

Good Morning Good News !!!! June 14, 2012


We are Vincent D. Cat and adopted sons Opie and Timmy and we are here to make you happy! You are HEROES! You work hard every day and you deserve to smile every day! Those of you working to save us animals hear so very many very sad things. And there’s lots of very glad things too and that’s what we talk about here! All pawsitive all the time! We want our friends to be happy and smile and know there’s a lot of good - including YOU - in this world!! Be kind and pass it on! Please send us your Good New and Fun Stuff to share, personal or global. Let’s keep it fun and interactive!! After all, if we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane! Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org
I’z a little behind again !!!!   You can keep more up to the minute with us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/vincent.cat We’ve got the max number of friends so you’ll need to subscribe, but that will give you all the second by second news of what’s going on at Rikki’s !!!!

Everybody be remembering to vote today !!!! Just click here http://tinyurl.com/VoteRikkis and Enter USA, VA, Rikkis Refuge and then enter the the code it shows!!! No registration, no apps, no nothing - quick and simple!!!


IMPORTANT NEWS from Melissa Felts: paws crossed! Wish me luck at the bake sale and raffle ticket sale (Autograph Quilt http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/2012/06/raffle-spectacular-autograph-quilt.html) today! It's at Dixie's Hair Salon on Lafayette Blvd. at Princess Anne St. It's right across from the train station. I'll be there from 10:00 until 2:00! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dixies-Hair-Studio/123476841015137


Ok here be the notes from my Diary this week !!!!   Now you can know all about what’s happening!!!


Sunday June 10, 2012

Timmy wants to thank everybody for making his First Birthday on June 10th, Sunday just spectacular !!!!  He had a wonderful party, lots of presents from his friends and then GreatGrandPa took us shopping to trade Timmy’s birthday green stuff for nummy stuff !!! 
Oh my goodness !!!! We shopped till we dropped !!!!! Me and Opie be so tired GreatGrandPa had to carry us out the store !!!! You should see all the goodies we gotted!!!!! I be so excited !!!! And we stopped for ice cream too !!!! Num num num. The not so nice lady behind the counter said SIR we don't allow ANIMALS in here it's against Health Department Rules. GreatGrandPa said EXCUSE ME .... these are MY Great Grand Kids you trying to discriminate? Now serve me up one chocolate, one tuna and one mouse sunday!  And nummy was it good.  Cept for that chocolate one poor GreatGrandPa had to eated.  He didn’t even want try my mousey one!


Good Good Good News - the three cows in West Virginia who wanted to come to live at Rikki’s and not get killed and ground up to be hamburger and get eaten - got a ride !!!!   A nice man who drives rescue horses said he has a cattle rig and he’ll give them a lift.  Soon as they get their traveling cross state lines health certs or what ever it is for cattle, they’ll be headed on down here!!!  Yippee !!!!!   Thank you to everyone who shared that message around.  Cuz of YOUR help the cows are saved!!!!



Check out some of this cool furniture !!!!!   Your imagination cold be our dream!  What can YOU make for us?  CONTEST --- Make something and we’ll test it out and get your picture in here !!!!
http://www.felinesnoozers.com/


GORDONSVILLE VIRGINIA - PET SITTER and MORE -- Excellent well qualified pet sitter, located in Gordonsville Virginia, lots of experience with dogs and cats, medical issues, can give meds etc! Mother Daughter team Contact Christiann and Sarah christiannrogersd@gmail.com Sarah is also a very accomplished piano teacher. I know them personally, have been to their home many times and know their cats and dogs and the care they provide. Christiann is also available for personal errands and assistance. Got a need? Just ask. If they can help, they will !

Grandma got invited to a webinar "Watch and learn: Radiographing vomiting patients" sure sounds like fun doesn't it !!!!! I bet we can find some friends to practice on !!!!! Gack Gack Gack

And all that was just Sunday!  Then we gotted to Monday !!!!

MONDAY June 11, 2012

Well good morning to you !!!! Another bright and sunny day!!! It's Timmy Bday + 1 and we're chowing down this morning!!!! Nummy presents. Thank you all !!!! Timmy be happy and he's learning more and more everyday that people's can be good. Cuz he met-ed on bad one who hurted him when he was a baby he can't be thinking all are bad and scary. He gotta be happy and love life and look for the good poeples. That make him happier too !!!! There's always gonna be some peoples who ought to get covered up in the litter box. Wez kitties just gots to cover them best we can and go on looking for da nice ones that a gonna clean the box out for us !!!!

Did you know I have an Uncle Alfred? Well I did. It's sad I think. I never knowed him. His barrister sent me an email today telling me that my great uncle Alfred of the same sirname - I think that means Cat, that's like last part of name hooman use, right? - died. I guess he was trying to reach out to his long lost relatives - I not be lost but I guess he was lost? - to share his great fortune. Sadly he died before he found me. But he got a barrister to keep up the search. And now they've found me !!!! And they want to give me the 50 million pounds sterling that he left behind. Gee I wish it was 50 million pounds of Fancy Feast!!

He just be needing grandmom's bank account number. I asked him where I might could find it and he said to look on a check and it should be there. To hurry hurry before mom was up so I could give her the goodly surprise of all the pounds in her bank account this morning. He said she's give me an extra Fancy Feast appetizer if I worked quick.

So I need your help. I'm looking at a check and there are all kinds of numbers on it. Which ones do you think this nice barrister man want's me to tell him???? Hurry hurry, tell me quick, I want to surprise Grandma !!!!    -----   Love, Opie


I think I gotted born to help save da aminals and to teach peoples to be nice to dem


Oh Imelda Samaniego THANK YOU and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO !!!! Look what Imelda wants for her Birthday !!!


Wez be in da paper for winning in the Toyota Contest!!!!!


Annette Harley !!!! WOW Thank you !!!!! Annette just signed up as a monthly donor !!!!! This is a huge help to us. It means we know we can count on you each and every month. We certainly feed everybody every month and it's a real comfort to know you're there to help us!!!!


Remember to check in every day and vote for somebody to make them real happy in the Toyota 100 Cars for Good contest!!!!  https://apps.facebook.com/carsforgood/  You know how good you felt being on our winning team !!!!  Well you can do that for somebody everyday !!!!!


WORST email of the day --- "We've been trying to make a substantial donation to animal shelters and everyone is turning us down. They "claim" to be full and don't want our donations. We have 4 large dogs and 3 cats we are hoping to donate to an agency. If you do not want this donation, please put us in touch with organizations that are taking donations." ........I'm serious .........


BEST email of the day -- "Thank you so much for offering to take my cat, KEE KEE into Rikki's Refuge. I am so glad I had the time to read up on Feline (FIV). My vet had me very worried for a short period of time. Kee Kee will remain with me and I will take the best care possible for him. I am providing a small monthly donation to your organization for having a open heart to take him in I wish other organizations were like yours. God Bless your staff."

YES YES Yes, LUCKY KITTY AND WONDERFUL HOOMAN --- WOULD LOVE WAY MORE MESSAGES LIKE THIS ONE !!!!!!


Another great email was from Mike Wood, one o our volunteer acquisitions coordinator.  He works mostly with Purina, but he’ll help with anything!!!!    He wrote to tell me Purina is going to make a "little" donation on Thursday ..... cat litter, it's scoopable clay, and it will last us almost 10 months.  YIPPEE, we were within a few weeks of running out!!!!  So this be really good news!!!!

Can you guess how much - in pounds - cat litter this is and what kind of vehicle(s) will be needed to deliver?


AND Monday was the Take delivery of our 4,749 pounds of the Worlds Best Cat Litter, which YOU won for Rikki’s by voting in a contest !!!!!!

The driver called and said HOLY COW that's not a drive way, that's a hole in the forest and I'm NOT coming down that!!! So he went and parked at the Harley dealer and I said fine, we'll come out to meet you. 10 minutes away.

He said WTF what are YOU going to drive I have almost FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS of stuff for you - do you have any idea how much this is, how are you going to unload it, what are you going to put it in, how long is this gonna take??

I said TRUST ME !!! It's ONLY 5,000 pounds, we're used to handling a LOT more product !!!!

I took the big van, with the transmission problem but that doesn't matter for hauling!!! It's a cargo sized van with one non removable seat that makes a bed in the back. And Blue Dog the pick up that has a cap on it. 8 foot bed, ordinary truck.

The guy's standing there with two tall pallets (the height of two "normal" ones stacked together) and another 1/2 pallet and says you're going to put THIS in THERE? And how long is THIS going to take?

Out jumped Valerie, Doug, Billy, Heather and Phil (and me) and they went to town !!!! That first half pallet was off his truck before he could even bring the next one forward. Even with shuffling vehicles, being rained on, and with an itty bitty room to spare, we were all loaded up and rolling out in just under 13 minutes after arriving on the Harley lot !!!!

The driver said, I've never seen anything like this !!!!!

You want to help Rikki’s? We’ll sure do everything we can to make it as easy as possible !!!!

Next time you’re at Rikki’s give the staff a little thank you.  A card saying thanks for all your hard work for the animals, a gift card for gas, a plate of cookies!!!  They are really dedicated hard working people and do so much above and beyond their duties for their animal charges!!!


Woooo Hoooo I got mentioned in the paper twice today --- well Rikki's did --- THANK you everyone who shared the cow story -- a lovely gentleman who's driven rescue horses will be giving them a ride !!!!!! We couldn't save the animals without your help!!


Big thank you to Cathy Dyson of the Freelance Star for your help too!!


Getting married this summer?  We still had two of the designer wedding dresses available - the ones YOU won for us in the Fancy Feast contest - never worn - brand new - retail $5,000 - get a deal here!!!!  One has been put on consignment in Occoquan, Va at LaBella’s  http://labellabridalboutique.com  Ask us for more info ......   Melissa dogslife24@comcast.net

TUESDAY, June 12, 212

Good morning. It be kind a dark out there ...... it be cloudy stuff .... or is light thing not up yet .... or it gonna be ducky day ??? What dat weather hooman have to say?

It be a ducky kind of day.  Kind of rainy and wet and cloudy.

Can you help me with thoughts of dry please? I gotz two tractor trailers a coming wif da litter, 75,000 pounds from Purina, and dey needs the weather to bez dry to get the trucks in da road. Please not to let today's raining soak into the ground too deep and no more rain till they leave on Thursday, ok? It be very bad when da tractor trailer get stuck. One time it tooked three big tow trucks to get one out. Yikes !!!


Shared by Lauren Gordon: Saw a blurb in the Examiner that the Washington Humane Society and the Omni Shoreham Hotel in DC (2500 Calvert St, NW) will be hosting a Towels to Toys Recycling Event on Saturday, 16 June 2012, from 10 AM to 2 PM at the hotel. Event open to the public. Dog owners encouraged to bring furry friends. Folks will be cutting and twisting the hotel's discarded linens into dog toys which will be distributed to local Humane Societies.


8:44 am -- I'm going on a road trip !!!!! Gotta go get two RR Ties for the landing gear on the tractor trailers coming Thursday with the Cat Litter ...... Iz be back .... dey better have some mighty strong hoomans there to load them up, cuz I'm staying out of the way, I no wanna get squished !!!!








Amy Griffin writes in ----  Opie - Guess what? I found a kitten last night! He was stuck in a hole in the stump of a huge tree in the woods in front of my house! Somehow I heard him crying & found him & Kenny was able to get him out of the hole. He's about 5 weeks I think. He's not sure how to eat or do anything on his own, but he's got the teeth. He's all gray with blue eyes. His name will be Gibbs (he's a character on the tv show NCIS). Will post a picture as soon as I get a good one of him!"

WEDNESDAY, June 13, 2012
9:28 am -- Good morning!!!! It be sunny. The ducks not be so happy today. But I be happier. I need that ground to dry up so the litter trucks can get in tomorrow !!! Dry ground Dry !!!!! You help me blow on it to make it dry. It be bad when big tractor trailer get stuck. Real bad!!!! Vincent said the message in this picture is a real good one, and it's something I must help keeping every body to learn. It's real important. WWVD = be kind to everyone, no matter how many legs they have or how long their ears are. Yup, that's what my dad says!!! Who can you be kind to today? Can you think of just one little thing that will really make somebody's day??? Drop your sandwich so a goat can eat it. Adopt a shelter pet? Foster somebody for a rescue? Donate the price of a cup of coffee to the animals? That'd make me real happy!!! http://rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php


So the plate is full today. Tippy the doggie already had to go to hospital. She be peeing blood. She been having lots of bladder troubles for couple months now. Seems like everything works for a little and then stops working. She be old and grandma be real worried about her.

Michelin, the b/w kitty who Valerie saved after she got hit by car. The kitty, not Valerie. She's been in the hospital at the doc's very sick since Monday. She's looking good and should come home to our hospital today. She does have a pelvic break, and other problems inside that had to of been there before the accident. Her abdominal organs were enlarged and that's what was making her look pregnant. Ultra sound and xrays don't look so good in there. But pretty sure it's not from the accident. She must have been sick before. Paws crossed we can get her all well.

We have lots of stuff to pick up at Pharmacy today. Gotta take a truck. All the fluids for the kidney kitties and syringes for everybody. Even the ones with the great big needles for the horses and cows and goats and all !!! Yikes, those be scary !!!!

Grandpa needs a ride to the grocery store and drug store. And late this afternoon the man who'll be putting up the office trailers is coming out to survey the sight. So it's getting closer and closer to happening !!!! Paws crossed. Yikes, grandma says Opie, you gonna have an office in the new trailers? Well you better do da fundraising to get them going!!! Oh no .... Why's it all up to me???

Beauty sure ain't doing a good job of paying for her surgery. She just keeps eating doors and things in the house and costing more money. Bad dawgie. She says she won't help pay her bill till she's out of confinement. Not fair - bad dog!   http://rikkisrefuge.chipin.com/beautys-knee-surgery

Ok well I go be playing with Timmy in the sun now!!! Seez you later!!! Love, Opie


From Amy Griffin --- Okay guys, prepare for cuteness! Meet Gibbs! I found the little guy in a hole in a tree in the woods. So far, seems happy & healthy with a bit of feisty! :o)










10:52 pm -- Oh what a day !!!!! We’re pooped !!!! All dis supervising of dem hoomans is tiring work !!!! I needs to cat nap but wanted to say hi to you first. Today was good, not so good and total poo.

The sun shined all day and the field where the tractor trailers need to go looks like it should be dry enough for tomorrow. Yippie --- we be getting 75,000 pounds of kitty litter all for us to poo in !!! So that be good.

My buddy friend an really nice dawggie Tippy has a terrible tumors in her bladder, it’s really big and it’s really bad. She’s pretty old too. The doc put her on medicine for 30 days to see if it will shrink and if it will they hope they can do surgery and make it better. Paws crossed please.

Michelin, the b/w kitty who Valerie saved after she got hit by car, came home from the hospital today. Her injuries from the accident aren’t too bad and she’s doing well from them and that should be ok. The real problem is something was really wrong before the accident. Kidneys, liver, spleen, blood count - it’s all messed up. Doc don’t think she’s gonna make it, but thinks we can manage it as well at home now as they can in the hospital and here she’ll get that magic called love.

She got home to the refuge just in time for Valerie, our cat whisperer, to take her home. I was so worried when about ½ an hour later Valerie called -- I was thinking oh no ..... But Valerie sounded all happy and said I just sent you a video!!! Just as soon as Michelin saw her cozy bed and her food bowl she started purring and gobbling down the nums. Here she is !!!! Love really does wonders. Paws crossed for Michelin to heal from everything that’s wrong with her.


Lena took the truck to the pharmacy and picked up all the fluids for the kidney kitties and syringes for everybody. It really filled the back of the truck !!!!

We took GreatGrandPa shopping. He needed nums and medicines and things. He took me and Timmy shopping on Sunday, so this time we taked him !!!!

AND there’s a thrift store right near the grocery store and we gotted something we’ve been looking for, for a long long time. It be the Paws for Prayers Cabinet. It’s a cabined with a glass front. GrandMa has a statue of a cat praying, she’s sort of praying over a basket and GrandMa writes her prayers on a piece of paper and puts them in the basket. She calls it her Paws for Prayers Kitty. But she can’t keep the kitty sitting out in the office cuz sometimes us kitties get wild and we knock things over and they get broke. So now we have the purrfect cabinet to put it in!!! Isn’t that nice?? And it only be $5.99!!!

This afternoon the nice man who’s gonna put the office trailers on foundations came out to work out some of the details. He and mom went over where they were going to be and stuff. He should start work on Friday !!!! Yeahhhh .... Do you think someday we’ll really be able to use them?????

And so does that sound like a busy day???? Well I started writing to you about an hour ago when GreatGrandPa hollered that he needed help. Oh Yikes, he was sitting in a chair in his room with a big stream of blood running down his leg, and a big puddle on the floor. He bumped his leg on the corner of the bed and it made just a little hole. His skin is fragile and he’s on blood thinners and oh my gosh -- it was a ½ roll of paper towels to clean up after putting pressure on it for the longest time to make it stop and then bandaging. So now GreatGrandPa is nighty and starting to purr.

We think we better go nighty too. Yaaaawwwwwnnnnnn

Love, Opie and Timmy



Thursday June 14, 2012   FINALLY TODAY !!!!!!

And so the sun has come out for another day !!!! That's pretty cool huh? Da sun comes every day. Even if it's kind of cloudy, there be some sun out there ... every day !!!! That so nice.

Today we have big delivery. Purina has donated 75,000 pounds of kitty litter !!!! Yippee !!!! I be so excited !!!! It's reject litter from the factory, but hey, that's ok, some bad hoomans say I reject kitty cuz I got no hind feet !!! And really, what we gonna do with the litter no how? Like poo in it?? So who cares if it's the wrong kind in the container, wrong smell, like orange smell in lime boxes -- if you can poo in it then it's good !!!! Right?

The first load should arrive about 11 am and it's a big 18 wheeler coming. Then they gotta unhitch the trailer and go get the second load. They get back about 3 or 4 pm then. Everybody real glad we be renting the trailers for a bit so they don't gotta unload all that today !!! That make all dem hoomans tired just thinking about unloading 75,000 pounds in one day !!!!

That's the biggest excitement on the schedule today. Everything else looks quiet ....... paws crossed .....

Love, Opie and Timmy


 Stay tuned for more important insights from Opie !!!!!

LOTS
  OF
   LOVE
 Opie

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Rikki's Refuge, supported solely by private donations, houses over 1200 animals of 22 species. On line at http://bit.ly/Give-a-gift-to-Rikkis Checks, money orders, cash, items at Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960

Rikki's Refuge is owned and operated by Life Unlimited of Virginia, Inc., an IRS 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Virginia Corporation, tax-id 54-1911042. Combined Federal Campaigns #77674, Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign #3163, PetsMart Charities #1377. A financial statement is available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer Affairs.

Learn more www.RikkisRefuge.org and help spread the good word, tell everyone you know about Rikki’s Refuge

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Good Morning Good News !!!! June 9, 2012


We are Vincent D. Cat and adopted sons Opie and Timmy and we are here to make you happy! You are HEROES! You work hard every day and you deserve to smile every day! Those of you working to save us animals hear so very many very sad things. And there’s lots of very glad things too and that’s what we talk about here! All pawsitive all the time! We want our friends to be happy and smile and know there’s a lot of good - including YOU - in this world!! Be kind and pass it on! Please send us your Good New and Fun Stuff to share, personal or global. Let’s keep it fun and interactive!! After all, if we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane! Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org


I hope you had a wonderful CATURDAY !!!!   Here it be good and it was warm and bright and sunny!!!!

Do you know what tomorrow be? It be Timaday !!!! Timmy's number ONE birthday !!!! June 10, yup, that be the day !!!!

What? What? Why everybody looking at ME? OH! ME? I was spoosed to make da party? OH! Well, I gotted Timmy a Toyota, that be ok?

You can give Timmy a Birthday Present here !!!!   http://rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php
Or look at his wish list http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/35G483LXNF05A/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_ws_HQ-0pb1Y9T5YD and send him a present if you like!

He like Fancy Feast just like his daddy and me. Great Grandpa will take Timmy and me shopping with Timmy's Birthday money tomorrow afternoon !!! Thank you for helping Timmy have a good birthday!!!!

Timmy has been watching me write to you and tell you all about life at the refuge.  He be ready to work on puter too and help me with things!!!  So no I go and let him tell you things.  OK?

Love, Opie

My first Christmas card

Hi, my name is Timmy and I’m Opie’s brofur.

Thank you Opie !!!!  

Thank you for telling everybody about my birthday tomorrow.  I be so excited.  It’s the first ever birthday I ever have. 

You all is getting to know my brofur Opie better than me.

Nobody ever hurt Opie so he's not so scared of things. I got hurted real bad, almost a year ago, when I was just an itty bitty baby, about 4 weeks old only.

Velcro and me, my very first friend ever, 
he helped me exercise my legs in physical therapy class.

My very first Christmas and my very first Photo Shoot

I was riding in a car and something happened and the next thing I knew, I was flying. Just like a bird, flying, right out the window of that car. But my wings not be so good and so I went BANG on the hard road. It really hurt. And it was real scary.

Big tires whizzing by and I couldn't move. I tried but my legs no work and I lay there just hurting. Then somebody stopped and said oh you poor baby and they picked me up and taked me to a doctor.

The nice doctor looked at me and said Uh Oh this no look so good, but we try and save this poor baby. I was all cut up and bleeding and hurting. Doc give me medicine so I don't hurt so bad and clean up the blood even tooked pictures of my bones. They be ok, none of them broken, but it injured in my spine and I can't move my legs. It be bad and I be scared.

Daddy Vincent and me, we Support Our Troops !!!

After a bit the pain went away and the fur grew back over the cuts and scrapes, and I got to move my legs a bit, but they don't move like other kitties' legs and so I scoot, cuz i can't stand up for but a couple minutes and I can't walk very fast at all.

Nice hooman Ken Lickliter, who is on da board at Rikki's, he works at da hospital I was in, and he said OH I HAVE GOOD IDEA !!!!! I bet Vincent could teach Timmy how to get along and then maybe Timmy can help teach peoples to be nice to kitties and other aminals and even to each other !!!! And so Ken brought me to Rikki's.


Timmy and his adoptive dad, Vincent


It was scary. There be lots of sounds. Now I know they be chickens talking and roosters showing off and Mr. Peacock yelling for attention and nice doggies barking who's now my friends. But when I first gotted there I be real scared all them noisy aminals they just wanted to eat me or something. But Vincent was nice and he protected me. He held me and he snuggled me and he washed my face. And soon I got not scared if I could just lay by my new Daddy.


When Daddy Vincent would go outside to the day room, sometimes I'd go out too. It was real scary at first. I worry those big tires come again and I get hurt more. But there are no tires allowed in the Day Room so it be good. In the beginning I'd hide in a kitty house. But soon I started to come out. And then I made friends. I have lots of kitty friends now. And I even have a hen friend. Henny Penny and me be real good friends !!!! I love my Henny Penny. It's fun to know amnials of different kinds !!!


Yippee. My very own very first birthday!! I be big boy, no? You think I can drive new toyota ??? How old kitteh have to be for license? I don't want aminal control arresting me for driving without a license. You wanna send me birthday money so greatgrandpa can take me shopping tomorrow to get nums and fun things?

My first off site photo shoot


I so excited. I never getted to go to the Fancy Feast store before. Daddy Vincent he go all the time. Opie he gotted to go sometimes too. But me never. I been scared to ride in cars. But I getting braver. I'm learning that you don't fall out of cars all the time and you can be safe when you're in your car seat. Sometimes I don't like having to be in a car seat, but it's better than falling out the window. And I know nobody from Rikki's would throw me out a window and hurt me. I don't know why my other hoomans did that to me. Maybe they didn't mean to hurt me?














Tomorrow Great Grandpa is taking me and Opie shopping at the Fancy Feast num store so we can buy delicious nums and maybe a feather toy and maybe some catnip -- I be one year old - that be old enough for cat nip, no? Greatgrandpa he say, now my little Timmy, you get all your birthday money together and we go shopping, I make sure you get the bestest deal and you get the mostest nums for your birthday money.

I be so excited. Happy birthday to ME !!!! If you like to give me birthday moneys you can do it here http://rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php  or you can pick a pressie off my wish list here http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/35G483LXNF05A/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_ws_HQ-0pb1Y9T5YD  and if you like to just say happy birthday, that be ok too.

I love you !!!
    Timmy,
        the almost big boy kitty, 
             gonna be one whole year old tomorrow

THANK YOU
Sheila Fath
Donna Savory
Nora Eldridge
Vicki Gielen
Deborah Ailman
Gabriele Strobel
Kathryn Jones
Gilbert, Bentley & Sherri Callahan
Stacey & Marilyn DeGuire
Kate Viscardi

For making my Firstest Birthday Ever so much FUN !!!

I got my own doggy for Christmas



PPS You tell me what you want! Email me at Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org with instructions to change your subscription: additions, deletions or modifications! Subscriptions:  Vincent’s VIPs - up to the second alerts about issues at Rikki’s Refuge for those who care and want to be intimately involved. Scheduled as needed. Good Morning Good News - a little something to get you going in the mornings, for those of you who want to keep smiling with us! Scheduled daily. Hairballs - so you know what’s coming up at Rikki’s! Scheduled weekly.

Rikki's Refuge, supported solely by private donations, houses over 1200 animals of 22 species. On line at http://bit.ly/Give-a-gift-to-Rikkis Checks, money orders, cash, items at Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960

Rikki's Refuge is owned and operated by Life Unlimited of Virginia, Inc., an IRS 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Virginia Corporation, tax-id 54-1911042. Combined Federal Campaigns #77674, Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign #3163, PetsMart Charities #1377. A financial statement is available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer Affairs.

Learn more www.RikkisRefuge.org and help spread the good word, tell everyone you know about Rikki’s Refuge










Thursday, June 07, 2012

Toyota 1 Car for 1300 Good Animals


Thank `YOU - YOU did it - YOU won

THANK YOU !!!!!   THANK YOU !!!!!   THANK YOU !!!!!

Click on kitty and sing along !!!!!  



You’ve put the JOY in our HEARTS today !!!

YOU won the Toyota for Rikki’s Refuge !!!!

YOU are the most awesome friends in the whole wide world !!!!

Here was the final score
RIKKI'S REFUGE'S FRIENDS 45%
the others 23%, 11%, 9%, 8%

hugs hugs hugs to everybody YEAHHHHHHHHH

I have an idea!!! I'd like to send a thank you to Toyota -- signed by everybody!!!!! Write a note of thanks to them here and I'll put them all together !!!  If you already did this on facebook you don’t need to repeat here.

Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org  for your Thank You Toyota note - just a line is fine, or more if you wish!!!

Love, Opie, Duke, Timmy, Beauty, Socrates, Kiki, Angel Vincent and all the rest of us Rikki’s Residents !!!!!!!


Tuesday, June 05, 2012

How You Can Help


Lots of things you can do
to help Rikki’s Refuge !!!
Many for FREE !!!
Click photos for more information!

Autograph Quilt Raffle  

If anyone locally has a business, and would like to host a 1/2 day fundraiser with the quilt and a bake sale, contact me Melissa at dogslife24@comcast.net.  ALSO if you’d like to sell tickets !!!!   Great to sell at work, school, clubs and more !!!!

Did you know that Rikki's collects MyCokeRewards?  Collect the codes from any Coke product (Coke, Sprite, Fanta, Nestea, Minute Maid, PowerAde, Mello Yello, Fresca, Seagram's, Mr. Pibb, Barq's, and Dasani Water), and e-mail them to Melissa at dogslife24@comcast.net.  She will turn them in to great items that Rikki's will use for fundraising!

Auction Items Needed - We’re gearing up for another auction - got items to send??  Rikki’s Refuge, 10910 Barr Ln, Raidan VA 22733 or email good quality photos if you’ll mail items to the winner.  HURRY!

Summit Recycling
Take your metal - any metal - to Summit Recycling and tell them it’s for Rikki’s.  They’ll say think you.  You’re helping the environment and earning money for the animals. 
 
Virtual Volunteers - got a little bit of spare time?  I need Virtual Volunteers.  Easy, no exercise involved, no poop-er scoop-er in, work from the comfort of your home or office.  Opie needs help keeping up with his one line work, posting and sharing information on social medias.  Let me know if you can help, Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

EBay Giving Works
Buying or Selling - see how you can benefit Rikki’s Refuge.

Amazon.com
Use this link and Amazon will donate to Rikki’s Refuge.

Kroger Kare Kards
Let your groceries earn donations, no cost to you.  It’s Kroger’s way of saying Thank You and costs you nothing.  Good at all Kroger affiliates.  

Good Search
 
You search the web, Rikki’s Refuge benefits, a penny for every search.

Buy It Now - Check out items in our store:  Rikki’s Marketplace on Facebook. This is where you can get things like Rikki's t-shirts, animal equipment like pill poppers and all kinds of good things.

2012 Cats vs Dogs :  -- extended thru the end of JUNE !!!!

Rikki’s Refuge Shirt and Stuff Shop

Horace the poetry writing dog
Next royalty check for Rikki's!

Helping Udders
Select Rikki’s Refuge when you check out and they receive a donation!

iGive
Your shopping at many different stores earns donations, no cost to you!


IsearchIgive
A penny for your .... searches !!!!   No cost to you !


Save A Pet Mall
Your shopping at many different stores earns donations, no cost to you!

Capital One Giving site
No admin fees, donate your bonus points, sign up for recurring donations, use with any credit or debit card or bank account.

Bark Magazine
Subscribe thru this link and 40% goes to Rikki’s Refuge.

DONATE, once, or set up recurring monthly donations!
Credit card, debit card, bank account, make a one time donation or set up recurring monthly donations so you know you’ll never forget to help out!

What other Freebies are out there?
If you know of any other sites that help charities, please tell me!!  Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org  Most of these listed above send a check every month!!







Every Year We Need .......



Can YOU Imagine needing all of this
EVERY YEAR  ????

I DO !!!  And I need YOUR help to buy it all !!!!  
Thank you for your help to support the animals of Rikki’s Refuge

32,850 pounds Cat Food, dry
20,531 pounds Cat Food, canned
48,125 pounds Cat Litter

19,300 pounds Dog Food, dry
7,300 pounds Dog Food, canned

1,369 pounds Rabbit Food, dry
2,336 pounds Carrots
146 pounds Apples
394 pounds Spinach

1,979 pounds Cracked Corn
584 pounds Mash for Birds
18 pounds Pigeon Seed
3,823 pounds Bird Seed
9 pounds Pigeon Gravel

42,890 pounds Mixed Grains
29,145 pounds Random Fruits/Veggies

1,477 bales Hay
1,235 pounds Salt Blocks

2,105 bushels Shavings
507 bales Straw

12,960  Puppy Pads for hospital cages
180 gallons Laundry Detergent
720 gallons Bleach
23,400  Trash Bags, 33 gallon size
1,080 rolls Paper Towels
1,800 gallons Gasoline for vehicles
540 gallons Gasoline for equipment
540 gallons Diesel

5,820 Tubes Advantage/Frontline



Hairballs - June 5, 2012

RIKKI’S REFUGE 
       HAIRBALLS AND HAPPY TAILS
The newsletter of thanks from grateful animals 
to their beloved rescuers brought to you by

Duke Thomas Peabody                                                 and                                                 Vincent D. Cat










          
Building a Better Planet 
                    One Rescued Animal at a Time 
             portraits compliments of artist Wayne H. Morris

You can make Duke’s and Vincent’s job easier

We are the Happy Animals of Rikki’s Refuge
who so thank you for giving us the gift of our lives and the tools to build our Refuge.  We represent all the animals, the world over, whose lives have been saved by kind and loving people just like you.  Thank you for being an animal rescuer. 

Here’s what’s in Store for you!!
Only 14 hours to VOTE - Help Rikki’s win a NEW Toyota
WON - 4,749 pounds of the World’s Best Cat Litter
Office Trailers Approved
Vincent D. Cat
Rabbit Rotunda I Renovations
Tiara Retires to Rikki’s
4th of July Tour
Beauty Complains about Discrimination
Bob is Back !!!
Baby had no home
Old and Blind
It takes Tons and Tons
Carolyn Friedrich Memorial
Many ways YOU can help Rikki’s Refuge for FREE

Making it to the finals in the Toyota 100 Cars for Good contest is our most exciting news.  TOMORROW, JUNE 6th from 10 am thru 11:59 pm eastern USA time Rikki’s Refuge and 4 other organizations will be competing to win a new Toyota. 

The winner will be the one with the most votes.  Voting is thru facebook only. Only 14 hours to make this dream come true!! 

WEDNESDAY JUNE 6th 10 am - 11:59 pm eastern USA time

Here’s a link you can click on today to make sure you get that reminder on the 6th !!!!


During voting hours - just click here to vote

It’s quick, simple and FREE to vote.  Please help the animals of Rikki’s Refuge win a new vehicle!

Here’s where you can get more details, information to share, posters you can display and a QR code http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/2012/06/toyota-100-cars-for-good.html

If you don’t have a facebook account - please consider signing up now - it’ simple.  Lots of folks worry about such on line accounts providing too much information about themselves or putting them in touch with people from their past they don’t want to hear from --- it’s very easy to make your facebook account very very private so no one sees anything about you.  Others have account in their pets name!!!  But you do have to be 13 or older !!!

Need help?  Just ask!  Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

Thank you for your vote !!!



While we’re on the subject of voting
This round of the Shelter Challenge continues thru June 17th, if everyone votes every day we may make it into the nationals with a larger prize !!!!

Shelter Challenge - Vote Daily
Click the Dog or the Cat and Vote for Rikki’s Refuge, VA, USA


Winnings are Wonderful !!!!
With the tough economy winnings from contests have become an essential component to our success.  With out the funds and the supplies we cannot operate Rikki’s Refuge and we could not care for the 1300 critters of 22 species who call this home.  We very much appreciate your help in voting in contests. 

Thanks to you 4,749 pounds of the World’s Best Cat Litter was won in a recent contest and will be delivered tomorrow!!!  Click one of the kitties below to learn all about it !!!



News around the Refuge
It’s been a busy year.  It seems hard to believe it’s almost over.  Seems like it just began.  Then when I look back at all the news WOW we’ve done a lot ! 

We are thankful to be stable in this economy and only occasionally wish there was far more funding for many more buildings so we could care for many more animals. 

As usual, we make do on a shoestring, and always seem to manage one way or another.  Thank goodness we have such ingenious volunteers!!! 

Office Trailers Approved
Remember last summer when two office trailers were donated by a kind and generous church?  We thought it would be a simple matter to get a building permit and set them up.  We were quick to learn otherwise!  It would require a Special Use Permit and that required studies and meetings and public hearings. 

By March we had received the go ahead from seven county departments who had to approve the use of the trailers.  In April the Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the trailers.  Though it wasn’t without opposition.  Neighbors who poach and who we’re now having an issue with a portion of OUR land they’ve cleared and fenced for their use, came out and spoke against us.  And then spent a lot of time trying to rile up anti-animal hatred around town.  The only other opponent was the lady who’d wanted to bulldoze the mile and a half meandering path thru our woods and wet lands to get to her property to log it.  WOW, was she ever rude!!!  Screaming and yelling at the Planning Commission.

Several wonderful people came out to speak in our favor.  Business owners we work with, volunteers, even Animal Control !  Such kind words were spoken about how hard we work for the animals, what difficult work it actually is, physically and emotionally, and how everything we’ve ever spent money on has been for the animals, and the animals alone.  And these office trailers would give us the opportunity to have more space for the humans as well.  The staff and the volunteers.  Indoor space for meetings. Data entry without dozens of animals on your keyboard. A place to store the file cabinets with the growing mounds of animal health records, that isn’t in the way in the halls of the 9th Life Center. 

Even a place to sit down and have lunch with out too many critters trying to knock you flat and steal it.  If you try to eat inside, you have cats and dogs jumping on your shoulders and reaching down for a bite, pawing at you and begging with soulful eyes.  Try to eat outside and who only knows what will take your food!!

I learned the hard way that goats like peanut butter.  I’ve learned a lot the hard way!  I gave up trying to eat inside once and paws kept swatting off hunks of my sandwich.  NO, the cats did not want to eat my peanut butter sandwich.  They just wanted to see what I had and take it away!  So I went outside, despite the light freezing rain.  With my hood up I didn’t see Sammy coming.  WHAM !  I sure felt those hooves hit me on the shoulders and BAM!  I hit the ground face down.  Before I knew what the pressing weight on my back was, Sammy the goat nuzzled me for a second before the sandwich was ripped out my hand and all I got was a few crumbs that fell on me as he stood on my back eating my sandwich!

In May the Board of Supervisors listened to 30 something volunteers talk about Rikki’s Refuge and the work they do to help the animals, the county, the people, and how wide spread we have become.  And they voted unanimously to approve the trailers.  They talked about the letters and emails they’d received in support of Rikki’s.  From all over the world!

You can read about the trials, see the aerial pictures of the refuge, and lots of other information in older entries in this blog.  Just scroll back to see all that you’ve missed.  Cuz, I’m sorry, it’s been a long time since I wrote to you.

Vincent D. Cat
Click Vincent on the photo above to see the photos of his fun fun fun 14th Birthday Party.  Can you count how many species attended his party?

Sadly, our beloved Spokes Cat Vincent, passed away just after his 14th Birthday Party.  We are still mourning his loss as his adopted sons, Opie and Timmy
learn to take over the job of running the refuge.

Opie (left) is almost ten months old and a very outgoing well adjusted little guy.  He was born without hind feet.  His legs just stop at the ankle.  It doesn’t slow him down much !!!

Timmy (right) will be one year old on Sunday!!!  This sweet and shy baby “fell” out the window of a moving vehicle when he was only 4 weeks old.  He survived, but suffered permanent damage to his hind legs.  Though he can stand up and take a few steps, his hind legs are so wobbly and clumsy, that he usually prefers to scoot.  Around the ranch he’s happy and always playing with Opie and his other friends.  Traveling out for educational programs is still a little scary for him.  Maybe he remembers that fateful car ride.

Our Differently-abled Team, Vincent, Duke, Opie and Timmy, went out to promote a contest giving away handicap vehicles. 

The human is GW Plumb, who your votes got him to the finals to win a handicap ready van.  We’re waiting to hear if he’ll be one of the three winners.  It’s up to the company running the contest to pick the three neediest.  Paws crossed!!

That’s Opie on his shoulder and Timmy on his lap to the right.  This was Opie’s and Timmy’s first off site photo shoot and they did wonderful.  Timmy was a little shy and reserved.  Opie was as outgoing as his adoptive daddy, Vincent. 

Of course that’s Vincent on GW’s lap and Duke to the right.  Our proud team, traveling to teach that being Differently-Abled doesn’t mean you’re Disabled !!!!


Vincent D. Cat - Memorial
From Alley Cat to World Renown Spokes Cat
April 30, 1998 - April 30, 2012
Vincent was the inspiration and the evolution of Rikki's Refuge
Click Vincent to read the story of how his life brought so many together in good




Rabbit Rotunda I Renovations
Wonderful, wonderful brand new and fabulous Rabbit Rotunda II opened to residents last summer.  It’s so beautiful that it really made Rabbit Rotunda I look shabby! 

Rabbit Rotunda I has now been vacated of residents and has just started undergoing major renovations.  The residents are living in Rabbit Rotunda II for now and are very happy. 

If you’ve got even light carpentry and fencing skills, sign up to help us renovate Rabbit Rotunda I, Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org


Tiara Retires to Rikki’s
Tiara, 34 years old, has retired to Rikki’s Refuge.  A star ... well at least a roll ... in Gods and Generals and many other movies and once an award winning Trotter, Tiara has now earned the right live a gentle life.  She’s very gentle.  Meet her at the 4th of July Tour !!!


4th of July Tour
Search “tour” on Rikki’s Refuge’s YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/rikkisrefuge to see what else you’ll see !!!!

Tours have been on hold while we upgraded “the facilities”.  Thanks to Larry, we now have a handicap accessible porta potty on site, and it has a hand wash station too !!!!   

So come out for the Noon 4th of July Tour and potty in comfort!!!  Gates will open at 11:30 am and close at 12:15 pm so please be prompt!   We’ve had so much publicity lately and so many people wanting to come out and play with the animals that we must keep the gate locked when no one is watching it.  We have to watch out for the animal’s safety and the visitor’s safety - too many folks will pat or corner an animal with out asking first, and they all have fangs, claws, hooves or horns!

Tours run about two hours and it’s all outdoors.  We do not have any buildings open to the public.  Dress for the weather, bring sunscreen and water.  A hat’s not a bad idea. 

There is ONLY ONE TOUR - so please be prompt - Tour starts at Noon and gates will be relocked right away!!!   


Remember NO NO NO
dangly or shiny jewelry - the emus will take it, and may get a part of your ear too !

no sandals or open toe shoes - hooves really hurt if you don’t have on good sturdy shoes !

no bare legs, shorts, or short dresses - pig bristles will scratch when they rub against you and claws will hurt when kitties or doggies paw at you

This is better than a wild safari !!!!!  



Beauty Complains about Discrimination
I was injured protecting the refuge two weeks ago and I had very serious surgery on May 25th ....  I’m yet to see Opie try and help me raise the funds to pay my hospital bills.  All I hear is cats cats cats --- click my photo to read more

Please spare a buck or two to help me with my vet bills: http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php


Bob is Back !!!
Bob meet his new great-grandson, Opie

After many years of sailing the seas, Bob Hilliard is back at Rikki’s Refuge!!  It’s going to take days, weeks to catch up on all the changes and meet all the new residents !!!



Baby had no home
This poor little baby, his mom and siblings were left to die in a shelter.  Yet another unwanted litter.  One by one the other kittens died.  One of our volunteers wanted to adopt mom, and asked if mom and baby could live at Rikki’s until they’re ready for adoption. 

And so this baby and him beautiful longhair black and white mom are now here with us.  Baby has some vision and some neurological problems that we are evaluating.  We’re hoping he’ll grow out of some of his issues. 

When we fully understand his needs and he’s older, he’ll be available for adoption.  If no one wants the poor little guy cuz of his problems, he’ll live with us at Rikki’s Refuge.

The unwanted, the unloved, the differently-abled - we’re here to love them and give them a chance at life.



Old and Blind
with nobody to love them ......  until they came to Rikki’s Refuge.
Now living in the 9th Life Center and two of the several doggies that go home every night with Lena, our dog whisperer.

It’s so sad.  Everyone ages.  It’s a normal part of life.  Should we lose the love of our families and no longer be wanted and cherished?  At Rikki’s Refuge we sure don’t think so!!  We think retirement years are a special time and no matter your species, you deserve special care and love.

It’s thanks to your kind and generous donations that we’re able to give love and happiness to almost 1,300 animals of 22 species.  No matter what it is that makes them “different”, we love them all.


It takes Tons and Tons
of food and other supplies to care for all the animals.  Read here all about all the supplies we go thru !!!!  It’s really quite stunning!  http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/2012/06/every-year-we-need.html

If you can help us out even a little bit, we’d very much appreciate it!!  Just click to feed a cat or dog or pig or goat today !!



Carolyn Friedrich Memorial
Our beloved friend Carolyn has passed away and will be very much missed by all the animals and humans of Rikki’s Refuge.  The family has asked for donations to Rikki’s Refuge in memory of Carolyn, a real animal, especially cat, lover.  Click on Carolyn to read her memorial.





Lots of things you can do
to help Rikki’s Refuge !!!
Many for FREE !!!
Click photos for more information!

Autograph Quilt Raffle  

If anyone locally has a business, and would like to host a 1/2 day fundraiser with the quilt and a bake sale, contact me Melissa at dogslife24@comcast.net.  ALSO if you’d like to sell tickets !!!!   Great to sell at work, school, clubs and more !!!!

Did you know that Rikki's collects MyCokeRewards?  Collect the codes from any Coke product (Coke, Sprite, Fanta, Nestea, Minute Maid, PowerAde, Mello Yello, Fresca, Seagram's, Mr. Pibb, Barq's, and Dasani Water), and e-mail them to Melissa at dogslife24@comcast.net.  She will turn them in to great items that Rikki's will use for fundraising!

Auction Items Needed - We’re gearing up for another auction - got items to send??  Rikki’s Refuge, 10910 Barr Ln, Raidan VA 22733 or email good quality photos if you’ll mail items to the winner.  HURRY!

Summit Recycling
Take your metal - any metal - to Summit Recycling and tell them it’s for Rikki’s.  They’ll say think you.  You’re helping the environment and earning money for the animals. 
 
Virtual Volunteers - got a little bit of spare time?  I need Virtual Volunteers.  Easy, no exercise involved, no poop-er scoop-er in, work from the comfort of your home or office.  Opie needs help keeping up with his one line work, posting and sharing information on social medias.  Let me know if you can help, Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

EBay Giving Works
Buying or Selling - see how you can benefit Rikki’s Refuge.

Amazon.com
Use this link and Amazon will donate to Rikki’s Refuge.

Kroger Kare Kards
Let your groceries earn donations, no cost to you.  It’s Kroger’s way of saying Thank You and costs you nothing.  Good at all Kroger affiliates.  

Good Search
 
You search the web, Rikki’s Refuge benefits, a penny for every search.

Buy It Now - Check out items in our store:  Rikki’s Marketplace on Facebook. This is where you can get things like Rikki's t-shirts, animal equipment like pill poppers and all kinds of good things.

2012 Cats vs Dogs :  -- extended thru the end of JUNE !!!!

Rikki’s Refuge Shirt and Stuff Shop

Horace the poetry writing dog
Next royalty check for Rikki's!

Helping Udders
Select Rikki’s Refuge when you check out and they receive a donation!

iGive
Your shopping at many different stores earns donations, no cost to you!


IsearchIgive
A penny for your .... searches !!!!   No cost to you !


Save A Pet Mall
Your shopping at many different stores earns donations, no cost to you!

Capital One Giving site
No admin fees, donate your bonus points, sign up for recurring donations, use with any credit or debit card or bank account.

Bark Magazine
Subscribe thru this link and 40% goes to Rikki’s Refuge.

DONATE, once, or set up recurring monthly donations!
Credit card, debit card, bank account, make a one time donation or set up recurring monthly donations so you know you’ll never forget to help out!

What other Freebies are out there?
If you know of any other sites that help charities, please tell me!!  Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org  Most of these listed above send a check every month!!



Thank you for your love and support. 
Together we ARE making a marvelous difference!!!

LOVE,
Opie and Timmy
June 5, 2012

PS: Please help us, we'll do anything to keep the Refuge Running. We need your continued support.

The Fine Print
Rikki's Refuge in Orange County, Virginia, is a 367-acre, no-kill, all species, peaceful sanctuary supported solely by donations from kind and loving individuals just like you!   We help farm animals, domestic animals, and wildlife.  Over 1250 individuals of 22 different species now reside at Rikki's Refuge.  Please continue to help us help the animals.  To learn more about Rikki's Refuge go to http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/, http://www.rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/, and http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge . 
We survive on donations from kind and loving people, just like you.  We live on a shoestring and make it on less than one dollar per day, per animal.  So if you can spare a couple of bucks to buy a few meals, please go to http://www.paypal.com/ and use our email address of mail@rikkisrefuge.org .  We do accept checks, money orders, cash and stuff, too!  Thanks for your support.  Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960
Your donations directly support the Critters of Rikki’s Refuge.  Rikki's Refuge is owned and operated by Life Unlimited of Virginia, Inc., an IRS 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Virginia Corporation. Federal Tax-ID 54-1911042. We hold membership in all Combined Federal Campaigns in Virginia #77674, Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign #3163, PetsMart Charities #1377, iGive, Benevolink, paypal.com (mail@rikkisrefuge.org), your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer Affairs. 

You tell me what you want!  Email me at Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org with instructions to change your subscription: additions, deletions or modifications! 
Subscriptions:  
Vincent’s VIPs - up to the second alerts about issues at Rikki’s Refuge for those who care and want to be intimately involved. Scheduled as needed.  
Good Morning Good News - a little something to get you going in the mornings, for those of you who want to keep smiling with us! Scheduled daily.  
Hairballs - so you know what’s coming up at Rikki’s! Scheduled weekly.
Learn more www.RikkisRefuge.org and help spread the good word, tell everyone you know about Rikki’s Refuge