Rikki has been in my home just about a month now and is a total angel.  I have a rather spoiled 10 year old cat who Rikki just dotes on.  If Tika is out of Rikki's sight for more than a few minutes, she goes to check on her... and comes back with "happy tail" like she is telling me all is ok.  The introduction of my cat to Rikki has been remarkably smooth.... we have not had a hiss or a growl... amazingly.  The other morning, Rikki was laying half in the bedroom door and half in the hallway to watch me in the bathroom (I can't be out of sight more than a few minutes either) and Tika wanted out of the bedroom.  The only way out was across Rikki... and the smallest part of Rikki is her head.  So I look over to see my 13 pound Maine Coon hopping across Rikki's face.  The only thing that moved on Rikki was her tail--the happy tail again.  I was stunned. 

Rikki has made people friends too.  We walk every evening, and there are a couple of girls in the neighborhood who wait for us to go by their house, just so they can pet Rikki.  They have also taken to "stealing" dog treats from their dogs (pit bull mixes... one of whom is another critter friend of Rikki, his name is Tyson) and giving them to Rikki.  She won't eat them while we are walking, but does eat them once we get home.  I have new neighbors across the street, an older couple, and their 10 year old granddaughter LOVES Rikki.  She spends weekends with her grandparents.... well, actually she sleeps at her grandparents, she spends her days with Rikki.  She loves to groom Rikki, and Rikki loves to be groomed.  She brings her grandparents Pomeranian mix (Duke) over to play too.  I went out to check on them Sunday afternoon,  and all 3 were asleep in the shade on a blanket.... it was a true Kodak moment.  We also went to visit my family the other weekend, about a 2 hour car trip.  Rikki was perfect... in the car and with my sister's Yorkie (Sooner).  Again, she hopped right up on the couch with my sister and her dog and took a nap.  My family loves her too... in fact I thought I may have to fight my sister to get her home--she wanted to trade her Yorkie for Rikki!  Absolutely no deal is what I told her.

The work AABR does is amazing.  I cannot believe anyone would get rid of Rikki... or not offer her the simple comforts of vet care or a heartworm preventative.  She is still heartworm positive, and needs to have the fatty lump/cyst removed from her ear.  It is growing bigger but no vets want to take it off and risk anesthesia while she is HW positive.  In this humid weather, it is bothering her... but she is a trooper.  She tolerates me checking it, and occasionally putting an ice pack on it (don't know if it helps, but it does cool it off and it seems to relieve some of her discomfort).  I don't think I have ever been around such a sweet dog... everyone is her friend and she loves everyone.  She has definitely left HUGE pawprints on my heart.  There is nothing like getting her "kidney bean" dance when I come home.

08/09/05 -

Rikki completed her first HW treatment and is doing fantastic in her foster home. She loves her foster sister kitty and is so well behaved that the neighbors look for her.

Please make a donation to help us pay for her second treatment coming up. Its so very expensive to help the dogs with heartworm.

Please donate to Rikki's medical care today.

Thank You!

6/11/05

5/26/05
Rikki will be treated for heartworms this week. She has had her exam and blood tests and is healthy. We will update after her treatment. Troy has been treated and he is fine!

4/28/05 - Rikki

The sad eyes of Rikki beg for a person who will love her, and be gentle to her for the rest of her sweet life.  She has had a hard life to say the least.  Rikki was in a high kill shelter when Adopt A Boxer Rescue received a call that she was to be euthanzied the next morning. AABR agreed to save her life. 

She traveled 14 hours with Troy, by truck to PA where she was given a complete physical.  We received a call from the vet that said that Rikki is heartworm positive.  This poor girl needs us now more than ever.

We need to get her into a foster home so that she can begin  treatment.  Heartworm is NOT spread from dog to dog.  The most important thing is that she is allowed to sleep all she wants and be kept quiet until the medications are finished working. 

She has wonderful boxer qualities like the big brown eyes that melt you and the happy disposition.  She will blossom, and if you are the lucky one to witness it you will never forget the feeling  when those big brown eyes look up at you and thank you with every beat of her heart.    

This is what Adopt A Boxer Rescue is all about... saving the ones that need us the most.  This is where rescue needs YOU desperately.  Please someone open your home and heart Rikki .

Please don't think that someone else will step up to help Rikki...Its YOU!

 

Taking an easy dog from someone who has to move and rehoming him is not a huge challenge. The challenge is transporting and caring for dogs like Marshall, Rikki, and Atticus. The challenge is finding the funds to help the dogs in need of medical care.

That¹s where YOU come in. We need donations to cover the medical bills for these dogs. Remember we get no public or private funding. We rely on adoption fees and your donations to cover our expenses. 

If you are interested in adopting this dog, please fill out an online application first.  Then e-mail the contacts below.  Be sure to include your full name, city, state, and area code in the subject line of your message.

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