Rikki's Refuge

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!! August 18, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!!

Click click click, happy dance, click, click, click

What am I doing? I'm working on winning $10,000 for Rikki's Refuge!!

You can too !!! Just click here http://bit.ly/bDLKJY and then
enter this
Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA (remember leave out the apostrophe in
Rikki's)

click search

click vote

and twirl in a happy dance as you identify your animals of the day

type it's name and click

and happy dance, happy dance, tell all your friends how to be happy!

Help Vincent win and YOU'll be happy too!

Hero Dog Runs for Help When Owner Collapses
Her legs may only be a few inches long, but Missy the dachshund proved
that she can run like the wind -- when she has to.

Her owner Charlie Burdon, who had recently had heart surgery, collapsed
inside his Oregon home last week. Missy, who was in the yard,
immediately sensed something was awry, ABC2 news in Baltimore, Md. reports.

Normally, the 11-year-old dachshund never leaves her yard unless Burdon
is with her. But this time, she sprinted across the street to the home
of neighbor Charles Mitchell, who was working outside.

Mitchell told Missy to head home, but the loyal pooch refused to budge.
Finally, he began following the little dog. "Missy was right in front of
me, letting me know something was wrong inside that house," Mitchell
told the Associated Press. When he arrived, he found Burdon and quickly
called the paramedics.

It turned out that Burdon had been overcome by a severe case of vertigo.
He's now doing fine -- thanks to Missy. "It's remarkable that you can
put your trust into your dog" says Burdon. More evidence that good
things come in small packages.

Have a wonderful day - see you tomorrow - stay with the happy dance all
day, keep smiling, you're my HERO!!

I love you,
Vincent

PS If you don't want your Daily Good New, just let me know! A couple of
you have said you only want Hairballs with out the Good News!! That's
ok! Just tell me. I'm here to make you happy, just tell me how! If
Good New don't make you happy - I could always start Bad News, but, as
you hoomans say, why reinvent the wheel - that's what you've got tv and
newspapers for !!!!!

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Have you Voted for Rikki's Today?

Vote Right Now! We can win $s if we have the most votes by August 22,
2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!

Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs

Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
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to REFLECTIONS

DONATE NOW save a life today
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.

Your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is
available upon written request from the State Office of Consumer
Affairs. All material in this e-mail is copyrighted and cannot be used
for any purpose other than to bring awareness of Rikki's Refuge and the
plight of unwanted animals to the public. Any monetary gain attributed
to this material must be donated to Rikki's.

Phone: 540-854-0870
Address: PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960
Member: paypal.com (mail@rikkisrefuge.org),
CFC 77674, CVC 3163, PetsMart Charities #1377
Web page: http://www.rikkisrefuge.org
E-mail: Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Hairballs and Happy Tails - Rikki's Refuge Newsletter a

RIKKI'S REFUGE - HAIRBALLS AND HAPPY TAILS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4654847890/
The newsletter of thanks from grateful animals to their beloved rescuers
brought to you by Vincent D. Cat

We are the happy animals of Rikki's Refuge who so thank you for giving
us the gift of our lives. 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.

ARE YOU VOTING EVERY DAY?
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA What animal did
you get today?

I'm a dog today. Uh Oh I think I'm gonna be in the dog house if I lose
this contest. So close and only 6 days to go - I was #1 for so long and
not them cocker spaniels are ahead of me. This just isn't fair. They
take care of 48 critters all of one breed of one species. I take care
of 1259 critters or any breed of 23 species. Look at their budget.
Thousands for every animal! WOW. And look at what my hoomans do! On
only $1 per day per animal my hard working hoomans are able to care for
us all. And lots of us have special needs that cost money!

That $10,000 prize isn't a drop in the bucket for us. It's lifesaving
for us!!

Please keep voting every day and please please round up some more
friends to vote too.

I NEED YOU ALL TO GATHER TOGETHER AND COMBINE FORCES!
We must win the Shelter Challenge. We've been #1 in the
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA and just a few days
ago a DOG rescue snuck up and over took us. We can run faster than
dogs. Vote Vote Vote - just click the link and enter the info about
Rikki's. We house 1259 critters of 23 different species. 659 cats, 43
dogs and pigs and horses and all kinds of domestic and farm animals.

Rikki's is the last chance for those of us nobody wants to live with cuz
we have medical problems or we're old or handicapped or hoomans consider
us socially unacceptable. Here we live in peace and happiness forever
and ever.

AND my hoomans work so hard begging for food and things and volunteering
they take care of us for only $1 per day per critter!!! So this $10,000
will allow us to save a lot of cats!!

Please help. Contest ends Aug 22, so it's only 6 days that I NEED YOU
to vote every day. Please tell all your friends too! Thank you, I love
you.

THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT HOME !!!!!
Bella's piggys are growing and the nursery is now just too small. It's
time to move back to Bella's digs at Piggy Paradise. There doesn't seem
to be much cooperation here. Last time the little boys went out they
were neutered ..... Now they don't believe it's only a trip to their
new bigger digs! http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901007255/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlKQzJng91c

One by one the babies go. SCREAMING all the way. A baby pigs only
defense is to scream until mommey comes and chases off the predator.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901007175/

They say if you get a baby pig and pick it up every day - in a year
you'll be very strong. And very deaf from all that high pitched screaming.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901007117/

No matter how hard Lena and James worked to convince Bella to come along
cooperatively she stood her ground and said, "Hell no I won't go!" So
the hoomans had to use their ingenuity.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901007083/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpzLDOnQybg

Oh look!!! Grass and bugs and num num num !!!! Lots of room to run and
play in here!!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901007021/

And here comes Mama Bella, squealing and grunting her protests!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901594798/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CHRFwIrEG8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpCRZE9ptMA

Petunia ran over to see what the squealing was all about and was so
happy to see her friend Bella! They exchanged notes on everything that
had been happening down at Piggy Paradise while Bella was away!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901594734/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPGxjJsdRbc

Just look at that smile on Petunia's face as Bella introduces her to the
kids. Can you honestly, for even one second, say pigs have no emotions?
Can you look into those eyes and see that smile and ever ever imagine
eating somebody like Petunia or Bella - even if you do call them bacon
or ham or chops or .....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901594624/

Oh Mommey Mommey, we love our new home!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901594540/

Bella was glad the good old scratching stump was still there. And she
taught the little ones how to give it a good scratching!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901006611/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIwCuD5RKSg

THANK YOU MARY AND CINDY FOR KEEPING MY BED CLEAN
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/3510103405
Cindy took our laundry to the mat for cleaning while we had no machine.
Mary bought and brought a new machine to us!!! I love my nice clean
fluffy bed!!! Purrrzzzzz You can come for a sleep over and I share
with you!

IF YOU WORK AT AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY IS THIS A VALID EXCUSE?
First day on the job and our new employee shows up late to feed ME!!!
Do you think this is a valid excuse?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4885551630/

SUNDAY WAS A FABULOUS OPEN HOUSE
It was really wonderful. It rained a tiny little bit at first and we
were scared maybe nobody would come to see us. We lined up and waited .....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901006551/

Nanny came running to greet folks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CDKJ7_AihY

The geese sang out their greetings.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901594356/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9ENadfb_yI

I gave kisses for five hours straight. Oh happy dance, I LOVE giving
kisses. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4897280013/

Look - I'm on TV!! Charlottesville 29!
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=12982779

http://www.nbc29.com/global/Category.asp?C=175568&clipId=5029183&autostart=true
Click on Prince the Little Pig's picture in the lower left and see the
video.

Prince is the little guy who was born so small and his mommey wouldn't
take care of him. Look at him now! My mommey and Mama Lena took care
of him like he was their very own baby!

Larry's vegetarian cook out nums for hoomans was really YUM! Every body
kept going for seconds and thirds.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901006443/ Even Nanny!

We drew the raffle for the boat winner.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901594236/
And Diane Rake of Woodbridge was the lucky winner.

Mom had a great new idea for "moving" cats!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901006305/

And it really worked. Ron, being half cat, is very curious. He just
couldn't resist dropping coins in the vending machine to see what he'd
get! http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901006259/
Dexter was the lucky guy who got to go home with Ron. Dexter joins not
only Ron, but several other Rikki's alumni.

And the Goodest New of all that day?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901594076/
Was seeing my brofur Angus reunited with his hooman Molly!! We all
cried!! Angus came three years ago when Molly who'd had him for years
could no longer care for him. Her life was in a bad way and she had no
where to turn. Nobody wanted Angus cus he had medical problems that
Molly had spent thousands and thousands of dollars on. Everybody said -
kill him off. She said NO. And so she found Rikki's and we welcomed
Angus into the 9th Life Center. Our wonderful docs helps us to get
Angus all fixed up and over the problems he'd had. And eventually he
became a round around kitty. He made lots of friends and was very happy
and healthy. But at night sometimes he'd talk about missing Molly. And
now she's worked hard and her life is going good and she came to visit
Angus! And better still, he was able to go home with her! I'm gonna
miss my brofur but what better story than to be reunited with the one
who's loved you all your life!

SO NOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING EXCITING I'VE BEEN UP TO!
Tell me what you've been doing! I love hearing from my HEROES, You can
write me any time Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org
Next tour is September 6th, Labor Day at noon - if you missed the Open
House, please come then. It's only one tour so you better be on time or
them hoomans will leave you behind!!! You'll get to kiss me before the
tour AND after the tour. Admission is two cans of cat food per person!
But it's ok if you're a really nice person and want to bring more!

FELINE FEEDING FRENZY!
Every day - twice a day - there's a Feline Feeding Frenzy at Rikki's
Refuge! With 659 kitties to feed it takes a lot of food! Thankfully we
were just given a whole truck full of dry food.

Many of our kitties are Special Needs Kids and many of those need canned
food to survive.

I've been offered a special deal to get ONE TON of canned cat food for
only $1,545.54. That's 2,000 pounds and that's ALMOST a month's of
canned food for the kitties!

Please toss a few bucks into the pot. We'll do the hard work. Loading
the truck. Unloading the truck. Opening the cans. Scraping out the
contents. Washing the dishes. And even scooping the litter box ......
Hey! I think you've got the easy end of this bargain!

http://rikkisrefuge.chipin.com/feline-feeding-frenzy

And if we collect more money than we need for canned kitty food, I'll
let mom use it to feed the other 22 species!!!!

Be sure to put a skip in your step and do the happy dance.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4885551440/ When hoomans ask
you what you're doing. Tell em thinking about the animals whose lives
Vincent will save when he wins $10,000 and then tell them to vote too!!!

See you next week, my HEROES!!!

Love,
Vincent
8/17/10

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 1200 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.

If you know others who'd enjoy reading about the exciting adventures at
Rikki's Refuge let me know and I'll be happy to include them. If you
are one of those strange humans who does not wish to laugh and cry with
us, simply reply with "REMOVE" and nothing but "REMOVE" in the subject
line.

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Have you Voted for Rikki's Today?

Vote Right Now! We can win $s if we have the most votes by August 22,
2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!

Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs

Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

Not a Rikki's Family Member? For only $45 you can join for a year and
receive your electronic subscription to HAIRBALLS and paper subscription
to REFLECTIONS

DONATE NOW save a life today
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.

Good Morning Good News August 17, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!!

Did you vote yet this morning ? If not hurry hurry, we're falling
behind and I need your help
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
What animal did you get?

That $10,000 prize isn't a drop in the bucket for us. It's lifesaving
for us!!

Please keep voting every day and please please round up some more
friends to vote too.

Great Big Good News mommey got a call yesterday - we have a pallet of
kitty food for you BUT you have to pick it up before 6pm or you can't
have it !!! Uh Oh the pick up place was almost 3 hours away and it was
1:30, and mommey would have to go thru the DC traffic too to get there!
Could she make it? And mommey had work she'd promised to do. And she
needed to take care of us. Most important she had evening insulin to
give to my diabetic brofurs. Now that schedule just can't be change.
You can't just randomly pick and chose what time to do that. 6 am and 6
pm no matter what. But if mommey left at 1:30 pm on a 3 hour trip and
she had to load the truck and them come home for 3 more hours - uh oh -
it'd be way too late for insulin. And Spotty and Buster and Mr. Wong
and Big Red would be in big trouble. No matter how bad we needed the
food mommey couldn't let them get sick. She frantically called and
e-mail volunteers. Nobody she could reach could do it. They couldn't
get off work in time. Poor Candy hurt her back and had a doctor's
appointment. Mommey was frantic - she knows how desperately we need the
food. Nanny said we could go in the goat cart but it would take us 74
days to get there. In summer time lots of hoomans go on vacation and
they have to spend their money so they can't give us the donations they
usually do. So the bank won't give mommey enough money to go buy a
truck full of cat food. So here, somebody giving it away, mommey had to
get it. And it had to be out of their place by 6 pm or that was it.
Not gone by 6 pm = No food. Valerie said she'd stay late at work and
give the insulin shots. Mommey jumped up and down and kissed her. And
then ran to her office and printed the directions, kissed me on the
head, LOCKED ME OUT OF THE OFFICE and then took off. You should tell
her that she should leave me with the puter when she goes out so I can
write to my friends!!

I'm so glad mommey came home all safe and sound with a whole truck full
of dry kitty food !!! Num Num Num. We're all happy now!!! And they
tossed in a few cases of canned doggy food too. Sorry rabbits and
piggies, You'll have to wait for Candy or Jane or Philip or Laura's truck!

More Good News! The open house was wonderful. It rained a tiny little
bit at first and then it was nice and no rain and not too hot. I gave
kisses for five hours straight. Oh happy dance, I LOVE giving kisses.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4897280013/

Look - I'm on TV!! Charlottesville 29!
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=12982779
(we're actually competing for $10,000, the entire contest pay out is
$100,000 and each state has a top winner at $10,000 - though we'd be
elated for a long time with $100,000)

http://www.nbc29.com/global/Category.asp?C=175568&clipId=5029183&autostart=true
Click on Prince the Little Pig's picture in the lower left and see the
video.

Prince is the little guy who was born so small and his mommey wouldn't
take care of him. Look at him now! My mommey and Mama Lena took care
of him like he was their very own baby!

Larry's vegetarian cook out nums for hoomans was really Good News!
Every body kept going for seconds and thirds.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4901006443/ Even Nanny!

You all keep voting now, OK?

I love you,
Vincent

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Have you Voted for Rikki's Today?

Vote Right Now! We can win $s if we have the most votes by August 22,
2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!

Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs

Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

Not a Rikki's Family Member? For only $45 you can join for a year and
receive your electronic subscription to HAIRBALLS and paper subscription
to REFLECTIONS

DONATE NOW save a life today
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!! August 15, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!!

Vote this morning
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
and this afternoon spend it at our Open House noon - 4 pm.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4783289456/
Oh Yippee Yippee, I'm a bear on a pic-a-nick ALL DAY today !!!! I get to
eat unlimited nums. And so do you! At our Open House today from noon-4
pm veggie cook out and nums! Just for you. Entertainment. Especially
like meeting ME !!!! Keep voting, we gotta get Number ONE back!! We
can't let them cockers win again, they already beat me twice!! HELP save
me from the cockers!!!

And by voting for Rikki's you are saving cockers too. We don't
discriminate. No species discrimination. No breed discrimination. We
love everybody. This is my friend Black Jack, he's a cocker spaniel who
spent his life as a breeder till he was old and blind and not wanted
anymore. Now he's in retirement and happy, thanks to ME !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4875842144/

Only 8 days to Vote Vote Vote !!! GO MY HEROES GO !!!!

Dennis a volunteer and outstanding teacher, who does a lot of work with
intellectually challenged high school age kids, including bringing them
to Riikki's once a week on a volunteer program that not only helps the
animals but also helps them learn job skills and responsibilities,
writes in: if anyone has access or friends who work at a school, the
computer labs have computers. Ours have about 30.

Stop in and visit, vote and get all the kids and faculty excited about
voting too!

Here's two really good news about feluk kitties!

This is an email mommey got yesterday about Jon the feluker in NY --
Thank you so much, Kerry, for your willingness to take Jon. We were
having difficulty finding a foster until we could get him to you.
However, at the last minute, a home on Long Island was found for him. He
is lucky to be alive and I will pick him up tomorrow and deliver him to
his new mommy. --- this is a lucky cat day !!!! Volunteer at NY shelter

And here's one I got from my friend Elsie.

Hi Vincent! Mommy gotted real good news! Remember that you said she
good bring little Johnny to come live with you guys? He's the little boy
she rescued from that awful tree and he ended up bein' positive for
feline leukemia. Well...the people that had been fosterin' him said
there's no way in the world they could give him ups! They wants to keep
him forevers and evers! Ain't that wonnerfuls!? But...mommy would still
like to come to your open house tomorrow. Is that okays? And, she wanted
me to ask you...what kinds of stuff can she bring that you guys might
need? Is there a particular kind of foods or supplies or cleanin' stuff?
She's gonna make a run to Petsmart and Walmart tomorrow before she comes
to visit and wants to make sure she gits you stuff you can use. Tomorrow
is my little brother Joey's 1st birthday...we is gonna celebrate by
bringin' Rikki's some stuff!!! Love you, Vincent!

And Jean sent even more good news!
Hi, Vincent. Here's my good news. I won a radio station contest on
Saturday and won 4 tickets to see the movie "Cats and Dogs: Revenge of
Kitty Galore". I used my pawsitive thinking to win that contest and
emailed my daily reminder to 40 friends to vote for Rikki's and for them
to use their pawsitive thinking to get Rikki's to win the Shelter
Challenge. I'd like you to star in the next Cats and Dogs movie,
Vincent. You'd have the most fans. Love from your biggest NJ fan, mean
jean the dancing machine and cat mom

You've seen me and my friend Ms. Virginia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7OkWFQpDeI
She really knows how to treat a cat right!

And guess what!! She WON the NATIONALS! And now she's Ms. East Coast
USA !!! Congratulations to a lovely lady who's not only pretty on the
outside but stunning on the inside as she uses her fame to spread the
word about helping animals! I'm so proud that Autumn-Skye is my friend!

So I've been doing lots of happy dancing !!!!! I love saving lives.
And I love seeing my friends happy! All my friends are winners and the
bestest friends in the whole wide world.

Here's a little ditty you can sing all day!

Awesome Pawsome Vincent loves ME !!! Vote Vote Vote!!

Be sure to put a skip in your step and do the happy dance. When hoomans
ask you what you're doing. Tell em thinking about the animals whose
lives Vincent will save when he wins $10,000 and then tell them to vote
too!!!

I love you and I'm really hoping to see you at the open house this
afternoon!
See you in a couple hours! I've got to get my nails done so I don't
impress you too much!
Love,
Vincent

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Have you Voted for Rikki's Today?

Vote Right Now! We can win $s if we have the most votes by August 22,
2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!

Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs

Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

Not a Rikki's Family Member? For only $45 you can join for a year and
receive your electronic subscription to HAIRBALLS and paper subscription
to REFLECTIONS

DONATE NOW save a life today
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!! August 14, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!!

I've failed. I feel soo bad. I've failed to keep the lead in Virginia.
Those cocker spaniel's got ahead of me again. They seem to do this on
weekend. I guess my mind goes somewhere else and I don't remind you to
vote and wham ... I'm a looser.

Please vote now!

Did you vote yet?
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

Please help us get back to the #1 slot. Only 9 days of voting left to
go !!! Please we gotta win! Think of the lives waiting to be saved
with the $10,000 we'll win!! Please vote every day and get every body to.

I also feel like I failed my bestest black friends yesterday. it was
Black Cat day and didn't get my paws on a puter all day. Mom had the
cash from the Bake Sale (yippee Katarina) in her office so she locked
the door and locked ME out when she went to the vet.

Then she comes rushing back in and grabs the puter - MY purter - and
runs off for an appointment with the accountant. Bad lady. She never
done bringed it back all day !!! That's not very nice and it left me
with nothing to do but sniff catnip and roll in the grass and eat Fancy
Feast.

So it's really all the hooman's fault !!!
Well that makes ME feel better!! Happy Dance
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4885551440/
Happy Dance, YOU may have a puter to blame it on! I've for a HOOMAN to
blame it on!!!!

Mom had to go over papers at the accountants and sign things. When she
put the date 8/13 on things the accountant said, oh Bad Luck Day, you
can sign yesterday or tomorrow's day if you prefer. Mom said NO WAY!!!
Friday the 13th is Lucky Black Cat Day and Black Cats are GOOD
luck!!!! When she came home, Shadow jumped up on her and rubbed her face!

This is my friend Leo and what he does when him mommey tries to take
away nums he found!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qOIOtSuVW4
Isn't he cute???

Ken shares a voting secret: One Saturday Gina and I were at a mall that
had an Apple store. I don't know if you have ever been in one of these
(no, I haven't Ken, some kind if discrimination) but they let you go in
and play on all the stuff they are trying to sell you. Gina and I went
to every computer, laptop, ipad and iphone. We were able to vote once
from each machine. We got in around 35 votes in an hour. Tell folks
going to malls this weekend, while you don't have to hit ALL of them, if
you are in a mall with one of these stores I am sure it wouldn't take
too long to do 10 or so. If ten people do that bam...100 votes. That
should help. Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday.

Hmmm Ken's on to something. Wonder if I can hook up the goat cart
tonight and go break into a puter store!!! You don't think they'd miss
just one, just one little one, if I took it home too do you?

Don't forget tomorrow Sunday August 15th Noon - 4 pm
Open house - come on out, meet me, feed me, pat me and let me snuggle
you and purr in your ear. While you're waiting in line to meet me you
can visit the other animals, take a tour, be entertained by the Greg
Allen band. And Larry will be cooking wonderful (if you don't care for
mice) stuff. Remember - the most important part of all - admission is
two cans of cat food per person. Or be really nice and bring two cases!!!

From my friend Joanne:
I am an animal rescuer.
I will never bring about world peace. I will not save the rain forest.
I'm not a brain surgeon, and I'll never transplant an organ to save a life.
I don't have the ear of a powerful politician or world power.
I can't end world hunger.
I'm not a celebrity, and God knows I'm not glamorous!
I'm not looked up to by millions around the world. Very few people even
recognize my name.
I'll never win the Nobel Prize.
I'll never end global warming.
There are a lot of things that I'll never do or become.
But today I placed a dog!
It was a small, scared, bundle of flesh and bones that was dropped off
in a shelter by unfeeling people who didn't care what happened to it but
yet who were responsible for it even having existence in the first place.
I found it a home.
It now has contentment and an abundance of love. A warm place to sleep
and plenty to eat.
A child has a warm fuzzy new friend who will give them unquestioning
devotion and teach them about responsibility and love.
A wife and mother has a new spirit to nurture and care for. A husband
and father has a companion to sit at his feet at the end of a hard day
of work and help him relax and enjoy life. And a sense of security that,
when he is gone all day at work, there is a protector and a guardian in
his home to keep watch over his family.
No, I'm not a rocket scientist but today I saved one of God's precious
creatures.
Today, I made a difference!
I Am An Animal Rescuer.
My job is to assist God's creatures. I was born with the need to fulfill
their needs.
I take in new family members without plan, thought or selection. I have
bought dog food with my last dime. I have patted a mangy head with a
bare hand. I have hugged someone vicious and afraid. I have fallen in
love a thousand times, and I have cried into the fur of a lifeless body.
I have Animal Friends and friends who have Animal Friends.
I don't often use the word "pet." I notice those lost at the road side,
and my heart aches.
I will hand raise a field mouse and make friends with a vulture. I know
of no creature unworthy of my time.
I want to live forever if there aren't animals in Heaven, but I believe
there are!
Why would God make something so perfect and leave it behind?
We may be master of the animals, but the animals have mastered themselves:
Something people still haven't learned.
War and abuse make me hurt for the world, but a rescue that makes the
news gives me hope for humankind.
We are a quiet but determined army and making a difference every day.
There is nothing more necessary than warming an orphan. Nothing more
rewarding than saving a life. No higher recognition than watching them
thrive. There is no greater joy than seeing a baby play who, only days
ago, was too weak to eat.
I am an Animal Rescuer.
My work is never done. My home is never quiet. My wallet is always
empty, but my heart is always full.
In the game of life, I have already won! ~ Annette Kincker ~

All YOU Animal Rescuers are HEROES !!!!
I love you ALL, Hope to see you tomorrow so I can purr my love and
gratitude in your ear!
Vincent

PS Keep on voting !!!! YOU and ME is WINNERS !!!!!
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!! August 12, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!!

Did you vote yet?
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
Word is really getting around about Rikki's!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4885551188/

Only 11 more days and if you can keep voting and keep us in the lead
it's gonna be REAL GOOD NEWS !!!!!!

Don't forget Sunday August 15th Noon - 4 pm
Open house - come on out, meet me, feed me, pat me and let me snuggle
you and purr in your ear. While you're waiting in line to meet me you
can visit the other animals, take a tour, be entertained by Greg Allen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oYbgEh_T2U
on guitar and Buster Braxton on percussion play eclectoplasmacoustic
folk'n rock

Remember you gotta bring me two cans of cat food,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4884950299/
but it's ok if you really love me and my friends and bring more, we rely
on donations for everything. And let up to mom, it can be pretty dismal
around here sometimes!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4885551796/

AND we'll feed YOU!!!! World famous chef Larry Ramsey will be on the
grill with wonderful vegetarian delights!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4561146401/

Big thank you to the volunteers who helped at the car wash in Culpeper
on Sunday! Cindy, Grace, Toni, Kimberlie, Erin, Micalia, Brie, Victor,
Andy, and Katarina all took turns waving down cars and scrubbing them up
for Rikki's. They made over $100 to help feed that animals. Good job
everyone!

Shout out to the Teens C.A.R.E Program. They have come out every
Thursday this summer and have worked worked worked! Thank you for all
the work you do!! And it's been HOT HOT HOT but they keep right on
going!!!

And thank you Katarina for leading the Teens C.A.R.E. Program and being
right there working with them!!

Bev shares some Good News: As I was tending to the animals this morning
prior to getting ready for work I spotted a deer. Well, actually, the
dogs spotted the deer. I see quite a few deer in my area and on our
family property, but this one was different. As the dos and I looked in
the direction of the deer, the deer stood there looking at us. Such a
beautiful animal. I wish I had a picture to attach, but couldn't get to
the camera. I'll call her a "she". She was approximately 20-30 feet
from me eating leaves from a tree. She gradually moved to the grape
vines, stood still, looked at me for a few seconds... I said "you can
eat my grapes"... she turned back and started eating from the vine. She
looked back at me a few times while feasting from the grapevine. She
looked at me once more and trotted off happily towards the woods. The
dogs were so quiet after I stood still and told the deer she could eat
the grapes. They stayed quiet for awhile after our unexpected visitor
left. Such a nice way to start a day. Guess we all were happy she
stopped by. By the way, I don't know if she ate the grapes or the
leaves or both. Whatever she feasted on made her happy.

Some Jokes from Walker, an alumni of Rikki's
# FOR ANGUS -- Is it bad luck if a black cat follows you? That depends
on whether you're a man or a mouse.
# FOR VINCENT -- How does the cat get its own way? With friendly
purrsuasion.
# Why did the judge dismiss the entire jury made up of cats? Because
each of them was guilty of purrjury.
# Why don't cats play poker in the jungle? Too many cheetahs.
# What is a cat's way of keeping law & order? Claw Enforcement.
# One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat
has only nine lives. --Mark Twain.

Walker, here's a picture to pass on to your brother Gatto Noir
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4885551478/

First day on the job and our new employee shows up late to feed ME!!!
Do you think this is a valid excuse?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4885551630/

Remember to send me YOUR good news!!

Until tomorrow! http://www.dogwork.com/feeling/

Remember! It only takes a small act to be somebody's hero.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4885552096/
Who's HERO will YOU be today?

All my purrrzzz and love,
Vincent

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!! August 11, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!!

Oh I'm sorry, I'm late today!! I've been watching my milty blanket go
round and round!! Mary brought us a new washing machine this morning
and mommey said my bed HAD to get washed! Thank you Mary! I don't mind
the feet prints and fur but mommey does!

Thank you Cindy for taking all the laundry to the mat this weekend so
the hospital folks got clean hammocks and all the other doggies and
kitties got nice clean things!!

Candy came to play with me this morning!!! And brought a whole truck
full of donations from Maryland SPCA. They're friends of ours and we
help each other out. She also brought things for the yard sale. Did
you know they're having a big yard sale here on Sunday along with the
Open House.

UH OH did you vote yet?
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
Quick like a bunny - let me go vote!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4783289456/
I'm a bear and I'm going on a pick a nick! Wow I am hungry! It is way
past lunch time isn't it? MOM?? MOM?? Where's my LUNCH?

Mommey and Mary have been going over all the things that happened while
mommey was gone! Mommey says Mary did a really god job taking care of
the office. She says Lena did a really good job taking care of us.
Mommey says nobody needs her anymore! But I need Mommey, so she's gonna
have to stay!

I'll get a picture tomorrow of the wonderful mural Rene painted on the
new quarantine building - it's really cool and mommey really likes it!
Rene's paintings makes it look so nice and happy and cheery here!! And
she's a good carpenter too!

You DO have Sunday on your calendar for the Open House and 12th Birthday
Party and Yard Sale and all kinds of fun and excitement, don't you?
It's noon - 4 pm. Please be here! I want to nuzzle your ear!
Remember, admission is two cans of cat food per person!

Mary Anne shares: This is wonderful. I have some "terrific" news of my
own; my little terrier, that I adopted from the Orange County Shelter 17
years ago is doing fine - YES, I said 17 years ago. I was working at
Mary Washington College (called at that time) and I "raced" to the
shelter, before they closed, to pick him up. He had been brought in the
night before (fortunately had only one night to spend there). He
continues to be a blessing to us and to be a mentor to our other dog,
Winston, and our four inside cats. We also have feral kitties. Thank
you for the work that you do!!

Meet the New Puppy
I have to give you a warning before you watch this. It has a couple PG
words in it. I try to only share G rated things. This is mild PG and
some of my friends previewed it and said it was worth sharing! So if a
couple PG words offend you, please skip it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKS_hRH4ots

You know what's really great? So many people are caring about us
critters these days. We're getting so much more press these days.
People are spreading the word and helping to save us! I love this new
series!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZJdkPtA5M8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5vOy4GrIvA&NR=1

And do you know why the world is getting to be a better and better place
for us animals every day? It's cuz of people like you. People who say
YES you're important enough to vote for every day - ONLY 12 MORE DAYS -
YES I'll donate money so you can eat - YES I'll volunteer to clean your
litter box - YES I'll support animal groups. YES I vote for LIFE !!!!

Thank you my Heroes!!

I love you very very much,
Vincent

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!! August 10, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!!

We are running nose to nose in the Shelter Challenge with a cocker
spaniel rescue. We're still in the lead today - gotta keep up the
voting - only 13 days to go.

Can you imagine? One breed, one species! How could they even be
close?? And here we are all breeds, all species. NO discrimination at
Rikki's! Never!!!

AND NOW ... A DEFECTOR HAS CROSSED THE LINES AND JOINED OUR SIDE!!!
Black Jack is a 13-year-old male cocker spaniel. When he was turned into
the pound he was not neutered (he is now). The lady who turned him in
owned a pet shop and you know what his job was. Bad hooman. He is deaf
AND blind and no good for making puppies any more. However, he's gets
around foster mom Kathy's house quite well. He loves to eat. And he's
even housebroken, unlike his girlfriend who came with him, a
13-year-old King Charles Cavelier Spaniel who's also blind and who's
pottying in the house. But after all they've been thru, Kathy will
continue to love them and give them a home forever and ever no matter
what!!!

So now voting for Rikki's is voting to save Black Jack the Cocker
Spaniel too !!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4875842144/
So if you haven't voted yet today! http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis
Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

BIRTHDAY BASH AND OPEN HOUSE - SUNDAY August 15, noon to 4 pm
Fun and food and tours and best of all, come play with me!!!! I'll be
there greeting everybody !!!! I give good ear kisses, nuzzles and
purrzzzz. The gates will open at 11:30 and the first tour will take off
at 12:30. Tours all day, fun, games, kidz corner, entertainment, so
much to do. Bring the kidz, bring the family, bring the neighborhood -
but you have to be voting for me every day if you're coming!!!
Admission is two cans of cat food per person - we love our generous
friends who bring more!!!!

DID YOU SEE US IN THE PAPER?
Big THANK YOU to the Orange County Review for the August 5th, 2010
article: Rikki's Refuge wins cash prize - everybody in town is
talking Rikki's!! Let's just hope they're voting too!!

RICK AND SARAH WRITE IN
Here's hoping the 12th Anniversary bash is the best party ever.
Now that our spay/neuter clinic duties are over, we hope to be able to
make it on the 15th.
http://network.bestfriends.org/golocal/virginia/15776/news.aspx

WALKER'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR A LAUGH!
What cat purrs more than any other ?
Purrsians !

What do you call a happy Lassie ?
A jolly collie !

When you catch your dog eating a dictionary, what should you do?
Take the words right out of his mouth.

Why is it called a "litter" of puppies ?
Because they mess up the whole house !

A WORD FOR THE WISE !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3MtEEWJGss

JOHN SENDS IN THE QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire."
-Ferdinand Foch

IS IT HEAVEN?
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the
scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He
remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for
years. He wondered where the road was leading them.

After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of
the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it
was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. When he was
standing before it, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked
like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like
pure gold.

He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a
man at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out,
'Excuse me, where are we?' 'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.
'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked. 'Of course,
sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up.' The
man gestured, and the gate began to open. 'Can my friend,' gesturing
toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveller asked. 'I'm sorry, sir,
but we don't accept pets.'

The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and
continued the way he had been going with his dog. After another long
walk, and at the top of anoth er long hill, he came to a dirt road
leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed.
There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside,
leaning against a tree and reading a book....

'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?' 'Yeah,
sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.' 'How about my friend
here?' the traveller gestured to the dog. 'There should be a bowl by
the pump,' said the man. They went through the gate, and sure enough,
there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The
traveller filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he
gave some to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked back
toward the man who was standing by the tree.

'What do you call this place?' the traveller asked. 'This is Heaven,'
he answered. 'Well, that's confusing,' the traveller said. 'The man
down the road said that was Heaven, too.' 'Oh, you mean the place with
the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.'

'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?' 'No,
we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their
best friends behind.'

I LOVE YOU, MY HERO,
and I know you won't let me get behind! Keep voting, make sure the
friends are voting. Only 13 more days!
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
For me and my friends like Black Jack!
Vincent

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Monday, August 09, 2010

Hairballs and Happy Tails - Rikki's Refuge Newsletter a

Uh Oh, it's been a long time since I talked to most of you. If you
don't get "Good Morning, Good News" and if you'd like my quick morning
updates and a bit of happy news or nonsense to start your day with just
let me know. I'll be happy to send you Good Morning, Good News !!!!
Bright and early every morning. Well ... every morning. Well ... as
soon as I can snatch mommey's 'puter away!!! Lots of my friends like to
start the day with a smile!!! I do too !! It makes me happier all day.
If you want "Good Morning, Good News" just send me an email and let me
know, Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org

SHELTER CHALLENGE CONTEST
GO GO GO !!!! We're headed for the goal line!!! Only 13 days to go and
we're in the lead !!!!
Yeah Team !!!!!

You moved us up in the Nation!!

We're now #6 in the Nation.

Leading Virginia #1 by a wider and wider gap.

GO GO GO !!!! VOTE VOTE VOTE !!!

Click here to vote: http://bit.ly/bDLKJY and if it doesn't come up
automagically theses are the keys you need to find me! Rikkis Refuge,
Orange, VA, USA

Please vote every day for the next 13 days so we can win big bucks to
save more animals. If you need help just ask me and I'll walk you thru it!

The shelter that logs the most votes of everybody all across the nation
each week wins $1,000. Rikki's Refuge had the most votes in the nation
during week 11 !!! That meant $1,000 to save lives !!!! Do you know what
$1,000 does? It can feed 4,000 meals cuz my volunteers work so hard to
get wonderful discounts - 4,000 !!!

We are running nose to nose in the Shelter Challenge with a cocker
spaniel rescue. They even got ahead of us for a few days. Can you
imagine? One breed, one species! How could they?? And here we are all
breeds, all species. NO discrimination at Rikki's! Never!!!

AND NOW ... A DEFECTOR HAS CROSSED THE LINES AND JOINED OUR SIDE!!!
Black Jack is a 13-year-old male cocker spaniel. When he was turned into
the pound he was not neutered (he is now). The lady who turned him in
owned a pet shop and you know what his job was. Bad hooman. He is deaf
AND blind and no good for making puppies any more. However, he's gets
around foster mom Kathy's house quite well. He loves to eat. And he's
even housebroken, unlike his girlfriend who came with him, a
13-year-old King Charles Cavelier Spaniel who's also blind and who's
pottying in the house. But after all they've been trhu, Kathy will
continue to love them and give them a home forever and ever!!!

I'VE GOT SOME OTHER UPCOMING FUN!!
Rainbow, my friend who once "worked" in a puppy mill before getting
rescued has a great new show called Rainbow's Rescue Romp. Rainbow's
back was badly injured from laying in a cage and giving birth over and
over and over until she was rescued. Now she works educating people
about puppy mills, differently abled animals, and adoption.

AND she's invited me to be on her show on WOW !!!! This is a really
exciting day !!!!! Rainbow has invited me to be on his show on August
26th !!!!! Get signed up now and you can watch Rainbow's show last
Thursday with my friend Indigo who's a pitty with paralyzed hind legs !!!!
http://www.stickam.com/rainbowddrtx

Who'd like to sponsor the show I'm going to be on? Ten cases of Fancy
Feast or $100 for mom to convert ! Unless she thinks there's more
important things to do with $100. Leave it to her to think of something
like buying us shots. I'll send half the sponsorship to Rainbow's
rescue - Diamond Dachshund.

Let me know asap so we can advertise your name, business name or product
!!!

WRIR RADIO SHOW
My dear friend and lover of guinea pigs, Rebecca Farris, has invited us
to be back on her radio show Indymedia Live at 12:30 pm August 31st WRIR
97.3 fm Richmond. It's a Get Involved show with guests who are
passionately involved in the issues and causes that directly affect all
of us !!!!
http://wrir.org/index.php?/shows/program/richmond_indymedia_live/
Check http://indymedialive.blogspot.com/ for our broadcast if you're out
of the area!!!

LENA'S FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY
Was a lot of fun. She was very excited by all the presents and praise!
Thank you all for sending gifts and making it so wonderful for her.
She's been a really good mommey for us all for more than five years now.

GOLF TOURNAMENT
On July 16th was a fabulous success! Thank you to Donna Edwards who was
the Chairperson and organized the event and all the fun of the day.
Thank you to Tom Sabol who did a fabulous job rounding up most of the
players. Thank you to Deloris Quick who coordinated all the volunteers
for the day. Thank you to Candy Erhard who begged for door prizes and
goodies and coordinated other volunteers working on prizes. And a great
big huge thank you to all the volunteers who cam out and helped, before
and during the event!

YOU STILL HAVE A FEW DAYS TO OWN A BOAT FOR ONLY $1
Yeah!! You heard me right!! At Rikki's Refuge $1 could buy you a
boat!!!

The boat is a 14 foot aluminum hull Somkercraft 1998. The trailer is a
one axel 1997 Sealion.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4699078005/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4699708218/

For $1 you could be driving this boat away after the Open House on
August 15th !!! This could be the luckiest $1 you spend all summer !!!

$1 buys you one ticket. $5 buys you 6 tickets!!!! Splurge - it's all
to feed the animals !!!

Send checks clearly marked for the raffle to Rikki's Refuge, PO Box
1357, Orange VA 22960 or buy your tickets at the Open House on August
15th, Sunday. We'll have the drawing at the end of the Open House!!!!

SNICKERS, TRAV and LENA
Trav discovered Snicker's loft! Uh Oh what's going to happen when
Snickers discovers that Trav discovered her loft?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4732935058/

Snickers sees Lena coming with claw clippers and heads for the safety of
her loft.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4732935022/

Only to find Trav! Hssssss. That stopped her long enough for Lena to
catch her.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4732934990/
Snip Snip there goes the tips of those sharp claws. Trav's been
promoted to medical assistant !!!!!

KRYS LOCKE IS A GREAT HOOMAN!
Lover of us critters! Strong lady who made a difference in the world.
One we can all be proud of and model our lives after! She's visiting
our friends on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge now (I just found
out that's why I haven't had any emails from her lately). Long live
your Spirit and your Soul, Krys !! Read her remarkable story:
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2010/072010/07062010/559880

EVERY APPOINTMENT AT THE SPEUTER CLINIC IS GOOD NEWS !!!!!
San Antonio Friends! ADL still has $10 appointments available in their
August 20th 'Spay A Stray, Fix A Feral' spay/neuter clinic at the Animal
Defense League. You can make appointments or get further information by
calling Angela at 655-1481 Ext. 104. They are also doing neighborhood
strays for the $10 price including an ear tip and rabies shot.

It's no Joke!
Who wants to run round broke?
Don't make Litters!
Fix your Critters!
If you ain't been fixed - get in line!
A little snip 'll make you feel just fine!
You'll be Cuter
when you've been Speuter- ed!

I'm speutered and proud of it!

AND I HAVE THE HAPPIEST NEWS OF ALL !!!!
Mom's home and she's not got eated by no sharks !!!! Iz so gladz. They
sailed and sailed and sailed all night and all day and all night and all
day! They went diving and playing with the fishes! I'm glad mommey is
all safe from sharkeys now!

This is my favorite picture mommey took. She saw lots of sea turtles
this year. Not many sharks. But lots of turtles. What a cool relaxed
turtle !!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQm_EaZf8_I

I think I'd like to meet a sea turtle if I didn't have to get wet to do
it !!!

I'm Vincent the Cat !
I'm a Cat wearing a Hat !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4868897988/
My Friend is Sam !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4868898056/
His Name is Sam Iam !
In my Life he's a Light and a Spark !
...That's why he made me a Hat with a Shark !
Thank you Sam !!!! I think it's cool!!! Now I'm gonna go chase mommey
around !!!!!

Join us on Good Morning, Good News or on Facebook for more rhymes and
fun!! It's a Happy World where the rescued and the differently abled
play and spread the Good Word !!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000443110622
and
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vincent-D-Cat/370191432578?v=photos&ref=ts#!/pages/Vincent-D-Cat/370191432578?ref=ts

HERE'S OUR FAMILY PORTRAIT
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4742787941/
Dad and Mom and me!

YOU CAN HAVE A BRAND NEW WASHING MACHINE TODAY WITH OUT FEELING GUILTY!!!!
Have you been dreaming of that nice new washing machine you saw? But
you just can't bring yourself to getting rid of the one you have cuz
it's still working? I mean wasting something is wrong, right? If you
have something that works, you can't just go get a nice new shiny one
and replace it. So you're waiting until it breaks down and you NEED a
new one? Well, have I got the opportunity for YOU!

My kitty bed is dirty. All our kitty beds are dirty. Do you think this
bothers me? Any of US? Being a hooman you might think it does BUT
you're wrong !!!! It's you hoomans who worry about feet print and fur
on our beds!!!! But Lena is upset cuz our washing machine quit working.
And I don't like to see Lena upset.

I NEED your old washing machine!!! So now you can have the new one!!!!!
Isn't that wonderful? So stop dreaming, load that old machine in your
truck (or call 540-854-0870 x1 and leave Lena or Mary a message that you
need a volunteer with a truck - Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Stafford,
Culpeper a definite, Charlottesville, Richmond, Northern Virginia's a
maybe) and DONATE that old machine for a TAX WRITE OFF and then you will
have no guilt feelings about going out and buying the machine of your
dreams!!!!

NOW YOU DID VOTE, RIGHT?
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
Remember - every day - and get one more friend voting each day - only 13
days left - you can do it and we can WIN BIG !!! Save a life, make that
commitment to vote daily thru Aug 22.

SEE YOU IN A FEW DAYS
I've got so much to tell you and don't want to make this too awfully
long so I'll get back to you real soon with more news! Hopefully before
Sunday, but if not - please come to the Open House!

Love,
Vincent
8/10/10

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Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
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to REFLECTIONS

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RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.

Good Morning Good News !!!! August 9, 2010

GO GO GO !!!! We're headed for the goal line!!! Only 14 days to go and
we're in the lead !!!!
Yeah Team !!!!!

Go Hokies Go !!!!!! Keep voting for Vincent !!!!!

You moved us up in the Nation!!

We're now #6 in the Nation.

Leading Virginia #1 by a wider and wider gap.

GO GO GO !!!! VOTE VOTE VOTE !!!

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I'm a pig today !!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4696214230/

Happy Dance !!! Happy Dance !!! Happy Dance !!! Happy Dance !!!
I get to eat Fancy Feast all day long !!!!
Come and share with me !!!!

Uh Oh here they come ....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/191814550
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4738554924
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/213992128
I'm not gonna get a single bite .......

YOU I'm not worried about !!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/194825674

Num Num Num Num Num
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5KuG0gMMf8&feature=player_embedded

Just in case any of you have any questions about WHO rules this planet?
http://uk.video.yahoo.com/watch/6859557/17840893

GREAT PHOTOS!!!
Robbie Lopez Richmond Photography Meetup Group visit to Rikki's ( and we
brought food too! )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ebola8mystinkymonkey/sets/72157624450821283/
http://www.meetup.com/richmondphotography/photos/999186/

You can meet everybody up close and purrsonal on SUNDAY August 15th
Birthday Celebration Open House
Rikki's is 12 years old !!!!!
Noon - 4 pm with lots of fun and entertainment, tours every half hour
(starting at 12:30).
BE THERE !!!!
Admission is two (or more if you're really nice) cans of cat food!!!!

Subject: An Old German Shepherd
One day an old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits and before long,
discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a panther heading
rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.

The old German Shepherd thinks, 'Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!'
Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down
to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the
panther is about to leap, the old German Shepherd exclaims loudly, 'Boy,
that was one delicious panther! I wonder, if there are any more around
here?'

Hearing this, the young panther halts his attack in mid-strike, a look
of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. 'Whew!' says
the panther, 'That was close! That old German Shepherd nearly had me!'

Meanwhile, a squirrel who had been watching the whole scene from a
nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it
for protection from the panther. So, off he goes.

The squirrel soon catches up with the panther, spills the beans and
strikes a deal for himself with the panther.

The young panther is furious at being made a fool of and says, 'Here,
squirrel, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that
conniving canine!

Now, the old German Shepherd sees the panther coming with the squirrel
on his back and thinks, 'What am I going to do now?', but instead of
running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he
hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the
old German Shepherd says... 'Where's that squirrel? I sent him off
an hour ago to bring me another panther!

Moral of this story ... Don't mess with the old dogs... Age and skill
will always overcome youth and treachery! BS and brilliance only
come with age and experience.

DRAWING SUNDAY AUG 15th - OWN YOUR VERY OWN BOAT AND TRAILER FOR ONLY $1
Yeah!! You heard me right!! At Rikki's Refuge $1 could buy you a boat!!!

The boat is a 14 foot aluminum hull Smoker Craft 1998. The trailer is a
one axel 1997 Sealion.

For $1 you could be driving this boat away after the Open House on
August 15th !!! This could be the luckiest $1 you spend all summer!!!
$1 buys you one ticket; $5 buys six tickets. Splurge - it's all to feed
the animals !!!

Please mail your checks to Rikki's Refuge, P.O. Box 1357, Orange, VA
22960, clearly marked for the boat raffle. Or buy your tickets at the
Open House, August 15th noon - 4 pm.

Keep spreading the word - tell EVERYBODY to Vote Vote Vote !!!!
New fans are turning up everywhere!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4874916757/

Get one new voting fan every day for 14 days!
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

Go HEROES Go !!!!!!

YOU're the BESTEST!!! I love YOU,
Vincent

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2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!

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Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

Not a Rikki's Family Member? For only $45 you can join for a year and
receive your electronic subscription to HAIRBALLS and paper subscription
to REFLECTIONS

DONATE NOW save a life today
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.

Sunday, August 08, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!! August 8, 2010

Good Morning Good News !!!!

We are going somewhere!!!!
And that is straight to the finish line !!!!
15 voting days left!!!

Make your voice heard!
Let the world know that YOU think WE make a difference !!!

Cast your vote!
http://bit.ly/bDLKJY Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA

I'm a Zebra today!! What are you?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4695579481/

Taco and me's getting ready for the CAR WASH!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4871806422/
We've loaded up the ladders so we can reach the top of your car, truck,
suv, bike, 4 wheeler, mower - you name it - you drive it in - we wash it
!!!!!

Stop in TODAY and get your CAR WASHED to benefit Rikki's Refuge
Today - Sunday - August 8th - noon till 5 pm
at Culpeper Animal Hospital (that's our Doc!)
441 Aspen Street, Culpeper, VA 22701
http://www.culpepervet.com/915538.html
see our web site for details www.RikkisRefuge.org

You DRIVE it in ... we WASH it
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4871195861/

Our cute volunteers are on the way right now to WASH YOUR CAR
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4871195795/

No matter how BIG it is - we'll wash till you're happy!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4871195769/

Hmmm .... better put that top up!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4871806138/

Exotics welcome ....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4871806080/

Hooman not home? Grab the keys and come on out.......
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4871195585/

Debris been sticking to your roof ..... we'll hose it off !!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4871805970/

Size is not an issue - we wash them all !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4871805938/

No species discrimination!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4871195413/

Remember NO DRINKING and DRIVING
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4871192381/

When the last car's washed ....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/4871802470/

The Volunteers are invited to party's in my cat house
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rikkis_refuge/2390184098

Culpeper Animal Hospital - Benefit Car Wash TODAY !!!
It's the best place to be!!!

Take it from me! Today we wash your car! But Monday thru Saturday Dr
Vargas is the best place to go if your tummy hurts or you're coughing.
She keeps ME in tip top shape! What better testimony is there than that
!!!!

I know my many friends support many shelters, rescues, sanctuaries -
each and everyone of us is very very important. We can't do it all.
Nobody can. We need to work together. If your shelter is not in the lead
in your state, would you ask your supporters to vote for us this time
around please? We're so close to winning, we just need to hold out 15
more days. Sign up just one new voter today. Together we are going to
win this and we are going to change the world !!!!

I love YOU,
Vincent

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Have you Voted for Rikki's Today?

Vote Right Now! We can win $s if we have the most votes by August 22,
2010 - you can vote everyday - it's FREE - get everybody you know voting!!!

Rikkis Refuge, Orange, VA, USA
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs

Vincent D. Cat, Official Spokes Cat of Rikki's Refuge

JOIN THE RIKKI'S FAMILY
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

Not a Rikki's Family Member? For only $45 you can join for a year and
receive your electronic subscription to HAIRBALLS and paper subscription
to REFLECTIONS

DONATE NOW save a life today
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php

RIKKI'S REFUGE a 367 acre, no-kill, all species peaceful sanctuary
supported solely by donations of kind and loving individuals, just like
you.