On the Twenty-sixth Day of Christmas,
Did you really think Christmas at Rikki’s Refuge was going to end on the 25th ? Everything at Rikki’s Refuge is bigger than life!! So much bigger. 1,287 animals to feed. Ever thought of the pile of poop that makes every day? Yeah!!! HUGE ……. And everything else is HUGE. Especially the feed bill !!! So let’s keep going !!
On the Twenty-sixth Day of Christmas,
look what came to Rikki’s,
twenty six dogs a drooling,
On day 20, we talked about why dogs end up at Rikki’s Refuge. Elderly, medical needs, slowing down, don’t like the new puppy, diabetics, heart disease, can’t wait all day locked up in a house without pooping or peeing, oh the reasons, so just ship them off to the old dogs’ home never to be seen again. I wonder if people ever think of the lesson they’re teaching their kids, or the fact that they might have the privilege of living to be elderly and not being so convenient any more?
And the poor scared dogs. Sometimes we know the horrible circumstances that made them that way. Often we don’t.
The terrors of abandonment and the separation anxiety that goes with it. Maybe if they just had a friend in the house with them all day, or a yard they could go out in to play and enjoy the sun, maybe then they wouldn’t nervously chew up everything in sight wondering if they’d been abandoned and left to starve and die.
Imagine, day after day, going thru that kind of fear and anxiety. No wonder some are so neurotic when they come to the safety of Rikki’s Refuge where they will never be left alone again. Where they will always have friends. Always have the love and security they were so desperately begging for.
Your support gives many dogs that second chance at life. The chance to be who they are. The chance to be loved. Thank YOU for making it all possible.
Please make your tax deductible contribution by going to our website
https://RikkisRefuge.org/donate
or by mailing a check
Rikki’s Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960
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THANK YOU FOR HELPING US!!!
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