Rodney The Cats Legacy

07/03/2026

Hi Frens. Rodney here with your Rainbow Bridge update. I apawlogise for the delays but am back again in all my glories. My works here continues. We have had a huge amount of Angel Fur Frens arrive as a result of a terrible conflict in the Northern Hemisphere. Our thoughts are with ebryone who has been affected and we all hope the powers that be can bring an early resolution & peace & harmony will return soon.
On a brighter note, Mum & Dad called in to Aunty Vivs during the week. They were on there way to a very special 80th Birthday (not to name drop but feel free to wish my very special Aunty Joy P a Happy Birthday). Mum spotted KitKats gorgeous meomorial stone at the front entrance of Vivs Kitchen (complete with her Hi Viz Vest). Make sures to check it out next times you visit. Aunty Viv also has a bootiful mural commission underway there at the moment. Many of you feline fans will be familiar with Swiftmantis and this latest works will not disappoint. I can sees lots of Selfies being taken in Aunty Vivs Kitchens carpark soon.
Grandpa Buster, KitKat & I has issued Angels Wings to many new arrivals over recent days and weeks. Here are just some of them:
Roxie, Wilson the Whanganui Ginger Cat, Odin of The Mobile Vet Nurse, Tripper Hopkins, Birdy Romeo of Funky Chicken, Milly Lightful, Tigger of Pet Food Bank, Finzy Harrison, Gee Gee Endo The Blind, Roo of Black Goat Farm and Sanctuary and Frankie Rudolph. Keep sending me the names of your recently passed fur babies so I can find them for you and pass a message onto them for you all. Keeps being kinds to each other cos I is all about the kindness. Sending hugs, your boy, Rodney ###💞🐾🌈

21/02/2026

Hi Frens, Rodney here. Many of you have noticed my page has been a wee bit quieter than normal this year. There is a very good reason for that. On New Years Eve, my doggo fur sister Maddison (aka Maddie) sat down to has her dinner and couldn’t get back up again. Mum & Dad spent New Years Day getting Maddie to Massey Vets for urgent spinal surgery (herniated disc in her lower back which was pressing onto her spinal cord). Maddie has just completed 6-7 weeks of crate rest like a champion. It has meant lots of physio to keep her muscles and joints supple and endless lifting and carrying outside for toilet breaks which has kept Mum & Dad super busy (but they haven’t minded because Maddie has gone from completely paralysed in her back legs to walking again (even if sometimes she looks like a drunk sailor but don‘t tell her I saids that). The Massey Vet Dr Andrew said it can take up to 3 months to get the full benefits of surgery but so far, things are looking purretty good for her. It will be a mystery as to how she injured herself but anything she can jump on or off is now banned at Maddies home. Feels free to leave a message for Maddie congratulating her on a job well done. Mum & Dad wants you to know my page will be back to “normal” again real soon. Sending hugs, your boy, Rodney ###🐾💞🌈

31/01/2026

Hi Frens. Rodney here with your Rainbow Bridge update. Well, the first month of 2026 has already come to an end however my work here continues. So many new Angels have had their wings distributed. Here are just some of them:
Sartchi Buckley, Doggo Callie Shoupe, Doggo Pickles, Kitty Nuku, Doggo Doug MacAllister-Robb of Very Important Pet Chauffeur, All the Victoria Wildfire fur babies, Kitty Tato, Kitty Nuka, Kitty Logan Wolzak, Doggo Tonto Moffat, Jinny of Motor Vessel Wairua, Birdy Princess Thorner, Lola the Aro Park Kitty, Zeke Powers, Kitty Ozzy & Doggo Bandit Skudder. All these new Angels have settled in well and are watching over their Hoomans with lurrves. They will be sending wee messages to let them know they are still about so keep an eye out for that flitting butterfly, that single feather appearing out of nowhere or a wee bird suddenly appearing in your garden. Sometimes, when the time is right of course, they might even send a new fur fren for their Hoomans to lurrves again (so be purr-pared). Don’t furrget that painted rocks of your Angel fur fren can be left at my Meowmorial Garden at Viv’s Kitchen. Mum saw the Garden recently and said it has loads of bootiful new painted rocks so keep them coming. Meantimes, keeps being kinds to each other cos I is all about the kindness. Sending hugs, your boy, Rodney ###🐾💞🌈

29/01/2026

Ozzy is safe here at Rainbow Bridge but wanted me to share his story to raise awareness of all the lost, stray, abandoned & unwanted kittehs out there. Keep a tissue handy frens……###🐾💞🌈🪽

𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞🌈
Yeah… this isn’t how I imagined it either, but life doesn’t really ask for permission. Sometimes it just taps you on the shoulder and says, it’s time.

Ozzy here 🦇
And I want you to know something right away — I left this world loved, unconditionally.

I was somewhere between sixteen and “old enough to have seen too much.”
Most of my life was hard. Not dramatic-hard, just quietly miserable.
Bad food. Hunger. Fleas. Dehydration. Long days and longer nights.

If I was loved once, I can’t really remember it. It’s all a bit blurry now.

For years, I lived one street up from here, outside a house that never quite felt alive. People came and went. Some left for good.
I stayed.

I sat by that door in rain, wind, heat and sun, looking like I belonged somewhere even though I didn’t. Thin. Scruffy. Tired.

Most people passed by assuming someone else had responsibility for me.

That’s how it usually works — everyone thinks someone else is taking care of it.

Dad passed me too.
Not because he didn’t care — but because he believed what he was told.
“He belongs to that house.”
And when enough people repeat something, even doubts start to quiet down.

But something stayed with him.
A feeling that something wasn’t right.

Then came this summer.
The hottest day of the year. Nearly forty degrees.
I was done. Empty. Dehydrated. Sick.
I lay in the middle of the road, not really hoping anymore — just waiting for it to stop.

And then I heard it.

The car.
The catmobile.
The one every cat in town knows.

Dad stopped. Got out.
We looked at each other — just for a few seconds, but it felt like a lifetime.

And he said,
“Right. You’re coming with me.”

Front seat.
Still the proudest moment of my life.

From that moment on, everything changed.
Hospitals. Tests. Care.

Years of bad food had damaged my intestines. I was basically a frame with a coat. But I was safe. Warm. Finally seen.

Me and dad… we found each other.
Not loudly. Not dramatically.
Just deeply.

At night, I climbed into his bed, under the duvet, tucked under his chin, holding his arm with both paws like I might float away if I let go.
Oopsy slept below me.
That was our place. Every night.

Mornings had a rhythm.
Coffee on.
Ozzy first.

And here’s what I want you to take with you.

When you save an old, battered street cat, something shifts.
Not just in them — in you.

The gratitude comes first.
Then the trust.
And then a kind of love that feels different.
Not better than any other love — just deeper. Quieter. Aware that time matters.

Kittens bring joy and chaos.
Young cats grow with you.

But old cats arrive knowing.
They don’t need convincing.
They don’t need lessons.

They walk in, stretch out on the sofa, and say, this will do — I’m home.

In shelters and on streets, they wait.
Not because they are less lovable — but because their love doesn’t shout.
Their faces tell stories. Their hearts carry weight.

When someone finally chooses them, they give everything back.
Not forever.
But completely.

So yeah… goodbye, everyone.
I was warm.
I was full.
And I was loved.

That was enough. 🐾🖤

Ozzy 🦇

18/01/2026

Hi Frens. Rodney here from the Rainbow Bridge. Whilst the loss of any Fur Fren is difficult, today’s post is dedicated to a very special Doggo Angel Fur Fren named Doug (aka Dougie) MacAllister-Robb. Dougie is one half of the Heart Babies of my Uncle Morgy and Aunty Rachel. (You will know Uncle Morgy through his works at Very Important Paws Chauffeur were he gets rescued fur babies to their new homes all over the country in his Cooltranz “Kennelworth” Truck). Sadly, despite the bestest of cares, Dougies health had deteriorated and his pawrents had to make the difficult decision every fur pawrent dreads. Surrounded by lurrves, Dougie arrived here at the Rainbow Bridge & received his well earned Angel Wings. Dougie has settled in so well making loads of Doggo Angel Frens. He has also proudly accepted the impawtants role as Chief Doggo Meeter & Greeter. His Mum & Dad would be so proud of the great job he is doing. Pwease feel free to leave a message of suppawts for Uncle Morgy & Aunty Rachel (& Dougies Fur Sister Ruby) as they navigate life without their handsome boy. I am sure they would appreciate your words. I will be back soon with another Rainbow Bridge update for you all. Keeps being kinds to each other. Sending hugs, your boy, Rodney ###🐾💞🌈

02/01/2026

Hi Frens. Rodney here with your first Rainbow Bridge update for 2026. Whilst Christmas & New Years may have been a time of celebrations for many, it was also a very sads times for lots of Hoomans. Myself and Grandpa Buster have continued to be busy meeting and greeting many new fur frens and issuing them with their Angels Wings. Our newest Celebrekitty is KitKat the Viv’s Kitchen mascot. Sadly, KitKat gained her wings prematurely but is settling in well and halpings me & Grandpa Buster with our works. Another set of paws is always welcomes to halps us & KitKat is such a social butterfly so is a natural at her new job here. Some of our other arrivals include: Hong Kong Fire Frens, Doggo Graycee, Sophie Carty, Ninja, Rusty Murtha, Meemee Chan, Aqua Mercer, Rusty Dais, Tigger Teddy, Smokey of Pedley’s Nursery Fielding, Mama Cat, Doggos Rafa & Odin & Doggo Nico.
Know they are all lookings down on their Hoomans with lurrves and watching over them. Keeps eyes out for the little signs they are sending to let you know they are still nearby. It may be a feather, a floating butterfly or a wee breeze on a still day. Those are all signs from your Angel Fur Fren. Sometimes, when the time is right, they even send a new fur fren to their Hoomans to lurrves again. Angel Fur Babies are very good like that. Meantimes, keep beings kinds to each other cos I is all abouts the kindness. Sending hugs, your boy, Rodney ###🐾💞🌈

31/12/2025

Hi ebryone. Rodney here wishing all my Frens a Happy New Year from myself & all the Angels here at the Rainbow Bridge. Thankyou for your suppawt and kind messages throughout the year. Stay safe this holiday season & keeps beings kind to each other. Sending hugs to you all as we welcomes in 2026. Your boy, Rodney ###🐾💞🌈

24/12/2025

Hi Frens. Rodney here wishing each & ebryone of you a very Merry Christmas. Remember, it is not always about the presents but about being present. May you all have a wonderful day. Be kinds to each other & stay safes. Sending hugs from myself & all your Angel Babies from the Rainbow Bridge ###🐾💞🌈

21/12/2025

As many of you may be aware, some very sad news has come in from Aunty Viv's Kitchen this evening. Pwease keep Aunty Viv & Uncle Kevan in your thoughts. Rest in Lurrves KitKat. You will be sadly missed ###🐾💞🌈🪽

UPDATE...

IM SO SORRY TO TELL YOU ALL THE NEWS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE THAT MOST HORRIBLE OF
DECISIONS...
THE VETS PHONED AND APART FROM SOME OTHER COMPLICATIONS, KITKAT HAD LOST CIRCULATION TO HER LEFT LEG, WHICH WOULD HAVE MEANT AMPUTATION AND WE KNOW THAT WOULDN'T BE FOR OUR GIRL.

WE WILL MISS OUR POSING RATBAG DEARLY...
NOW PAIN FREE WITH RODNEY CAT OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE 🌈THANK YOU FOR CHOSING US KITKAT, YOU WERE LOVED BY SO MANY 💔

21/12/2025

13/12/2025

Hi Frens. Rodney here. Not long now and the Jolly Big Fella in the Red Suit will be visiting. Christmas should be a magical time however, for many, it is not. There are families struggling to put food on their tables or elderly Hoomans with no family at all spending the day on their own. Pwease stop and think about those in our own back yards and what we can do to make their Christmas a wee bit brighter. Is there anything we can do to halps that struggling family? It may be something small like leaving a package of treats on their doorstep to enjoy on Christmas Day. It may be that Christmas Card left in a letterbox so they know someone is thinking of them. It could be inviting that lonely elderly neighbour to Christmas Dinner so they are not eating on their own. Whatever it is, small gestures can go a long way, especially this time of year. I will be leavings my Rainbow Bridge updates now until the New Year (which is not very far away at all). Pwease let me know what you are all doing for Christmas and how you will be halpings someone in your are not so fortunate. I would lurrves to hears from you all. Meantimes, keeps being kinds to each other. Sending hugs, your boy, Rodney ###🐾💞🌈🪽

29/11/2025

Hi Frens. Rodney here with your regular Rainbow Bridge update. As you already knows, It has been a tough couple of weeks for ebryone, not only in Manawatu, but arounds the worlds. Whiles life is slowly getting back to some sort of normals for most of us, there are sadly families out there whose lives will never be normals again and we keep them in our thoughts and prayers.
Works here at Rainbow Bridge continues & I am so grateful for the halps I get from Grandpa Buster to lighten the load. He is such a great fren. Here are just some of our new arrivals:
Lucy Alloway, all the fur and feathered Tongariro fire frens, Doggo Rose Johnson, Doggo Boss Bradley, Doggos Pooch & Ben Brown, Kitteh Ado, Doggo Marlo (keeping his three special Angels safe), Kitteh Ralphy & Alvin of Kitty Kingdom Wellington - Cat Sanctuary.
The nice lady in Sanson who paints the rocks for my Meowmorial Garden at Aunty Viv's Kitchen is taking a wee sabbatical & Mum has started doing some painted rocks in the interim. You will find them in my postings. These few have been painted complimentary but Mum is now taking on orders for my Followers. All she asks is a donation (you can nominate the amount) to cover her consumables. Mum will purrsonally deliver orders to my Meowmorial Garden when she gets a number of orders together. You can message Mum on my page to find out more.
Well, a Rainbow Bridge Chief Meeter and Greeters works is never done so back I go to fluff up some cloud pillows and groom some Angel Wings in readiness for new arrivals. Meantimes, keep being kinds to each other as I is all abouts the kindess (hmmmmm, that could be a great Tshirt slogan…….). Sending hugs, your boy, Rodney ###🐾💞🌈

Mum has already had enquiries for painted rocks. Account for donation towards consumables (you are free to nominate the amount) to have these done is as follows (it’s my account but new rules say it has to be a Hooman so Mum has put her name on the account to have it accepted)
BNZ 02-0792-0021482-002. Don’t furrget to put your name as the reference 🐾💞🌈🪽