December 2024 Newsletter
Happy December Yogie Fans!
Where has this year gone?
ANGEL: On October 31st we had to say goodbye to our beautiful Angel. Angel, one of our cats in liver failure, has crossed the Rainbow Bridge. We knew her liver values had gotten worse, but her actions were surprisingly good despite it. Two days earlier, though, she had some vomiting and massive hair loss. These were signs of liver toxicity. She unfortunately had not responded to medication like we hoped, and the difficult, yet kind, decision was made. This is the awful part of rescue. More so when you have a lot of animals of an advanced age because we know what will eventually come.
Angel was an amazingly sweet girl who will be missed.
R.I.P. Angel. 5 May 2010 – 31 October 2024
CHRISTMAS BAKE SALE: Yogie and Friends will be holding their annual Christmas Bake Sale on Saturday, December 14th, 11 a., – 2 p.m., at Petco, 6595 Youree Drive, Shreveport. This event is going to be one of our largest ones to date. We have several bakers contributing to the event, and we have confirmation of some amazing goodies for this event. We also have a much larger raffle event than we have ever had with some awesome items. We cannot wait to see you there.
BELLA NONNAS DAY: Thank you to Bella Nonnas for making this another wonderful day for the cats. Thank you to all who came out, or purchased items via their website, to support our animals. We appreciate you all!
CYBER MONDAY: We are desperately low on cat food and cat litter and this is an excellent time you can help even more. Right now we know that Chewy is offering some amazing discounts and coupons and we do have a wish list with them. If you can help us fulfill some of these needs on Cyber Monday, it would help a great deal.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
GIVING TUESDAY: Giving Tuesday is an online Facebook event being held this Tuesday, December 3rd. and you may be able to donate to Yogie as your cause by visiting the Giving Tuesday website. If you are on Facebook this is the link to our campaign.
https://www.facebook.com/share/19Y5ctRsmS/
HONEY AND KITTENS: Honey and her kittens, the ones who were named in honor of beloved loved ones we lost, will be part of the 5th Annual Kitty Extravaganza being hosted by Hand-in-Paw Rescue and Port City Cat Rescue. Since the event is at the same time as our Christmas Bake sale our friends with Hand-in-Paw Rescue will be bringing them to the event. This is a sweet and pretty kitty family, and we hope they get adopted soon. They are ready! The event will be held on December 14th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Viking Drive Veterinary Hospital, 4250 Viking Drive, Bossier City, Louisiana. Go out and meet all the cats and kittens looking for their forever homes.
Come by our bake sale at Petco and stock up on baked goodies and Yogie merchandise, then run over to the Kitty Extravaganza and adopt yourself a new family member.
VET CARE:
We have a remaining balance of $1206.26 at the vet clinic thanks to a recent donor, reducing our balance by a great deal. We have amazing fans!
You can call the vet clinic directly at 318-747-5747 and donate over the phone.
Or you can PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
FOOD AND SUPPLIES: we need help with food and litter. We have sixty-four mouths to feed. We need food and litter the most. We are down to one box of litter and one box of sixty count canned food.
PayPal and Venmo are the best, and quickest, way to help. Then we can immediately go buy the supplies.
PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
Or you can help using our wish lists:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Christmas Bake Sale
14 December 2024
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Petco, 6596 Youree Drive
Shreveport, LA
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a part of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary.
SPONSORSHIP: We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.
Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.
You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.
If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.
WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 62 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:
PLEASE EMAIL US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SPONOSORING ANY OF OUR CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING AND WE CAN SEND YOU PHOTOS OF CATS YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN. THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO HELP SUPPORT OUR ANIMALS.
Our intake is closed until further notice.
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YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:
YOGIE AND FRIENDS
140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)
FRIERSON, LA 71027
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!
Thank You!
The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter, The News
November 2024 Newsletter
Greetings Yogie Fans!
We hope this newsletter finds you all healthy and happy!
Paws in the Park was another success! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported it. Thank you to Realtors to the Rescue for doing this event every year. We have a lot of fun doing it and it gives us a chance to meet our fans, as well as catch up with our fellow rescue friends. Thank you all again!
LYNN GRIFFIN: On Wednesday, October 23rd, Jenny received a phone call from the sister of a friend in California. She was told that Lynn Griffin had sadly died on September 25th. Lynn, a Shreveport native had been a longtime friend and fan of Yogie and Friends. She will be dearly missed by so many. We send our thoughts and prayers to her family.
SNOWBALL: On Monday, October 7th, we lost let another beautiful cat soul, Snowball. Snowball was found as a kitten with his mom, Mama Kitty (we have two with that name, so it got confusing for a while) and his two litter mates, Smokey, and Bandit. During the morning feeding, Jenny noticed he was not running towards the food like he usually did. She also noticed his breathing seemed labored and she did not waste any time getting him to the vet. He had a massive amount of fluid in his chest and abdomen. He was failing fast, and the decision was made to let him go gently. It is never an easy decision, but most often the kindest one.
We will miss this sweet boy. R.I.P. Snowball. You were very loved.
4 December 2008 – 7 October 2024
ANGEL: On October 31st we had to say goodbye to our beautiful Angel. Angel, one of our cats in liver failure, has crossed the Rainbow Bridge. We knew her liver values had gotten worse, but her actions were surprisingly good in spite of it. Two days earlier, though, she had some vomiting and massive hair loss. These were signs of liver toxicity. She unfortunately had not responded to medication like we hoped, and the difficult, yet kind, decision was made. This is the awful part of rescue. More so when you have a lot of animals of an advanced age because we know what will eventually come.
Angel was an amazingly sweet girl who will be greatly missed.
R.I.P. Angel. 5 May 2010 – 31 October 2024
BELLA NONNAS DAY: We hope you get a chance to come to Bella Nonnas Olive Oil and Vinegar Tasting Bar on November 23rd between 10a.m. and 3 p.m. Bella Nonnas will donate a percentage of what they make on this day to Yogie and Friends. If you have never been to Bella Nonnas before, you will not be disappointed. They have great gifts and wonderful products. You will have the opportunity to taste pure olive oil and vinegars, as well as get recipe ideas. Yogie and Friends will have some baked items with Bella Nonnas olive oil to give you a sampling of the diversity of the products. They also give two to three dollars off refills, depending on the bottle size, as well as offering military discounts. You can also purchase via their website, and we will get credit from it. This is always an enjoyable day for us. Please stop by and check it out.
HONEY AND KITTENS: Honey’s kittens had quite a time recently. It began when Jack spiked a fever of 106.4. The normal temperature for cats is 100.5 – 102.5. Jenny rushed him to the ER where he received fluids, as well as a steroid and antibiotic shot. It worked for a brief time, then it was to our regular vet the next morning with a temperature of 104.6. He was placed on I.V. fluids for a couple of days and responded well. Then over the next few days Polly, Mary, and, Rosana, spiked fevers. Mary took the longest to recover and spent five days in the hospital. David was the only kitten who did not get sick. Fevers in kittens are often a sign of so many different things. They did not show any signs of calicivirus, but Mary started limping and another cat rescue said they had this happen to a litter of kittens and they had, Limping Calicivirus. Either way, the treatment they received would have been the same as any virus. So far, they are all doing well and are being monitored closely. When they are fever free for two weeks, they will receive their second set of kitten shots. Of course this made our vet bill crazy again.
As soon as Honey, the mother cat, has recovered from her spaying, she and the kittens will be placed for adoption.
VET CARE:
Uncle Fester: Uncle Fester has successfully completed treatment on his nose, and he is healed! We are getting ready to place him up for adoption and cannot wait to see him get a home to be pampered and spoiled.
With medicine and several medical issues with the cats, our vet bill is over $4300. It is stressful, and as always, we can use your help.
You can call the vet clinic directly at 318-747-5747 and donate over the phone.
Or you can PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
FOOD AND SUPPLIES: we need help with food and litter. We have sixty-four mouths to feed. We need food and litter the most. We are down to one box of litter and one box of sixty count canned food.
PayPal and Venmo are the best, and quickest, way to help. Then we can immediately go buy the supplies.
PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
Or you can help using our wish lists:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Bella Nonnas Day for Yogie and Friends
23 November 2024
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
1409 E. 70th St
Shreveport, LA
Christmas Bake Sale (Tentative)
14 December 2024
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Petco, 6596 Youree Drive
Shreveport, LA
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a part of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary.
SPONSORSHIP: We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.
Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.
You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.
If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.
WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 62 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:
CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING
Sunny
Ursula
Brexit
Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.
Oskar
Hope
Elsa
Barney
Miss Kitty, the Snowshoe (Bossier)
Anna
Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Grace
Blackie
Penelope
Duckie
Lucy
Squeak
Bandit
Miss Kitty, the tortie (Frierson)
Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Ms. Gray
Oscar
Dorian
Bert
Ernie
Kay
Rocket
Ziggy
Layla
Angel
Pia
Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.
Saber
Binx
Domino
Socks
Logan
Russell – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
April
Tosha
Lucia
Uncle Fester
Yeti
Bonnie
Honey
Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
Finn
Chloe
Maggie Mae
Anastasia
Saphira
Eragon
Draco
Egon
Nick
Enya
Declan
Fiona
Flynn
Fabio
Sylvester
Our intake is closed until further notice.
Follow us on Facebook!
YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:
YOGIE AND FRIENDS
140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)
FRIERSON, LA 71027
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!
Thank You!
The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter
October 2024 Newsletter
Greetings Yogie Fans!
Happy Fall! Well, technically it is, but it sure does not feel like it here! Soon we hope. Soon!
SMUDGE: On Monday afternoon, September 23rd, Jenny was cleaning the loft in one of the cat buildings when she heard Smudge coughing like she was coughing up a fur ball. The next thing she saw was Smudge coughing up an enormous amount of blood. She ran to Smudge, wrapped her in towels, and rushed out of the building to bring her to Valor Emergency Veterinary Hospital. She knew at this point that Smudge would need to be humanely euthanized, but she never even made it to the truck before Smudge had died. This was a traumatic, and horrific, event for Smudge, and devastating for Jenny.
Smudge was born at Yogie and Friends to Luna, on May 7h 2012, with three other kittens, Lucy, Ducky, and Squeak. A very pregnant Luna was found in an abandoned house in Bossier City, and we took her in to give birth safely, and in a peaceful environment.
The vet said it appears that Smudge had a pulmonary embolism.
We will miss this sweet girl. R.I.P. Smudge. You were very loved.
FALL BAKE SALE: We will hold our fall bake sale on Saturday, October 12th, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Petco, on Youree Drive, in Shreveport. We can really use some help from our volunteers bakers. If you are someone who can, and would like to, help bake for this event, we would very much appreciate it. We will begin setting up about 9:30 a.m. If you do bake we just ask that you wrap, or contain, the items nicely, and make certain you identify anything with nuts. Its very important to make sure we do that for nut allergies. We look forward to seeing you at the bake sale.
HONEY AND KITTENS: Honey and her kittens are doing very well. The kittens will begin their first set of shots this week and hopefully begin their adoption journey soon. Honey is going to be getting spayed next month and placed for adoption. She is a super sweet cat and exceptionally good mom.
VET CARE:
Uncle Fester: Uncle Fester is responding well to the medication for his nose and hopefully gets an all clear from the vet. Once we do, he will receive his vaccination updates and then be placed for adoption. He is FIV negative.
ANGEL: Angel’s liver bilirubin was worse on her recent vet visit. It was so high it was off the chart. She was kept on fluids as an inpatient for two days and seems to be otherwise well. She also has developed uveitis in her right eye but is responding well to the eye drops. Jenny will give her subcutaneous fluids weekly to help with her liver values. We recently found her laying on the floor and thought she was dead. She is a surprise to us and the veterinarian that she is still eating and drinking well and does not act as sick as she really is. We are hoping that the weekly fluids may help decrease her bilirubin values.
LOGAN: Logan is the sweet boy he went in for a dental procedure whose pre-anesthesia kidney values were bad enough that he could not have the procedure. He spent two days in the hospital on fluids and medication and responded very well. He does have uveitis in his right eye that is going to have a follow-up this week.
With medicine and several medical issues with the cats, our vet bill is over $1200. It is stressful, and as always, we can use your help.
You can call the vet clinic directly at 318-747-5747 and donate over the phone.
Or you can PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
FOOD AND SUPPLIES: we need help with food and litter. We have sixty-four mouths to feed. We need food and litter the most. We are down to one box of litter and one box of sixty count canned food.
PayPal and Venmo are the best, and quickest, way to help. Then we can immediately go buy the supplies.
PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
Or you can help using our wish lists:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Yogie and Friends Fall Bake Sale
12 October 2024
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Petco
6595 Youree Drive
Shreveport, Louisiana
Paws in the Park
River Park Church, 3232 E 70th Street
Shreveport, LA 71105
19 October 2024
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Pet Palooza
26 October 2024
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Louisiana Boardwalk
Bossier City, LA
Bella Nonnas Day for Yogie and Friends
23 November 2024
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
1409 E. 70th St
Shreveport, LA
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a part of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary.
SPONSORSHIP: We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.
Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.
You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.
If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.
WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 63 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:
CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING
Sunny
Ursula
Brexit
Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.
Oskar
Hope
Elsa
Barney
Miss Kitty, the Snowshoe (Bossier)
Anna
Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Grace
Blackie
Penelope
Duckie
Lucy
Squeak
Bandit
Snowball
Miss Kitty, the tortie (Frierson)
Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Ms. Gray
Oscar
Dorian
Bert
Ernie
Kay
Rocket
Ziggy
Layla
Angel
Pia
Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.
Saber
Binx
Domino
Socks
Logan
Russell – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
April
Tosha
Lucia
Uncle Fester
Yeti
Bonnie
Honey
Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
Finn
Chloe
Maggie Mae
Anastasia
Saphira
Eragon
Draco
Egon
Nick
Enya
Declan
Fiona
Flynn
Fabio
Sylvester
Our intake is closed until further notice.
Follow us on Facebook!
YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:
YOGIE AND FRIENDS
140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)
FRIERSON, LA 71027
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!
Thank You!
The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter, The News
August 2024 Newsletter
Greetings Yogie Fans!
August is here and summer is back! We are facing some hot temperatures this week and next. Maybe longer. Please be safe out there. Please check on the feral cats and wildlife you may be providing water for. Keep the water in shaded areas so it is not hot and developing algae. Cool, clean, water, is important. For us and them!
FINANCIAL SUPPORT: As many other non-profit animal rescues, we struggle financially. It is not easy and not everyone agrees with the work we do and that we focus on cats. We understand that everyone has their personal passions. There is nothing wrong with that. We all have our areas we love, and choose, to focus on. We can have that passion for more than one thing. It is your love and passion for cats and the work we do that gets us through. We never take it for granted and appreciate it more than you know.
Right now, our checking account is below $700. We are fortunate that our vet works with us on our bill. Most will not do that.
There are many ways you can help us. Monetary is always a big, important aspect. You can donate money, food, litter, or even sponsor a cat.
PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
We also have Venmo and that is @YogieCats
VET CARE:
Uncle Fester: Uncle Fester is one of our negative virus cats who has been dealing with a fungal infection on his nose. He was successfully treated for it about a year ago, but now it is back with a vengeance. This is a different type of fungus that the vet has us treating more aggressively and it is working better. We are treating him with an oral medication, Intrafungal, and it is a stronger, much better, medicine. The aggressive treatment is necessary to avoid the fungus spreading into his nose and sinuses. 
You can even see in the photo the improvement with just four treatments.
Once he is better, he will be placed up for adoption. He is a super sweet, and super chill, boy!
Blackie: Blackie had some episodes of bloody diarrhea and slight weight loss. He is about 17 years old, so we always want to ensure it is nothing more serious. He is dual diagnosed, which is FIV/FeLV positive, cat. Surprisingly, his labs were not too bad. Slightly elevated white count, which is good to even show he has them being immune compromised, no fever, no liver or kidney issues, and other than being slightly underweight, he is in surprisingly good shape. He is on oral medication for five days to ensure there is not any infection, then back to the Frierson location.
Bandit: Bandit is still hanging in there. She had a slight weight drop this past week and a half but has been gaining weight again. She likes being with the Director and spoiled. Having the form of coronavirus she has means she needs to not be around the others, but she is fine with that. We just would love to see her put on another pound.
Of course, with all this we are back up on the vet bill. Intrafungal is over $60 a bottle, so that adds up. Our bill is back, over $1800. We really need a break because we have some incredibly old cats and that often means age-related issues. Paws and claws crossed we do not!
You can call the vet clinic directly at 318-747-5747 and donate over the phone.
Or you can PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
FOOD AND SUPPLIES: We are sharing this information again so you can better see what our needs are. We have sixty-two cats between the Frierson and Bossier facilities. Frierson has seventeen cats, and the rest are in Bossier. We go through a great deal of food and litter. Here is a breakdown of food and litter:
18 Boxes of 60 count canned and ten bags of 25-pound Cat Chow = $1143.26 for 4 weeks
40 Pails of 42-pound cat litter = $784.40 for 4 weeks
Food and litter totals for 4 weeks = $1927.66
This does not include the prescription food, which is $237.80 per month.
We also have eleven cats on daily medications.
As you can see this is a lot of money. We have been fortunate with kind donors, but it is not an easy task.
We can always use your help.
PayPal is the best, and quickest, way to help. Then we can immediately go buy the supplies.
PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
Or you can help using our wish lists:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Paws in the Park
River Park Church, 3232 E 70th Street
Shreveport, LA 71105
19 October 2024
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Pet Palooza
26 October 2024
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Louisiana Boardwalk
Bossier City, LA
Yogie and Friends Fall Bake Sale
TBD
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Petco
6595 Youree Drive
Shreveport, Louisiana
ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027
We continue to need your help and there are many ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a part of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?
SPONSORSHIP: We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.
Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.
You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.
If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.
WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 62 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:
CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING
Sunny
Ursula
Brexit
Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.
Oskar
Hope
Elsa
Barney
Anna
Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Grace
Blackie
Penelope
Duckie
Lucy
Smudge
Squeak
Bandit
Snowball
Miss Kitty
Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Ms. Gray
Oscar
Dorian
Bert
Ernie
Kay
Rocket
Ziggy
Layla
Angel
Pia
Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.
Saber
Binx
Domino
Socks
Logan
Russell – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
April
Tosha
Lucia
Uncle Fester
Yeti
Bonnie
Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
Finn
Chloe
Maggie Mae
Anastasia
Saphira
Eragon
Draco
Egon
Nick
Enya
Declan
Fiona
Flynn
Fabio
Sylvester
Our intake is closed until further notice.
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YOGIE AND FRIENDS
140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)
FRIERSON, LA 71027
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!
Thank You! The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter, The News
July 2024
Greetings Yogie Fans!
With the July 4th holiday coming up this week, there will be the usual Facebook posts about lost dogs that escaped out of people’s yards because they were frightened by the fireworks. We see this every year and we just hope people take the proper precautions to prevent their pets escaping and getting lost, or even worse, killed by cars. There are simple steps you can take to help your pets be safe. Get them medication from their vet to help keep them calm. Do not let them out in your yard unattended. We are amazed at how high a fence a terrified dog can jump. Just please, use care.
FRIERSON LOCATION: We are currently facing an emergency in the Frierson location that will require us to move those cats out of Frierson. At this point, the Bossier location is full and cannot absorb all the cats, at this time, that we have in Frierson. We have cats that are excellent candidates for adoption and are working with another rescue to include these cats on transport up north. Unlike here, the north/northeast, states do not have the pet overpopulation problem of cats and dogs. This is why so many rescuers here do transport and have had many successful adoptions as a result. We have been working on adoptions before this situation, so we hope this will help. In the meantime, we are working hard on keeping what we can in Frierson while preparing the cats to transport. This makes the Director incredibly sad, but we know it will be a good thing all around. The Bossier facility is doing well.
FOOD AND SUPPLIES: We have sixty-two cats between the Frierson and Bossier facilities. Frierson has seventeen cats, and the rest are in Bossier. We go through a great deal of food and litter. Here is a breakdown of food and litter:
18 Boxes of 60 count canned and ten bags of 25-pound Cat Chow = $1143.26 for 4 weeks
40 Pails of 42-pound cat litter = $784.40 for 4 weeks
Food and litter totals for 4 weeks = $1927.66
This does not include the prescription food, which is $237.80 per month.
We also have eleven cats on daily medications.
As you can see this is a lot of money. We have been fortunate with kind donors, but it is not an easy task.
We can always use your help.
PayPal is the best, and quickest, way to help. Then we can immediately go buy the supplies.
PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
Or you can help using our wish lists:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
VET CARE:
We have been overwhelmed with geriatric age-related illnesses. We have over $3500 in vet bills currently. If you can help in any way, it would be much appreciated.
You can call the vet clinic directly at 318-747-5747 and donate over the phone.
Or you can PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Paws in the Park
River Park Church, 3232 E 70th Street
Shreveport, LA 71105
19 October 2024
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Pet Palooza
26 October 2024
Times TBD
Louisiana Boardwalk
Bossier City, LA
Yogie and Friends Fall Bake Sale
TBD
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Petco
6595 Youree Drive
Shreveport, Louisiana
FOOD AND LITTER: We need food and litter in a bad way. We do not know why it is so difficult to find it here locally, but other rescuers have told us they are having difficulty finding it too. If you would like to help with this, you can go to our Chewy and Amazon links listed below. We appreciate your help.
ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027
We continue to need your help and there are many ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a part of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?
SPONSORSHIP: We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.
Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.
You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.
If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.
WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 62 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:
CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING
Sunny
Ursula
Brexit
Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.
Oskar
Hope
Elsa
Barney
Anna
Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Grace
Blackie
Penelope
Duckie
Lucy
Smudge
Squeak
Bandit
Snowball
Miss Kitty
Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Ms. Gray
Oscar
Dorian
Bert
Ernie
Kay
Rocket
Ziggy
Layla
Angel
Pia
Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.
Saber
Binx
Domino
Socks
Logan
Russell – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
April
Tosha
Lucia
Uncle Fester
Yeti
Bonnie
Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
Finn
Chloe
Maggie Mae
Anastasia
Saphira
Eragon
Draco
Egon
Nick
Enya
Declan
Fiona
Flynn
Fabio
Sylvester
PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Your donations are the most important thing to help us with our animals. We are a 501(C)(3) non-profit, in good standing. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We can really use help with funds to buy food, veterinarian care, and everyday care of the wellbeing of the animals. Thank you for your support.
Our intake is closed until further notice.
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YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:
YOGIE AND FRIENDS
140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)
FRIERSON, LA 71027
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!
Thank You! The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter, The News
June 2024 Update
Greetings Yogie Fans!
We hope and pray this newsletter finds you well!
Happy 24th Anniversary Yogie and Friends! We celebrated 24 years as a sanctuary on May 26th! Wow! Can you believe it? Where has the time gone?
We know we could not have made it without the kindness and generosity of our fans. It is not an easy thing keeping an animal rescue solvent, but we have.
Thank you for being there for us, and here is to another 24 years!
GIVE FOR GOOD: We want to thank you for our most successful Give for Good. We made a little over $4000 this year. We are still waiting on the deposit, but it should be sometime this week. The funds are much needed. Thank you all again!
HAIL AND FAREWELL:
Hail: We want to welcome our newest board member, Ashley Bullock, to the organization. Ashely is local to Bossier City, Louisiana. We look forward to working with Ashley, and to what ideas she brings with her. Welcome aboard Ashley!
Farewell: We say goodbye to our Vice President, Victoria Volk. Vicki has been with Yogie and Friends for over fifteen years. We appreciate the time she has been with us here at the sanctuary and wish her the best on her next adventures. Thank you Vicki!
VET CARE:
Bandit
Bandit: Doctor DeFriend called and said “The good news is she has cleared the coronavirus. The bad news is she has Cryptosporidium.” We were a little surprised since it did not show on the first diarrhea panel that was sent to the lab, but sometimes so much is going on in a sample it could be missed. Unfortunately, it is a difficult thing to cure. Not impossible, but difficult and it is a zoonotic thing, which means it can transfer to people. We take every precaution with this. On May 11th she went to the vet again. Her weight was down to 4.15 pounds. She was given subcutaneous fluids. The director gives her subQ fluids once a week. She is on Tylosin and is given an appetite stimulant daily. She is eating and drinking water. We see a lot of improvement and are hoping the Cryptosporidium clears. We weighed her on the 23rd and she weighed five pounds eight and a half ounces. She is brighter and happier.
Russell
Russell T: One of our older cats, Russell T., has been losing weight. Not a lot at first, but our director started noticing more. Then she noticed he acted like his mouth hurt when he ate. He saw the vet and has stomatitis. He is not as bad as Alex, so the vet gave him an antibiotic and pain shots and he is scheduled for dental surgery on the 30th. The shots helped him a great deal, so he will be much better for the extractions.
If you can help in any way, it would be much appreciated.
You can call the vet clinic directly at 318-747-5747 and donate over the phone.
Or you can PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
ALEX AND CLAIRE: Recently one of our long-time fans contacted the Director about the possibility of adopting two FIV positive cats. She had lost her last cat about a month ago and said she really missed having cats. She was not interested in adopting kittens because she wanted to outlive her pets, and felt she wanted to help us at the same time.
Alex and Claire
Since Yogie and Friends is a sanctuary, it means we are a forever home, we do not actively look to adopt cats out. We are not averse to it, but most people seek out kittens. Occasionally though, someone does specifically look for an older cat, and with FIV. There are people who do look to adopt FIV positive cats, so we are happy about that.
Since we have known this awesome lady for quite some time, we know she is a great cat person and gives them a great home and care. She had seen our previous newsletter and when she saw Alex she felt a connection. She came to visit, and he took to her like a regular family member. It was that fast. The second cat she looked at that she felt had a gentle, and complimentary personality was Claire. Claire is not FIV positive, but she is the sweetest girl and the three of them clicked.
As hard as it is to say goodbye, it is easy when you know they are going to another good place to be spoiled and pampered and have even more attention.
Congratulations to Alex, now Oscar, and Claire, now Clarise. We are thrilled for you!
FOOD AND LITTER: We need food and litter in a bad way. We do not know why it is so difficult to find it here locally, but other rescuers have told us they are having difficulty finding it too. If you would like to help with this, you can go to our Chewy and Amazon links listed below. We appreciate your help.
ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027
We continue to need your help and there are many ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a portion of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?
SPONSORSHIP: We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.
Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.
You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.
If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.
WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 61 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:
CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING
Sunny
Ursula
Brexit
Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.
Oskar
Hope
Elsa
Barney
Anna
Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Grace
Blackie
Penelope
Duckie
Lucy
Smudge
Squeak
Bandit
Snowball
Miss Kitty
Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Ms. Gray
Oscar
Dorian
Bert
Ernie
Kay
Rocket
Ziggy
Layla
Angel
Pia
Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.
Saber
Binx
Domino
Socks
Logan
Russell
April
Tosha
Lucia
Uncle Fester
Yeti
Bonnie
Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
Finn
Chloe
Maggie Mae
Anastasia
Saphira
Eragon
Draco
Egon
Nick
Enya
Declan
Fiona
Flynn
Fabio
UPCOMING EVENTS:
NONE AT THIS TIME
PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Your donations are the most important thing to help us with our animals. We are a 501(C)(3) non-profit, in good standing. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We can really use help with funds to buy food, veterinarian care, and everyday care of the wellbeing of the animals. Thank you for your support.
Our intake is closed until further notice.
Follow us on Facebook!
YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:
YOGIE AND FRIENDS
140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)
FRIERSON, LA 71027
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!
Thank You! The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter, The News
May 2024 Update
Greetings Yogie Fans!
May is here and we are hoping some of the more dangerous storms we have had are behind us. But this is Louisiana, and we have to expect the unexpected. We hope all our fans in the recent storm areas are safe. It was bad here, but we are okay.
Happy Anniversary Yogie and Friends!! We celebrate 24 years of services to animal rescue on May 26th.
We have some incredibly sad news to report. One of our longtime fans and supporters, Rosana Snyder Bruner, has died. Rosana was a longtime board member of Animal Welfare Inc. She was also a huge fan of Yogie and Friends. More importantly she was a dear friend of ours. She and Jenny would email and talk often. When Jenny did not hear back from her after several emails, Rosana always replied, she started to really worry. When Jenny called her, her phone kept ringing and the answering machine did not pick up, so she went to her house this past Saturday and there were no vehicles in the driveway. A neighbor answered his door and confirmed Jenny’s fears that Rosana had died. We do not know the exact day she died since there is no obituary and her daughter lives in Houston. But we did find that Rosana’s older sister, Shirley, also died a few days after Rosana did. Shirley died February 23rd at the age of ninety-two, so we know Rosana died that week as well. Rosana lived a long, and active life. She was an amazing 90 years old! We loved Rosana and will miss her presence here on earth, but what a life she had.
R.I.P. Rosana Bruner 9 June 1933 – February 2024
GIVE FOR GOOD: Give for Good officially begins on May 7th. Early giving has begun, and we have already seen donations coming in. This is a 24 hour online giving program that is done in the Shreveport-Bossier area to help local non-profits. We are having difficulty with the link, but If you would like to donate to Yogie and Friends during, Give for Good go directly to: www.giveforgoodnla.org and select Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary.
VET CARE: We had a short break with vet bills, and as often comes with rescue, we got hit hard.
Bandit, who is Snowball’s litter-mate, had been suffering with severe diarrhea and we just could not get it under control. We honestly thought she may have had cancer, or something she could not survive, but we still wanted to get her seen and see if there was anything we could do. We had her thyroid checked, as well as a CBC and full chem panel. Her blood work was surprisingly good. It was the result of the fecal panel we got an answer. Bandit was diagnosed with coronavirus. Not the human form. But this form is what also can lead to Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), which is what killed Miracle. She has been an inpatient on fluids off and on and did well for a period of time. She made some huge improvements, but her advanced age may be making it difficult to get over the virus. Still, we are hopeful she can make it. We will give her every chance.
Alex, one of our FIV positive cats, looked like his mouth hurt while he was eating. He went to the vet on the first and had dental surgery on the second. Alex has stomatitis, which is common in FIV cats, and the only cure is tooth extraction. Some cats can get by with a few teeth here and there, but Alex had several lesions, and needed fifteen teeth removed. He is staying with Jenny for a few days while he is recovering. Grayson and Brexit both had this and do very well. Alex will too and will feel a lot better.
Chloe,’ our 20-year-old cat, gets weekly subcutaneous fluid treatment. Other than this, she is in amazing shape, and you would never really know she is that old.
Of course, we now have a large vet bill, and we still have Bandit in the hospital, but at this point our bill is $2164.09. And we get a 50% discount at our vet.
If you can help in any way, it would be much appreciated.
You can call the vet clinic directly at 318-747-5747 and make a donation over the phone.
Or you can PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Or Venmo at YogieCats
BUILDING REPAIRS: The painting of the Frierson cat building has been a slow process with Jenny’s recent medical injury, but it is getting there. As soon as that is done, then the floor will be replaced. We got a price for the vinyl plank floor like we have in the Bossier buildings, and it will run about $1000, which is not bad at all. We have some friends who install floors and we are going to see if they would be willing to install it for free. Paws and claws crossed with that. After that we will add climbing type shelves and avoid cat trees since they cannot be disinfected, and we want to keep the building as healthy as possible.
We want to thank our friend, Mike Powell, for bringing his friend, Jason, who was like a beast with the weed eater and branch cutter, for doing some much needed work on overgrowth to the outdoor habitats. It looks amazing.
FOOD AND LITTER: We need food and litter in a bad way. We do not know why it is so difficult to find it here locally, but other rescuers have told us they are having difficulty finding it too. If you would like to help with this, you can go to our Chewy and Amazon links listed below. We appreciate your help.
ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027
We continue to need your help and there are a few ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a portion of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?
SPONSORSHIP: We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.
Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.
You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.
If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.
WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 63 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:
CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING
Alex – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Sunny
Ursula
Brexit
Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.
Oskar
Hope
Elsa
Barney
Claire
Anna
Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Grace
Blackie
Penelope
Duckie
Lucy
Smudge
Squeak
Bandit
Snowball
Miss Kitty
Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Ms. Gray
Oscar
Dorian
Bert
Ernie
Kay
Rocket
Ziggy
Layla
Angel
Pia
Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.
Saber
Binx
Domino
Socks
Logan
Russell
April
Tosha
Lucia
Uncle Fester
Yeti
Bonnie
Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
Finn
Chloe
Maggie Mae
Anastasia
Saphira
Eragon
Draco
Egon
Nick
Enya
Declan
Fiona
Flynn
Fabio
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Give for Good On-Line Giving Day
7 May 2024 (All Day)
PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Your donations are the most important thing to help us with our animals. We are a 501(C)(3) non-profit, in good standing. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We can really use help with funds to buy food, veterinarian care, and everyday care of the well being of the animals. Thank you for your support.
Our intake is closed until further notice.
Follow us on Facebook!
YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:
YOGIE AND FRIENDS
140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)
FRIERSON, LA 71027
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!
Thank You! The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter, The News
April 2024 Update
Greetings Yogie Fans!
We hope this newsletter finds you happy and well. It is not actually April yet, but the 30th of March, but we wanted to get our best wishes out to you all for a happy, and safe, Easter holiday.
As some of you know, Jenny had an unexpected medical emergency that put her in the hospital for four days. She went to the VA on the 14th for stomach pain and fever, so a CAT scan was ordered with contrast dye and unfortunately with the antibiotics given and the dye created what is known as an Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). Fortunately, three days later she knew things were not right and she went to the ER at the VA hospital. Her labs indicated a dangerously high creatinine level, and the doctor immediately admitted her. She was facing dialysis as treatment. She has had another trip to the ER since, and things are improving, but the doctors said it will take at least a month of care to get through this, but she should make a full recovery. She is in a great deal of pain, but is getting through. It makes her nervous, and she is working hard to get well. She went through ten bags of I.V. fluids and said she does not have any wrinkles on her hands right now. Lol! She is not out of the woods but is improving daily.
Unfortunately, we were unable to hold our spring bake sale as a result and that is a big hit in our wallet. We truly depend on the bake sales to get us through. Once we know what is going on and when things get back on track, we will schedule another bake sale. In the meantime, we appreciate all the help you can give.
VET CARE: We have had some big vet bills this past month. One cat, Liam, had emergency surgery and things developed requiring him to be sent on to the new, 24/7 Emergency Medical Hospital, Valor, in Bossier City. Unfortunately, the ER vets require payment after care and that was over $3000. So, Jenny put it on her own credit card. We sadly lost Liam. We still have an outstanding vet bill of a little over $1000 at our regular vet, Airline Animal Health and Surgery Clinic in Bossier City. If you would like to help with that you can call them directly at 318-747-5747.
We want to say a special thank you to the Krewe of Barkus and Meoux, and the other donors who helped with our huge vet bills. That helped a great deal to get it lowered.
BUILDING REPAIRS: Our repairman did much of the repair work on the Frierson location cat building. We hope to get back to finish the painting and touch up on that soon.
FOOD AND LITTER: We need food and litter in a bad way. We do not know why it is so difficult to find it here locally, but other rescuers have told us they are having difficulty finding it too. If you would like to help with this, you can go to our Chewy and Amazon links listed below. We appreciate your help.
ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027
We continue to need your help and there are a few ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
You can also make a monetary donation via:
PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Venmo at YogieCats
VET CARE: We currently have a small vet bill, but it is not as bad as we have seen.
Finn has a follow-up appointment with the vet on March 5th. He will also be checked for diabetes since he is doing much of the same thing that Pete did when he was diagnosed. We pray he is not diabetic.
You can help in any of the following ways. Thank you!
PayPal: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Venmo: YogieCats
Call in a donation directly to the vet clinic at 318-747-5747.
And as always, you can mail a check or money order to: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027.
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a portion of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?
SPONSORSHIP: We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.
Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.
You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.
If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.
WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 63 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:
CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING
Alex – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Sunny
Ursula
Brexit
Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.
Oskar
Hope
Elsa
Barney
Claire
Anna
Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Grace
Blackie
Penelope
Duckie
Lucy
Smudge
Squeak
Bandit
Snowball
Miss Kitty
Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Ms. Gray
Oscar
Dorian
Bert
Ernie
Kay
Rocket
Ziggy
Layla
Angel
Pia
Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.
Saber
Binx
Domino
Socks
Logan
Russell
April
Tosha
Lucia
Uncle Fester
Yeti
Bonnie
Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
Finn
Chloe
Maggie Mae
Anastasia
Saphira
Eragon
Draco
Egon
Nick
Enya
Declan
Fiona
Flynn
Fabio
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Give for Good On-Line Giving Day
7 May 2024 (All Day)
Geek’d Con Vendor Booth
TBD
PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Your donations are the most important thing to help us with our animals. We are a 501(C)(3) non-profit, in good standing. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We can really use help with funds to buy food, veterinarian care, and everyday care of the wellbeing of the animals. Thank you for your support.
Our intake is closed until further notice.
Follow us on Facebook!
YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:
YOGIE AND FRIENDS
140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)
FRIERSON, LA 71027
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!
Thank You! The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter
March 2024 Update
Greetings Yogie Fans!
We begin this newsletter with some incredibly sad, personal, news. On February 22nd we lost a very beloved family member. Jack Mills, the older brother of our founder, Tim Mills, sadly lost his battle with stage 4 liver cancer. Jack was one of the kindest men we knew. His death is a great loss to us all.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Janet Mills. He leaves behind his son, Adam (Tamara), brothers Tim, and Tony (Silvia), and their children, Danny and Ashley, and Jack’s girlfriend, Valerie Willhoite.
Jack Francis Mills 16 July 1956 – 22 February 2024
BUILDING REPAIRS: Our repairman asked if he could push back the work on the cat building by two weeks, which works out since Jenny sprained her ankle and cannot get on a ladder just yet. It also lets us have time for grieving the loss of Jack Mills, so We hope to begin that work by mid-March.
FOOD AND LITTER: We need food and litter in a bad way. We don’t know why it is so difficult to find it here locally, but other rescues have told us they are having difficulty finding it too. If you would like to help with this, you can go to our Chewy and Amazon links listed below. We appreciate your help.
ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027
We continue to need your help and there are a few ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:
https://www.chewy.com/g/yogie-and-friends-fiv-cat-sanctuary_b66609597?fbclid=IwAR2PutvdDsL2hKM9UNmkJqplrsvJtYewWZd7kPqqeY6FUtXoYpzOA-mHq-Q
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
You can also make a monetary donation via:
PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Venmo at YogieCats
VET CARE: We currently have a small vet bill, but it is not as bad as we have seen.
Finn has a follow-up appointment with the vet on March 5th. He will also be checked for diabetes since he is doing much of the same thing that Pete did when he was diagnosed. We pray he is not diabetic.
You can help in any of the following ways. Thank you!
PayPal: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Venmo: YogieCats
Call in a donation directly to the vet clinic at 318-747-5747
And as always, you can mail a check or money order to: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027.
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a portion of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?
SPONSORSHIP: We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.
Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat, but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.
You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.
If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.
WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 63 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:
CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING
Alex – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Sunny
Ursula
Brexit
Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.
Oskar
Hope
Elsa
Barney
Claire
Anna
Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Grace
Blackie
Penelope
Duckie
Lucy
Smudge
Squeak
Bandit
Snowball
Miss Kitty
Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Ms. Gray
Oscar
Dorian
Bert
Ernie
Kay
Rocket
Ziggy
Layla
Angel
Pia
Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.
Saber
Binx
Domino
Socks
Logan
Russell
April
Tosha
Lucia
Uncle Fester
Yeti
Bonnie
Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
Finn
Chloe
Maggie Mae
Anastasia
Saphira
Eragon
Draco
Egon
Nick
Enya
Declan
Fiona
Flynn
Fabio
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Yogie Vendor Booth
Bakus and Meoux Pet Parade
Louisiana Downs Casino and Racetrack
Bossier City, Louisiana
4 February 2024
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Yogie and Friends Spring Bake Sale
30 March 2024 (Date Change)
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Petco
6595 Youree Drive
Shreveport, Louisiana
Give for Good On-Line Giving Day
7 May 2024 (All Day)
PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Your donations are the most important thing to help us with our animals. We are a 501(C)(3) non-profit, in good standing. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We can really use help with funds to buy food, veterinarian care, and everyday care of the wellbeing of the animals. Thank you for your support.
Our intake is closed until further notice.
Follow us on Facebook!
YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:
YOGIE AND FRIENDS
140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)
FRIERSON, LA 71027
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!
Thank You! The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter
February 2024 Newsletter
Greetings Yogie Fans!
Well January brought us some very strange weather for Louisiana. We had extremely wintry weather for this state, one point we had a minus one wind chill, and a lot of ice. That shut things down for a week, and more in other areas. We were mostly concerned about the space heaters we use in the cat buildings being able to handle the temperatures. We made it and all the cats are well. Our feral colonies even did well with the more insulated shelters we made for them. One of our fans even bought us two Clawsable heated shelters and we are happy the ferals did use them. That makes us happy. We now have building repairs to get done.
We put a call out to our fans on Facebook that we needed to replace three of our heaters. The others were starting to fail. We have had them since 2012 and they did an excellent job. Our fans came through and we have three new, good working heaters. Thank you so much. We are expecting some more very cold, possibly snowy, weather around mid-February.
We are now looking to replace the window unit air conditioner in the building we have had since around 2004. We want to do this before we start experiencing 1000-degree temperatures. Yes, we know it does not get that hot, but it sure feels bad.
YOGIE BOOTH AT BARKUS AND MEOUX PET PARADE: This Sunday, February 4th, is the annual Barkus and Meoux Pet Parade. Yogie and Friends will have their vendor booth at this event. The parade will roll on February 4th at the Louisiana Downs Casino and Racetrack in Bossier City. This is a free family and pet friendly event.
The Vendor Market will open at 11am – with animal group vendors and food trucks.
They will have two contests starting at 1pm – “Best of Broadway” Float decorating contest and a “Best of Broadway” Pet Costume Contest.
The actual parade will start at 2:00pm.
Yogie and Friends will have hats, tee shirts, and collectible ceramic items to raise funds for the Yogie and Friends cats.
If anyone would also like to help the Yogie and Friends cats with food and litter, this would be a good time to bring your donations to our booth and visit the Yogie and Friends volunteers. We are in desperate need of canned pate’ food, dry food, and scoopable cat litter. The only thing we request is the food NOT be grain free. Grain free food has been proven to cause serious heart issues in animals. The things we use most are Friskies Pate,’ Purina Cat Chow Complete, or Purina Naturals. Any scoopable cat litter works for us. We thank you in advance.
Hope to see you all there.
BUILDING REPAIRS: Our repairman came to Yogie to look at our original cat building that needs the floor repaired. We decided to remove one door on the side of the building, it was previously the gift shop, and one door was entrance and the other exit. We really do not need the two doors, so we decided to put the wall back up where the second door is now. That second door also has continuous leaking issues because the person who installed it did not properly do so. This will take care of that and let us have a better layout for the cats. The Director will paint the building after the wall is put up and then the floor repaired and vinyl planks will replace the old, damaged, laminate. This should freshen it up and be an even healthier environment.
Our director bought a five gallon can of paint for the old cat building in Frierson and she plans to begin painting next week. She is going to start on the higher parts now and get that going in advance of Vernon doing the repair work. This way she also will not have to be as worried about the floor if she has any splatters before the floor is repaired and the vinyl planks put in. She wants to get as much done as she can so it will be an easier finish.
ADDRESS CHANGE: A reminder that we have a new physical address for Yogie and Friends. It is now: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027
We continue to need your help and there are a few ways you can do that. The following are the wish lists for supplies:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2N8IP4356I948/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1
You can also make a monetary donation via:
PayPal at yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Venmo at YogieCats
VET CARE: Snowball is doing well after his aural hematoma surgery. He has spent his recovery with our director at her house and has been a spoiled little boy, but we would not have it any other way. We currently have a small vet bill, but it is not like our normal bills.
Finn continues to have lung issues and after a visit to the vet it was decided to put him on an Albuterol inhaler. Dr. Daville has placed other cats on this treatment for the same issue with a great deal of success. The inhaler has arrived, and the director is going to start his treatment.
You can help in any of the following ways. Thank you!
PayPal: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
Venmo: YogieCats
Call in a donation directly to the vet clinic at 318-747-5747
And as always, you can mail a check or money order to: Yogie and Friends, 140 Fob Lane, Frierson, LA 71027.
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Attention Kroger Shoppers. Please consider helping our cats when you shop at Kroger. Our Kroger Community Rewards number is GD567, and you can find us by our name as well, Yogie and Friends FIV Positive Cat Sanctuary. When you log into your Kroger account you can select us as your charity of choice and a portion of your purchase will be donated to our rescue sanctuary. This is one of the easiest ways to help us financially when you go grocery shopping. It takes nothing out of your pockets either. How cool is that?
SPONSORSHIP: We often speak of our sponsorship program and right now we are really trying hard to get all our cats sponsored. Sponsorship is a wonderful way to help support our cats. By sponsoring one of our Yogie cats, you will be providing food, limited medical care (we know that medical bills can get extremely high and do not expect a sponsor to cover it. Unless they can, and want to), and their basic care and support. 100% of the sponsorship goes to the care of these animals. If each cat had a regular, monthly, sponsor, it would help ease the financial burden of care for the animals we provide sanctuary for.
Please note that more than one person may sponsor a cat, but rest assured that all sponsored funds are used for the ongoing care of our cats.
You can sponsor a cat for just $15 a month, $45 a quarter, or $180 a year. You can always contribute more. It all helps a great deal.
If you choose to sponsor a cat via PayPal or Venmo, please let us know the name of the cat you would like to sponsor.
WE CURRENTLY CARE FOR 63 CATS, as well as several feral cats we care for:
CATS IN NEED OF SPONSORING
Alex – is being sponsored by Patsy, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Sunny
Ursula
Brexit
Grayson – Is being sponsored by Phil and Ann, fans in Haughton, Louisiana.
Oskar
Hope
Elsa
Barney
Claire
Anna
Duncan – Is being sponsored by Vanessa, a fan in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Grace
Blackie
Penelope
Duckie
Lucy
Smudge
Squeak
Bandit
Snowball
Miss Kitty
Quinn – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Theo (Tayo) – Is being sponsored by Denyce, a fan in Houston, Texas.
Ms. Gray
Oscar
Dorian
Bert
Ernie
Kay
Rocket
Ziggy
Layla
Angel
Pia
Mama – Is being sponsored by Louise, a fan in Australia.
Saber
Binx
Domino
Socks
Logan
Russell
April
Tosha
Lucia
Uncle Fester
Yeti
Bonnie
Yakov – is being sponsored by Beverly, a fan in Shreveport, Louisiana
Finn
Chloe
Maggie Mae
Anastasia
Saphira
Eragon
Draco
Egon
Nick
Enya
Declan
Fiona
Flynn
Fabio
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Yogie Vendor Booth
Bakus and Meoux Pet Parade
Louisiana Downs Casino and Racetrack
Bossier City, Louisiana
4 February 2024
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Yogie and Friends Spring Bake Sale
16 March 2024
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Petco
6595 Youree Drive
Shreveport, Louisiana
Give for Good On-Line Giving Day
7 May 2024 (All Day)
PAYPAL: PayPal has a program where you can do automatic monthly donations to Yogie and Friends. This is an easy and effective way to help our fundraising for the animals. You can also choose to pay the fees by selecting the Friends and Family option in PayPal ensuring we receive the entire amount of your donation. Our PayPal is: yogieandfriends@hotmail.com
FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Your donations are the most important thing to help us with our animals. We are a 501(C)(3) non-profit, in good standing. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. We can really use help with funds to buy food, veterinarian care, and everyday care of the wellbeing of the animals. Thank you for your support.
Our intake is closed until further notice.
Follow us on Facebook!
YOU CAN MAIL YOUR DONATIONS TO US AT:
YOGIE AND FRIENDS
140 FOB LANE (NEW ADDRESS)
FRIERSON, LA 71027
PLEASE spay and neuter your pets. Adopt! Do not Shop!
Thank You! The Yogie Cats and their Volunteer Staff!
Posted in Monthly Newsletter, The News