Oh what a glorious day we had yesterday !!!
Not cuz da weather hooman made it a really cool day ....
But cuz Jill Deming came to visit us !!!!
She came specially to see BeeBee our nice old lady donkey. BeeBee and her husband Bub are both very
very old. They are way the oldest
aminals at Rikki’s ... cept for maybe
some of the really ancient hoomans, like mom.
BeeBee and Bub came to Rikki’s Refuge last year when their hooman mom
went to Rainbow Bridge. BeeBee’s legs
is where most of her problems are. They
are very stiff and her feet turn in a bit.
This means she has a special farrier come to trip her hooves just so
every month. This is like you getting
orthopedic shoes for a special problem.
Sometime the doctor and the farrier work together with a x-ray machine
to make sure they are doing the best they possibly can for her feet and legs
and to be comfortable.
Well yesterday Jill Deming came to do Body Work on BeeBee. Cuz her feet are funny, and her legs are
stiff, it makes her shoulders stiff and even her spine was pretty stiff and
tight. Jill worked all over BeeBee,
while Bub stood guard over his wife.
Bub and BeeBee are so very bonded.
Anybody who think animals don’t love and protect each other ought to
watch these two!!
From the tips of the hoof, up the leg, to the shoulder, up the neck,
down the spine, to the hips and down the back legs, one side then the other,
Jill moved slowly. BeeBee closed her
eyes and said ahhhhhhh .......... What
a fabulous feeling. Just like you
getting a good deep massage with extra attention and work to the special
points.
Norman came out to help and demonstrate his skills in acupuncture.
When Jill was done, Bub wanted his turn. Yeahhhh, he said ....
now that is good !!!!!
These two are so closely bonded, rarely are they out of each others
reach. They touch, groom and rest on
each other all the time. They are true
unwavering love in action ....
Joseph Conrad, a very elderly sheep (he’s almost 15 and he’s been at
Rikki’s Refuge since he was just a few months old) who’s had bad degenerative
arthritis in his front right knee since he was very young, watched and wondered
if Jill could make his knee feel better.
But when she was ready to give him a turn, he got scared and run. Next time Jill comes, we’ll make sure he’s
in a small area so no chasing and maybe hurting that leg is involved.
Next Jill came into the office and worked on my brofur Timmy’s
legs. You know his story, right? He fell out of a car window somehow when he
was just a itty bitty baby. His back
legs are a bit twisted and he can’t use them well. But wow, you should see him climb !!!!
Hope, is my sisfur who’s part way blind, she really loved Jill and
climbed all over her and really appreciated Jill’s hands. Violet too, she’s almost 21 and she’s been
blind all her life.
Then I stayed in the office while Jill went to Doggy Downs and gave
Flash, the oldest beagle on the planet, a good once over. Flash came to Rikki’s Refuge in 1999 and the
shelter he came from then said he was 15 years old. Three times over the years, Flash got dopted and went home with
nice people. Flash absolutely hates
being in a house. He scratched thru
doors, chewed up everything he could, peed all over the house and begged ...
LET ME OUT .... he howled and carried
on ...... The third family tried
for a whole year to make him happy inside and he still said no no no, take me
out .....
And so Flash came back to Rikki’s Refuge each time. After the third, when we really knew it was
the great outdoors he wanted, and not just that maybe it was the wrong family,
Flash went off the adoption list !!!
Some guys just like to live closer to nature and to their roots and
don’t want none of that hooman domestication stuff ......
Me? Yeah ... I’ll take their beds, their always full food
bowls, their bankies and nice warm air blowing on me in the winter .... I is very domesticated ...... I’ll even wear clothes if you promise me
more nums ....
Old Man Beagle was the next to get a good rub down and feel so relaxed.
Bub, BeeBee, Joseph Conrad, Timmy, Hope, Violet, Flash, Old Man Beagle
and me ..... we’re just a few that your
kind donations help every day.
Without YOU none of us would be here to tell our story!!!
Thank you for helping us have a new day and seeing the sun shine once
again and giving us the chance to live all our retirement days in peace and
happiness together at Rikki’s Refuge !!
$6 will give us a bale of hay, $55 will give BeeBee her monthly meds,
$20 will buy us a bag of grain, any amount will help us have yet one more day
of life in the sun !!
Thank you for helping us to help them!!!!
Thank you, Jill, for coming out to help us!!! We’re excited, she’s coming back on the 17th again. If you’d like to learn more about Jill and
how she can maybe help somebody you share your home with .... check her out right here: http://www.jdanimals.com/
Love YOU, Opie
SUPER URGENT VERY IMPORTANT
EXCITING NEWS! We are thrilled
to have made it as a Top Ten Finalist in the Tractor Supply Company’s RESCUE MY
RESCUE PHOTO CONTEST! Out of more
than 1,800 nominations, Rikki’s Refuge was chosen as a top contender. And the grand prize? $10,000!!
WE NEED YOUR HELP! The
contest winners are chosen by VOTES.
It is free and easy and you can vote every 24 hours. The contest runs through Sunday, September
14 at midnight! The final prize winners
will then be announced on Wednesday, September 17, the first day of the Tractor
Supply Company Pet Appreciation Week (PAW).
AND you can come see us at The Orange, Virginia, Tractor Supply on
Saturday September 20th from 10 am - 2 pm !!
Please VOTE for us so Tractor Supply will be featuring US as their
WINNER !!!!! Thank you !! Click here to VOTE https://www.facebook.com/TractorSupplyCo?v=app_340493986057345&rest=1
Here is the entry that brought us into the top ten:
Rikki’s Refuge in Orange,
Virginia is awesome — they help differently-abled animals nobody else wants.
Domestic animals, like cats and dogs and rabbits and guinea pigs. Farm animals
like pigs and goats and sheep and horses and chickens and ducks. Opie here in the
picture with me, was born without hind feet. Though he gets along just fine in
life and loves playing and hugging, he would have been put to sleep in most
shelters just for being different. Rikki’s has blind animals, deaf animals,
elderly animals, handicapped animals, animals with chronic health issues like
diabetes, heart problems, kidney insufficiency. Most of the 1300 residents of
22 species at Rikki’s Refuge will never get adopted, but they will live their
natural lives in peace and happiness, loved and cared for.
Click on me or mom to VOTE !!
Please get your Shelter Challenge VOTE in
EVERYDAY!!
this contest runs thru 9/21 and allows daily, sometimes twice daily,
votes !!! The Shelter Challenge is a
wonderful opportunity to help the animals with only a few clicks !!!! Totally FREE and EASY and QUICK .... turn your clicks into meds to prevent ticks
!!!!
Please vote today and every day
... Just go to this link http://www.shelterchallenge.com/web/charityusa/nomineehome?userId=53331&nomineeId=17448
and enter Rikkis Refuge (no ‘ ... see ??) in VA in the USA and that’s it !! Thank you
Please vote today and every day
... Just go to this link http://www.shelterchallenge.com/web/charityusa/nomineehome?userId=53331&nomineeId=17448
or click your favorite goose picture and enter Rikkis
Refuge (no ‘ ... see ??) in VA in the
USA and that’s it !! Thank you
RIKKI’S IS FOR KIDZ!!!!
Print us out and color us pretty !!!!
Have mom or dad scan and send in to Vincent@RikkisRefuge.org or mail to Rikki’s Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA
22960 AND see YOUR art work displayed
HERE !!!!
THANK YOU
FOR HELPING ME TO
SAVE SO
MANY LIVES
... with your support we’re
able to help so many into their new furrever happy homes .... and to give that life long home to those not
quite so fortunate ... Thank you for
your support
Without
YOU
none
of us would have been alive
to
enjoy this beautiful summer !!
THANK YOU !!!!!!
Your donations have saved
the lives of every animal featured here today !!!! AND your donations are giving them happiness today !!! Please make a donation in honor of the animals
you have loved to give everyone here a happy tomorrow !!! www.RikkisRefuge.org/FeedMe
Love,
Opie
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Web Site: http://rikkisrefuge.org/?page_id=6330
Location: 3503 Lafayette Blvd, Fredericksburg
VA 22408
Phone: 540-891-5300
Hours: 10
am - 6 pm Monday - Saturday
noon - 5 pm - Sunday
