Tuesday, April 11, 2017

GMGN - 4/11/17



GOOD MORNING GOOD NEWS ---- April 11, 2017

April is Cats vs Dogs ..... 

If YOU haven't cast YOUR vote yet ......  please HURRY !!!!


Now, Let's hear from our candidates.

I'm on the ball, always one step ahead of the game, and that's why I brought the Easter Bunny and Egg Hunting to my small hooman friends a whole week early !!!!!   I love having events for my small hooman friends !!!!!  VOTE CATS  and you'll keep seeing these events !!!!   Opie


If you got somefin to eat, I'll be right there trying to get a taste !!!!!   Don't you want me to lick YOUR face? 
VOTE DOGS !! Obie

Oh geesh, Obie ....  you dawg .....  
I make sure my hooman friends get to meet ALL of us at Rikki's Refuge .....  I share and share alike ... well, except my Fancy Feast maybe ....  but I five equal time to all my furry and feathered friends ....  I don't hog time .... except at the food bowl .....   I want our visitors to meet everyone of every species so they understand the hard work we do here and how many critters I'm responsible for feeding each and every day.  And I can only do that with YOUR HELP !!  Please VOTE CATS !!!   Opie

Look at ME look at ME ....  come for a visit and I'll be right there by your side ....  you do come to see ME don't you? VOTE DOGS  !!!  Obie

Up close and purrsonal !!!!  That's what I offer YOU !!  Every tour every day ....  I make sure you get to really know all about who lives here.  This is Madison, he was so skinny somebody called animal control and his owner was ordered to get him medical attention or put him down.  And he was just gonna kill him off.  Well I let Madison come to Rikki's.  And I called our wonderful livestock vet to come out and visit him.  And you know what I found out?  Madison wasn't sick, that's not why he was skinny.  He was skinny cus he was in a small muddy area and he didn't have enough food ...  he was starving.  I asked you for green paper to trade for his doc and to trade for lots of good food.  And YOU listened !!  And that is why Madison is alive today.  You cared.  You made a difference .....  and if YOU VOTE FOR CATS ....  we'll continue doing this great work together. 

Madison is loosing his winter coat now that it's warming up ... it's kind a funny looking ... he's loosing it in areas and not very even.  But that's ok ....  no matter what you look like ....  WE LOVE YOU AT RIKKIS REFUGE !!! VOTE CATS   !!!    Opie 

Hey Opie !!!   Sniff sniff  I'm real good at sniffing things ...... VOTE DOGS  !!!   Obie 
Oh.. uggghhh  get me outa here ....  ickkk Obie ... you ARE a DOG !!!    One more reason to VOTE CATS !!!   Opie 

I have a very important public service announcement.  Please listen up.
Animals are NOT toys .....  you don't "get" animals for Easter or any holiday or ever for a gift.  Animals are living, breathing, thinking, caring critters ....  and they ALL need lots of care and food and to see the vet .....  and they ALL poop ....  so don't go getting a animal when what you really want is a toy.  Get a toy.  That's why they make toys. 

Please don't buy Chicks or Ducks or Bunnies for Easter .....  and I'll tell you why.  Do YOU know what happens to them a few weeks, maybe a month or two, after Easter?  If they haven't died cus folks didn't know how to take care of them, or didn't understand that any babies are fragile and get hurt or killed easy ....  then they probably get dumped somewhere. 

Yup ....  couple weeks after Easter I start getting the phone calls ....  HELP Opie ....  can you take a duck or a chick or a rabbit?

And you know what?  Cus YOU are such a kind and loving person and cus YOU listen when I tell you I need money to save a life ......  I can say YES ... I'll take the poor duck or a chick or a rabbit and let them live a wonderful life. 

Just another reason .... TWO reasons to VOTE CATS !!!   I provide you with public service announcements ....   and I help YOU save lives !!!!    Opie

Us dogs is bigger than them cats !!!!  Now that's a good reason to VOTE DOGS !!!  Obie

We endorse Opie and we urge YOU to VOTE for CATS !!!   We've seen it first paw.  Opie saves lives.  With YOUR help, Opie saved us.  Our hooman mom died and we had no place to go.  We're not young little kittens, we've been around ..... and we wanted to stay around and stay together.  Opie welcomed us into his home and Opie makes sure we get two great meals a day, he helped us to make friends, he got nice beds for us ....  gee ...  this Opie dude is a nice guy.   Yes he is ......  Please VOTE FOR OPIE cus every vote you cast is money Opie uses to take care of us.  Without YOU and your VOTE TODAY .....  we might not have enough to eat. 
VOTE CATS !!!  Nibs and Murphy

I'm gonna teach every dawg at Rikki's to be friendly and outgoing and to love our visitors ....  I pledge every dawg will look forward to meeting strangers ....  cus a stranger is just a friend with treats we haven't met yet !!!!!  VOTE DOGS !!!  Obie
The heck you are, Obie.  If I want to be leery of hoomans I don't know, that's MY right.  Opie has always respected my rights ..... and I still get lots of good food ....  and a nice place to sleep where I can stay away from strangers.  Opie respects who I am and lets me be me.  I'm endorsing Opie.  VOTE CATS !!!   Beauty

Hi ya all !!!  My name is Milo and I'm a goat.  I've conferred long and hard with all the goats ....  and we endorse Opie.  He's nice, he makes sure we get lots of nums, and we get out feet taken care of, and we get medicine when we're sick.   YOU all are nice to us cus Opie asks you to be.  Obie wants to chase us.  He says he's playing.  But Opie lets US do the chasing.  So we goats stand united and we endorse Opie ..... 
VOTE CATS !!!!    Thank you, Milo

Ok, Obie .... you're doing a miserable job here.  Let me give you some pointers about what makes a good leader ....  you gotta take care of EVERYBODY .....  you have to put their needs before your own .....  come on ... work with me a couple days and you can try telling folks what you learned next time .....   Opie


THANK YOU FOR LOVING ALL OF US AND
    TAKING THE TIME TO SAVE A LIFE TODAY
          CUZ ALL US SPECIES MATTER 
               DON'T YOU THINK !
         www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate

Love,
  Opie

Don’t forget to SAVE A LIFE TODAY !
Rikki’s Refuge
PO Box 1357
Orange VA 22960

And please come see me soon !!

In the mean time, Keep up with us on Facebook and you'll get the minute to minute details about what's going on at Rikki's Refuge .... you'll be the first to see the new residents .... and the first to know about up coming events !!!

Rikki's Refuge

Opie and Vincent's Page

Duke's Page

Re-Tail Thrift Store in Fredericksburg

The Duke Thomas Peabody Antique and Collectables Shoppe in Culpeper

Opie's and Mom's Purrsonal Profile

Opie's Edibles for Fun Animal Friendly Recipes and Cooking Tips: https://www.facebook.com/OpiesEdibles

Vincent D. Cat's Gathering Place, a place to hang out, chat, and have fun

Kitty Litter-Ature

Rikki's Crazy Cat Person Club

For the Love of Black Cats

Our Website
which needs help getting up to date .... if you "do" WordPress and would like to help, let us know Volunteers@RikkisRefuge.org

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. Your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is available upon written request from the Virginia State Office of Consumer Affairs.

Friday, April 07, 2017

GMGN- 4-7-17



GOOD MORNING GOOD NEWS ---- April 7, 2017

So YOU remember what APRIL is ?
It's CATS vs DOGS MONTH at Rikki's Refuge !!!

This is the time YOU  get to pick who's gonna be the RULER of Rikki's Refuge for the whole next year !!!

ME, OPIE, your best orange friend, your RELIABLE hard working, hard eating, OFFICIAL Spokes Kitty, who had held the title of RULER of Rikki's Refuge since 2012, when I was just a young 'un !!!   

So a VOTE for ME, is a VOTE to make Rikki's Refuge succeed !!! 

Can I COUNT on YOU ?


Running against ME is OBIE, he's a sweet, lovable, rambunctious, drooley, youngster, who hasn't even lived at Rikki's Refuge for a year yet !!!   And who has NEVER paid any attention to all the hard work ME the RULER of Rikki's Refuge has to do each and every day to MAKE IT HAPPEN !!

That's right, NO  EXPERIENCE with what's involved in caring for 1300 critters, NO  EXPERIENCE in how to beg to get enough food for them all.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, OBIE 's great at begging to get a treat for himself, but I'm talkin bout begging for food for ALL the DOGS and ALL the CATS and ALL the chickens and ALL the cows and ALL everybody else who lives here. 

AND MY FRIEND, LET ME TELL YOU ---  that is a LOT of begging !!!

If OBIE fails - someone goes hungry.  So please cast your VOTE for OPIE and
  RIGHT NOW !!!

Of if YOU are willing to bail Rikki's Refuge out of the consequences then VOTE for OBIE right here

It's time for YOU to make that decision .....

WHO DO YOU THINK IS SMARTER ?


OR


THE CHOICE IS YOURS !!!!!

I'd go out on a limb any day for OPIE !!!!


Can't make up YOUR mind who to vote for ?  Schedule a TOUR to come out and meet us Tour@RikkisRefuge.org


We'll be watching out for YOU !!!!!!! 


Whoever you vote for, please remember Cats vs Dogs is our big spring fundraiser that keeps the Refuge going till summer ....   won't you help out the animals you love? 

As a special gift to you for participating in CATS VS DOGS 2017 .....  Join us at Re-Tail our Awesome Pawsome Thrift Shop in Fredericksburg, all day on the 29th ....  for a super deep discount sale !!!!   Keep watching for details ...  but plan to be there to meet OPIE and OBIE ... 

THANK YOU FOR LOVING ALL OF US AND
    TAKING THE TIME TO SAVE A LIFE TODAY
          CUZ ALL US SPECIES MATTER 
               DON'T YOU THINK !
         www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate

Love,
  Opie

Don’t forget to SAVE A LIFE TODAY !
Rikki’s Refuge
PO Box 1357
Orange VA 22960

And please come see me soon !!

In the mean time, Keep up with us on Facebook and you'll get the minute to minute details about what's going on at Rikki's Refuge .... you'll be the first to see the new residents .... and the first to know about up coming events !!!

Rikki's Refuge

Opie and Vincent's Page

Duke's Page

Re-Tail Thrift Store in Fredericksburg

The Duke Thomas Peabody Antique and Collectables Shoppe in Culpeper

Opie's and Mom's Purrsonal Profile

Opie's Edibles for Fun Animal Friendly Recipes and Cooking Tips: https://www.facebook.com/OpiesEdibles

Vincent D. Cat's Gathering Place, a place to hang out, chat, and have fun

Kitty Litter-Ature

Rikki's Crazy Cat Person Club

For the Love of Black Cats

Our Website
which needs help getting up to date .... if you "do" WordPress and would like to help, let us know Volunteers@RikkisRefuge.org

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. Your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is available upon written request from the Virginia State Office of Consumer Affairs.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

GOOD MORNING GOOD NEWS - March 30, 2017



GOOD MORNING GOOD NEWS ---- March 30, 2017

I've heard a lot of birdbrains making a big quack and squawking a lot about the last newsletter.  Rikki's is going to the dogs.  Woof Woof ........   No, it's not all about dogs. 

But I just had to tell you all about Obie's great big important day.  It was not in any way shape or form about species discrimination.  Nor any one species taking over the Refuge. 

We cats have ruled from day one and have no fear .... we're still here. 

And dang !!!  Depending on how YOU vote in APRIL -- watch your mailbox ... your ballot is coming to you soon --- US CATS will continue our rule ....  you better hope so ....  cus if we don't ... all you're hear for the next year is drool drool drool ....   So be sure to VOTE CATS in April !!!!!

I do have to admit, my feathered friends may have a point .......   if you counted all of them together ..... instead of saying pigeons, emus, ducks .....  yeahhh there's about as many of them as there are of us. 

But if I lumped everyone with fur ....  vs ..... everyone with feathers ....  we'd be tipping the scales again. 

I'll tip the scales no matter what group I'm in !!   So keep that Fancy Feast coming IN .... my friends ....  I've got an image to maintain !!!
and if you can ....  help me feed my friends here ... all of 'em ...  the birds too ....   www.RikkisRefuge.org/FeedMe
Thank you ....  I love you so much !!!!


So this will be the BIRDS issue
and they'll be taking you on a tour of their kind ......

..... and hopefully that will make them stop their squawking about species discrimination and let me get back to my regular chores.

After all .... come spring time ....  and the refuge goes to the birds !!!! 



It's rain rain rain ..... and who likes the water more than our Fine Feathered Friends ????

I sure can tell you .... it's not us cats !!!






GUINEA GROUNDS




.........  huh ????  .....


Mr Peacock shows off for Mrs Peacock. The rustling noise you here is him shaking his feathers. Look at all the different feather structures it takes to hold up the long feathers and the bustle on the back and the shaking feathers. It's an amazing design.







PLEASE COME JOIN ME HUNTING EGGS !!!!













Please come on a tour soon and meet your fine feathered friends !!!

SIGN UP NOW FOR YOUR UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL TOUR TODAY !!!!











EMU ESTATES







CH CHICKEN CITY hc


..... uggghhh .....   gross ..... that's why you DON'T want to eat eggs .... right ?  






Run little butter fly .... RUN .... you don't wanna get caught in Chicken City .....  

THANK YOU FOR LOVING ALL OF US AND
    TAKING THE TIME TO SAVE A LIFE TODAY
          CUZ ALL US SPECIES MATTER 
               DON'T YOU THINK !
         www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate

Love,
  Opie


Don’t forget to SAVE A LIFE TODAY !
Rikki’s Refuge
PO Box 1357
Orange VA 22960

And please come see me soon !!

In the mean time, Keep up with us on Facebook and you'll get the minute to minute details about what's going on at Rikki's Refuge .... you'll be the first to see the new residents .... and the first to know about up coming events !!!

Rikki's Refuge

Opie and Vincent's Page

Duke's Page

Re-Tail Thrift Store in Fredericksburg

The Duke Thomas Peabody Antique and Collectables Shoppe in Culpeper

Opie's and Mom's Purrsonal Profile

Opie's Edibles for Fun Animal Friendly Recipes and Cooking Tips: https://www.facebook.com/OpiesEdibles

Vincent D. Cat's Gathering Place, a place to hang out, chat, and have fun

Kitty Litter-Ature

Rikki's Crazy Cat Person Club

For the Love of Black Cats

Our Website
which needs help getting up to date .... if you "do" WordPress and would like to help, let us know Volunteers@RikkisRefuge.org

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. Your donations provide direct support. A financial statement is available upon written request from the Virginia State Office of Consumer Affairs.