    The Cat House
ARC's only "two story" building in a sense that one walks into the ground level porch and then up a flight of stairs to a great room style facility. Over thirty cats call this home and can been seen racing up and down the stairs, sunning on the front porch or snoozing on the back porch. Its open design and cinder block structure make the cat house naturally cool in the hot Florida summers.
    The Casa Marie
Everything about this feline living area speaks of Florida-style living. A wooden wrap around porch surrounds an interior building complete with food preparation area, laundry room and living quarters. This open design can comfortably house thirty cats each of whom have their own favorite chair, chaise, or cozy corner to enjoy while awaiting a potential adoptor.
    The Casa Luis
This building is a mirror image of the Casa Marie, and both are connected by a screened in breezeway. This ensures adventous cats are contained in a protected walkway in the event they scoot past a visitor! Large introduction crates are in each building to acclimate a new arrival. This makes the transition for a new kid on the block smooth and "spat free".
   The Retreat
This is one of our most special buildings, partly because the cats that reside here are all diagnosed with FIV. Cats with this immune disorder can live long lives, symptom free. They do, however, need a relaxed environment and protection from anything that their compromised immune systems might not be able to handle. It is always cause for celebration when one of these special needs kitties gets adopted. They also tend to be extremely social and perhaps it is because they know how precious life is and how lucky they are to have this "retreat" to come to.
    The Ekstrom House
Occupied by another group of "special needs" kitties, this house is home to on average 20 cats that test positive for feline lukemia. Normally considered an automatic death sentence when disagnosed at a vets clinic or traditional shelter, ARC can provide love and care for the lifespan of such a kitty. Adoptions can occur to very special homes that can provide a secure indoor environment and do not have another household cats.
Recently completed was a side porch extension which connected the front and back porches. This facilitates upkeep and gives these cats added space.
    The Gable Village
Over 150 cats call this shining jewel "home". With 5,500 square feet of screened in living space it truly is a miniture village. Four interior buildings provide inside comfort on those hot or cold days, but the majority of the cats lounge around on chairs and couches placed all throughout the village.
Orignally constructed to house three ferel (wild) cats colonies, the Gable has evolved to housing all levels of socialized cats. Because this village is one of the favorite places for visitors to spend time, many of the ferel cats are now socialized. Who can resist all the capnip, treats, and toys that are offered? Not to mention the kind words and gentle touches. These things have resulted in adoptions over the years of what has first come to us as very scared and timid cats.
You will see several small screened "introduction" rooms. A new arrival spends a week or so here so they can get use to the sights and sounds of their new environment. Once they settle down they join the general population. Here they learn that humans can be trusted and that in this very special village no harm will ever come to them again.
       Whitey's Way and Paws Path
ARC's smallest cottages. They can serve as an intake isolation cottage for a new arrival or for those that come in a group. More frequently,they serve as individual temporary homes for a new mother cat and her kittens. Once the newborns are weaned, spayed and neutered they can be tranferred into a larger facility. Most, however, are pre-adopted and enter their new homes soon after surgical recovery.
Each cottage has a screened in porch and a kitty door to get to the inside the sleeping/eating area.
  The Gribble K-9 Training Center
ARC canines celebrated the dedication ceremony of their 1200 sq foot center for “higher education” on July 20, 2008. Basic obedience, good manners and agility training are now taught to ARC canines in a protected environment threfore school is never out! New intake evaluations are conducted distraction free so accurate behavoiral modification can be planned.
  Krieger K-9 Village
Twenty lodges comprise this village for our canines. Each unit contains an air-conditioned/heated lodge with a doggie door out to a self contained exercize yard. Lodges are sized to accommodate one giant breed, two large or medium breeds or three small breeds. One side of the yard has a shade awning and the other side has a kiddie pool for a hot summer dip!   McAllister's Cabins
A revised version of the Krieger village lodges, these nine cabins have screened porches off the front of each unit so dogs can lay outside but be away from pesky summer flys or mosquitos. These cabins also have bigger exercise yards to better accomodate three large dogs at a time like the Texas Trio pictured below!
  The Clinic
The first stop for a new intake so that a complete health physical can be performed. Also contains a "Real Life" room where prospective adoptors can quietly bond with their new best friend.
   The Dixie D. and Aeries House
This dual cat facility is our enhanced design featuring a larger roof line which provides added shelter from blowing rains. Each side can accommodate thirty five cats and contains large porch areas for group gatherings but also many nooks and crannies for private naps!     The Welcome Center
The Welcome Center is one of ARC's original buildings nestled in 22 1/2 acres of county-side property. This home's three bedrooms were converted to feline living areas segregated by ages ranging from newborns to adolescents to elderly with special needs. A kitchen serves up tasty meals for over 60 cats. Three porches provide varied views and levels of activity. You can always find several "greeter" cats in the living room ready to make any visitor feel welcome or to help someone to fill out adoption paperwork! The Welcome Center
The Welcome Center is one of ARC's original buildings nestled in 22 1/2 acres of county-side property. This home's three bedrooms were converted to feline living areas segregated by ages ranging from newborns to adolescents to elderly with special needs. A kitchen serves up tasty meals for over 60 cats. Three porches provide varied views and levels of activity. You can always find several "greeter" cats in the living room ready to make any visitor feel welcome or to help someone to fill out adoption paperwork!
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The Cat House
ARC's only "two story" building in a sense that one walks into the ground level porch and then up a flight of stairs to a great room style facility. Over thirty cats call this home and can been seen racing up and down the stairs, sunning on the front porch or snoozing on the back porch. Its open design and cinder block structure make the cat house naturally cool in the hot Florida summers.
The Casa Marie
Everything about this feline living area speaks of Florida-style living. A wooden wrap around porch surrounds an interior building complete with food preparation area, laundry room and living quarters. This open design can comfortably house thirty cats each of whom have their own favorite chair, chaise, or cozy corner to enjoy while awaiting a potential adoptor.
The Casa Luis
This building is a mirror image of the Casa Marie, and both are connected by a screened in breezeway. This ensures adventous cats are contained in a protected walkway in the event they scoot past a visitor! Large introduction crates are in each building to acclimate a new arrival. This makes the transition for a new kid on the block smooth and "spat free".
The Retreat
This is one of our most special buildings, partly because the cats that reside here are all diagnosed with FIV. Cats with this immune disorder can live long lives, symptom free. They do, however, need a relaxed environment and protection from anything that their compromised immune systems might not be able to handle. It is always cause for celebration when one of these special needs kitties gets adopted. They also tend to be extremely social and perhaps it is because they know how precious life is and how lucky they are to have this "retreat" to come to.
The Ekstrom House
Occupied by another group of "special needs" kitties, this house is home to on average 20 cats that test positive for feline lukemia. Normally considered an automatic death sentence when disagnosed at a vets clinic or traditional shelter, ARC can provide love and care for the lifespan of such a kitty. Adoptions can occur to very special homes that can provide a secure indoor environment and do not have another household cats.
Recently completed was a side porch extension which connected the front and back porches. This facilitates upkeep and gives these cats added space.
The Gable Village
Over 150 cats call this shining jewel "home". With 5,500 square feet of screened in living space it truly is a miniture village. Four interior buildings provide inside comfort on those hot or cold days, but the majority of the cats lounge around on chairs and couches placed all throughout the village.
Orignally constructed to house three ferel (wild) cats colonies, the Gable has evolved to housing all levels of socialized cats. Because this village is one of the favorite places for visitors to spend time, many of the ferel cats are now socialized. Who can resist all the capnip, treats, and toys that are offered? Not to mention the kind words and gentle touches. These things have resulted in adoptions over the years of what has first come to us as very scared and timid cats.
You will see several small screened "introduction" rooms. A new arrival spends a week or so here so they can get use to the sights and sounds of their new environment. Once they settle down they join the general population. Here they learn that humans can be trusted and that in this very special village no harm will ever come to them again.
Whitey's Way and Paws Path
ARC's smallest cottages. They can serve as an intake isolation cottage for a new arrival or for those that come in a group. More frequently,they serve as individual temporary homes for a new mother cat and her kittens. Once the newborns are weaned, spayed and neutered they can be tranferred into a larger facility. Most, however, are pre-adopted and enter their new homes soon after surgical recovery.
Each cottage has a screened in porch and a kitty door to get to the inside the sleeping/eating area.
The Gribble K-9 Training Center
ARC canines celebrated the dedication ceremony of their 1200 sq foot center for “higher education” on July 20, 2008. Basic obedience, good manners and agility training are now taught to ARC canines in a protected environment threfore school is never out! New intake evaluations are conducted distraction free so accurate behavoiral modification can be planned.
Krieger K-9 Village
Twenty lodges comprise this village for our canines. Each unit contains an air-conditioned/heated lodge with a doggie door out to a self contained exercize yard. Lodges are sized to accommodate one giant breed, two large or medium breeds or three small breeds. One side of the yard has a shade awning and the other side has a kiddie pool for a hot summer dip!
McAllister's Cabins
A revised version of the Krieger village lodges, these nine cabins have screened porches off the front of each unit so dogs can lay outside but be away from pesky summer flys or mosquitos. These cabins also have bigger exercise yards to better accomodate three large dogs at a time like the Texas Trio pictured below!
The Clinic
The first stop for a new intake so that a complete health physical can be performed. Also contains a "Real Life" room where prospective adoptors can quietly bond with their new best friend.
The Dixie D. and Aeries House
This dual cat facility is our enhanced design featuring a larger roof line which provides added shelter from blowing rains. Each side can accommodate thirty five cats and contains large porch areas for group gatherings but also many nooks and crannies for private naps!
The Welcome Center
The Welcome Center is one of ARC's original buildings nestled in 22 1/2 acres of county-side property. This home's three bedrooms were converted to feline living areas segregated by ages ranging from newborns to adolescents to elderly with special needs. A kitchen serves up tasty meals for over 60 cats. Three porches provide varied views and levels of activity. You can always find several "greeter" cats in the living room ready to make any visitor feel welcome or to help someone to fill out adoption paperwork!
The Welcome Center
The Welcome Center is one of ARC's original buildings nestled in 22 1/2 acres of county-side property. This home's three bedrooms were converted to feline living areas segregated by ages ranging from newborns to adolescents to elderly with special needs. A kitchen serves up tasty meals for over 60 cats. Three porches provide varied views and levels of activity. You can always find several "greeter" cats in the living room ready to make any visitor feel welcome or to help someone to fill out adoption paperwork!
The Cat House
ARC's only "two story" building in a sense that one walks into the ground level porch and then up a flight of stairs to a great room style facility. Over thirty cats call this home and can been seen racing up and down the stairs, sunning on the front porch or snoozing on the back porch. Its open design and cinder block structure make the cat house naturally cool in the hot Florida summers.
The Casa Marie
Everything about this feline living area speaks of Florida-style living. A wooden wrap around porch surrounds an interior building complete with food preparation area, laundry room and living quarters. This open design can comfortably house thirty cats each of whom have their own favorite chair, chaise, or cozy corner to enjoy while awaiting a potential adoptor.
The Casa Luis
This building is a mirror image of the Casa Marie, and both are connected by a screened in breezeway. This ensures adventous cats are contained in a protected walkway in the event they scoot past a visitor! Large introduction crates are in each building to acclimate a new arrival. This makes the transition for a new kid on the block smooth and "spat free".
The Retreat
This is one of our most special buildings, partly because the cats that reside here are all diagnosed with FIV. Cats with this immune disorder can live long lives, symptom free. They do, however, need a relaxed environment and protection from anything that their compromised immune systems might not be able to handle. It is always cause for celebration when one of these special needs kitties gets adopted. They also tend to be extremely social and perhaps it is because they know how precious life is and how lucky they are to have this "retreat" to come to.
The Ekstrom House
Occupied by another group of "special needs" kitties, this house is home to on average 20 cats that test positive for feline lukemia. Normally considered an automatic death sentence when disagnosed at a vets clinic or traditional shelter, ARC can provide love and care for the lifespan of such a kitty. Adoptions can occur to very special homes that can provide a secure indoor environment and do not have another household cats.
Recently completed was a side porch extension which connected the front and back porches. This facilitates upkeep and gives these cats added space.
The Gable Village
Over 150 cats call this shining jewel "home". With 5,500 square feet of screened in living space it truly is a miniture village. Four interior buildings provide inside comfort on those hot or cold days, but the majority of the cats lounge around on chairs and couches placed all throughout the village.
Orignally constructed to house three ferel (wild) cats colonies, the Gable has evolved to housing all levels of socialized cats. Because this village is one of the favorite places for visitors to spend time, many of the ferel cats are now socialized. Who can resist all the capnip, treats, and toys that are offered? Not to mention the kind words and gentle touches. These things have resulted in adoptions over the years of what has first come to us as very scared and timid cats.
You will see several small screened "introduction" rooms. A new arrival spends a week or so here so they can get use to the sights and sounds of their new environment. Once they settle down they join the general population. Here they learn that humans can be trusted and that in this very special village no harm will ever come to them again.
Whitey's Way and Paws Path
ARC's smallest cottages. They can serve as an intake isolation cottage for a new arrival or for those that come in a group. More frequently,they serve as individual temporary homes for a new mother cat and her kittens. Once the newborns are weaned, spayed and neutered they can be tranferred into a larger facility. Most, however, are pre-adopted and enter their new homes soon after surgical recovery.
Each cottage has a screened in porch and a kitty door to get to the inside the sleeping/eating area.
The Gribble K-9 Training Center
ARC canines celebrated the dedication ceremony of their 1200 sq foot center for “higher education” on July 20, 2008. Basic obedience, good manners and agility training are now taught to ARC canines in a protected environment threfore school is never out! New intake evaluations are conducted distraction free so accurate behavoiral modification can be planned.
Krieger K-9 Village
Twenty lodges comprise this village for our canines. Each unit contains an air-conditioned/heated lodge with a doggie door out to a self contained exercize yard. Lodges are sized to accommodate one giant breed, two large or medium breeds or three small breeds. One side of the yard has a shade awning and the other side has a kiddie pool for a hot summer dip!
McAllister's Cabins
A revised version of the Krieger village lodges, these nine cabins have screened porches off the front of each unit so dogs can lay outside but be away from pesky summer flys or mosquitos. These cabins also have bigger exercise yards to better accomodate three large dogs at a time like the Texas Trio pictured below!
The Clinic
The first stop for a new intake so that a complete health physical can be performed. Also contains a "Real Life" room where prospective adoptors can quietly bond with their new best friend.
The Dixie D. and Aeries House
This dual cat facility is our enhanced design featuring a larger roof line which provides added shelter from blowing rains. Each side can accommodate thirty five cats and contains large porch areas for group gatherings but also many nooks and crannies for private naps!
The Welcome Center
The Welcome Center is one of ARC's original buildings nestled in 22 1/2 acres of county-side property. This home's three bedrooms were converted to feline living areas segregated by ages ranging from newborns to adolescents to elderly with special needs. A kitchen serves up tasty meals for over 60 cats. Three porches provide varied views and levels of activity. You can always find several "greeter" cats in the living room ready to make any visitor feel welcome or to help someone to fill out adoption paperwork!