Rider's Needy Cat Fund at Boise Cycle, LLC


After one of our beloved cats died in February of 2000, due to complications of diabetes, we started a fund in her name, Rider. (Please don't let your cat get over weight. It is very harmful to your cat's health!)

Rider's Needy Cat Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that helps to provide shelter, medical care and nurturing for cats in need by utilizing a relationship with The Cat Doctor. Rider's Needy Cat Fund helps support other animal welfare organizations, treat and temporarily house injured stray cats, assist owners who have to choose euthanasia over treatment due to financial hardship, and contribute to local and national animal crisis.
100% of your donation helps cats in need.
You may donate at The Cat Doctor at 9151 Ustick Road in Boise, ID 83704 or at Boise Cycle, LLC .
Here is a link to the Cat Doctor Web site
www.catdr.com   

 

See Riders' Needy Cat Fund flyer below Newsletter!
 


(click photo to enlarge)  WHO IS RIDER?
In 1989 Rider and her 3 siblings were born to a stray cat on our property. We cared for the Momma and kittens. The weather was getting cold so we set up a place for them in our living room in our tiny mobile home. We were able to tame and socialize them all.
We had the Momma cat spayed and she was adopted by a neighbor of ours. When the kittens were ready for adoption, we decided we would keep the last one, regardless of which one it was. There were 3 long haired gray and white kittens and then, Rider, short hair black and white.
She was very special and we just knew she would be the first one picked............but every time someone came over to pick a kitten, she would immediately act like a crazy cat. She would beat up the other kittens, climb the curtains and even jump on the pant leg of the adopter, digging her claws in and climbing up their leg. Keep in mind, this was not her normal personality. Of course nobody adopted her. It only took a couple times of this behavior for us to realize she knew exactly what she was doing. She wanted to stay with us.
And she did. Looking back on her life, we learned a lot and wish we could go back and change it. The poor quality food, the over eating, the obesity and then Diabetes. Her blood sugar levels were out of control. She was urinating huge puddles of sticky urine and couldn't get to the litter box.
We started her on Insulin twice a day but never got the Diabetes under control. She went down hill and her quality of life was not good. It was extremely difficult, but we had to euthanize her.
We just didn't have the knowledge we have today.
We can't change the past, but we can learn by it and feed the proper amount of good quality food and monitor our cat's health with annual visits to the Vet.
Our over whelming sadness motivated us to do something in Rider's Memory to help other cats. Our love for cats and the will to help all those we can, makes Rider's Memory live on in all the cats lives she has helped since her passing in 2000.

 

Riders' Needy Cat Fund Newsletter April 2011


Rider's Needy Cat Fund flyer information


(A Poem to Homeless Cats)
Oh, what unhappy twist of fate
Has brought you homeless to my gate?
The gate where once another stood
To beg for shelter, warmth, and food
For from that day I ceased to be
The master of my destiny.

While he, with purr and velvet paw
Became within my house the law.
He scratched the furniture and shed
And claimed the middle of my bed.

He ruled in arrogance and pride
And broke my heart the day he died.
So if you really think, oh Cat,
I'd willingly relive all that
Because you come forlorn and thin
Well...don't just stand there...Come on in!

...Francis Witham

 


Pet Ten Commandments

1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years. ANY separation from you is likely to be painful.
2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.
3. Place your trust in me. It is crucial for my well-being.
4. Don't be angry with me for long and don't lock me up as punishment. You have your work, your friends and your entertainment, but I have only you.
5. Talk to me. Even if I don't understand your words, I do understand your voice when you speak to me.
6. Be aware that, however you treat me, I will never forget it.
7. Before you hit me, before you strike me, remember that I could hurt you, and yet I choose not to bite you.
8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I'm not getting the right food, I have been in the sun too long or my heart might be getting old or weak.
9. Please take care of me when I grow old. You too, will grow old.
10. On the ultimate difficult journey, be with me please. Never say you can't bear to watch. Don't make me face this alone. Everything is easier for me if you are there because I love you so.
Take a moment today to thank God for your pets. Enjoy and take good care of them.

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