Brought to you by the SHEEP at Rikki’s Refuge !!!

There is one day of the year we absolutely hate. Can YOU guess what day that is? It’s not always the same day each year. I think that’s cus the hoomans want to surprise us and trick us. That’s not very nice, is it?

I think Doug might be up to something, he’s acting a bit strange this morning. What could it be?

Yup, I was right. Doug gave us extra special nummys and just like the sheep we are, we lined up and followed him into the barn. Then he shut the gates behind us. WHY?

HAIRCUT DAY!!! NO NO NO we hate this day !!! Not fair. The hooman who comes and takes our hair away says we have to stay in the barn over night. That’s cus he says we have to be dry when he comes in the morning to steal our hair. We’re going to worry about this all night, and we’re going to kick the walls and the gate and try to break out. Our hooman, Doug will keep checking up on us all night and talking to us trying to keep us clam and not letting us hurt ourselves or each other. I guess that’s nice. But it’d be nicer if he let us out. Don’t YOU think?

Just about the time the sun comes up, here comes that wool stealing hooman. And one by one, he grabs us, makes us sit on our butts, and cuts off all our wool. At least it doesn’t take but about 3 minutes each.

And then we are naked !!!

WOW …. that kind of feels good !!!! Have YOU ever worn your long underwear months and months and never taken it off? Even on days it gets warm, or even hot, in the spring? You’d feel good to finally take it off before summer I bet!!! So do we !!!

AND it rained today !! Don’t YOU feel good when you can stand in the rain and wash off all the grime that’s gotten down in your long undies all year?

How do YOU like my summer hair cut?

I do have one problem. Well maybe two. Can you help me? Do you have green trading papers? We don’t have any, and it’s really hard to get a job when you have four hooves and say bahhhhhh. Doug says we now gotta PAY for our haircuts. It’s really not much for each one of us. Less than $9 green papers each. With 37 of us we have to find $325 and we have to find it QUICK before that wool stealing man goes to the bank to cash the check. YIKES, I’ll be in big trouble if he gets there before YOU help me get some green papers !!!!!

And …. if you have an extra bit of green papers …. maybe you could donate $20 green papers so we can pay for our hair cuts AND get some delicious sweet feed !!! $11 green papers will buy us each of us enough for the week in the summer, cus when the grass grows we have lots of that too !!!

Thank you so much for helping me and my followers …..
Love, Sherman C. Artiodactyla

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I like tap dancing on these plates!!

But I’d rather have wet food on them more.
Lots more.
Can you please send me and my friends some more nums?
I love you, Oreo …
specially if you feed me

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Rikki’s wishing well tonight.

You know what my wish is?

That tomorrow, for my birthday, EVERYBODY will make a donation – large or small – what ever you think is right for you – to Rikki’s Refuge No Kill Life Care Animal Sanctuary to help support the animals, to keep them eating every day, to provide for their medical care, to send love when you can’t be here helping them every day and to keep the dream of Rikki’s Refuge alive for ever and ever …… can I count on YOU? I’m looking forward to our next 25 years !!! How about YOU?

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Ahhhh !!! Spring !!! So much to eat ….. so much time to eat it ….. I hope YOU have all you can eat today too !!! Love, Phineas F. Piganelli

Good night my hooman friends!! I hope you sleep well. And you go to bed with a full tummy. And you don’t dream of running out of food and there not being enough to go round for breakfast. Would you help ME to never have that dream? A few cans, maybe a case … could you spare just a few green trading papers? Love, Mufassa

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Earth Day
On the Rappahannock
TODAY Saturday April 20, 2024
at Old Mill Park
2201 Caroline St, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
11 am – 4 pm

Come and join Rikki’s Refuge and help us FILL THE TRUCK with donations of food and supplies for the animals. Canned cat food is our most urgent need. Followed by dry food, sweet feed, cracked corn, bird seed. And we always need cleaning supplies, bleach, fabulosso, laundry and dish detergent, paper towels, trash bags.

Fun for the kids too !! We’ve got clay to mold and cookie cutters to make an animal to take home !!! And it’s all FREE today !!

Stop by, say HELLO to our volunteers, and bring some donations !!!! Hope to see you there. We’re set up ready to meet you and tell you more about Rikki’s Refuge.

Can’t make it out today , but you’d like to help feed the animals?
Just go to our website https://RikkisRefuge.org/donate
or mail a check: Rikki’s Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960
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OR you can order some cat and dog food on line and send us a care package:
Rikki’s Refuge, PO Box 66, 10910 Barr Ln, Rapidan VA 22733

THANK YOU MPS WORK VOLUNTEER GROUP

Volunteers came out from MPS today to help us get started with grounds maintenance for the year !!!! A great big huge to EVERYONE of you !!! And to MPS for supporting your Volunteer Work Day.

We’re in dire need of more volunteers to help out for the rest of the growing season! Sign up NOW at Volunteers@RikkisRefuge.org !!

We’re also in dire need of three good working gas powered lawn mowers. Ready to replace yours with a nice new one? How about donating your old one to Rikki’s. Do you fix up old lawn equipment and sell for a little extra income? Would you be willing to donate one?

The large fields are mowed with the tractor and bush hog, but dog runs, cat areas, near buildings, and so forth need the smaller mower for closer or confined work.

PLEASE do not buy us brand new mowers. Used ones are just fine. They’re in operation so many hours that life on them is rough at the refuge and they don’t last. Even the new expensive ones. We are looking for USED but running mowers !!

Can’t help with the mowing, but you’d like to help the animals who don’t eat grass ?

Just go to our website https://RikkisRefuge.org/donate
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Tail down, walking away after being rejected by Wanda and Cricket, Mr. Peacock continues on looking for love ……..

It’s spring, it’s what birds do !! They’re the only non-neutered animals here at Rikki’s Refuge. Why? Bird surgery is very risky with a high rate of mortality. So we manage them with egg control.

Spring has sprung !!!

It’s a beautiful warm sunny day at Rikki’s Refuge and the peacocks are in full bloom !!