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monkey25 · Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:32 pm Post subject: Facing your fear

Hi, thanks a lot to the mods and owners for letting me place this here. It means a lot Very Happy

My name is Anna and I'm raising money for the rescue dogs I work with but in particular a big smelly fella called Kenzo. I drove 12 hours to Norfolk to pick him up from a....well a shed really where he'd lived with no exercise, very little food and no vetinary care for over a year even though he has terrible cherry eye. Sad

Despite that he's a lovely, clumsy, funny fella and he really deserves a happy life from now on. His foster home are rebuilding his muscle tone and his trust, Burns have sponsered his feed and I'm now (stupid stupid girl that I am) going to try and raise enough money to cover his neutering and the treatment of his eyes - anyone of you who owns anything bigger than a collie will know this is no mean feat.....

So I thought - if Kenzo can live like that for a year I can do something for one day that scares me, and my dear friend Tracie piled in too to stop me making an utter fool of myself alone!

I have a totally irrational but all consuming fear of snakes. She has a fairly sensible fear of heights (she can't go more than 3 steps up a ladder without fainting) Tracie will be riding the London eye with me pinning her to the floor and probably getting a black eye in the process and I will be.....I will be WEARING two Pythons next Sunday kindly organised by two nutters from here........

All sponsers get pics of both events (Stuart is taking mine - cheers chuck) and they'll be seen nowhere else until I say it's ok - judging by my past reactions to snakes I don't think it'll ever be ok!!

Anyway, here's the link to have a look at the big lug (who's still looking for a home too by the way) and sponser the event through paypal, alternatively you can PM me for a sponsership form if you want to have a whip round in the pub, any pub who gets together and raises a decent amount will get a large print of what's becoming known as the 'snake bikini'

http://www.canecorso.me.uk/SPONSOR/sponsor.html

The event is being hosted by Molosser forum and has received over 1,000 hits since it was launched on Tuesday - basically people laughing at me...

http://z9.invisionfree.com/All_Molosserbreeds/index.php?

So if you want to see a terrified woman covered in Snakes and a girl being wrestled in the London eye (and who wouldn't?!) please get your giving hat on and click the button.

Thanks.

x

Me and Kenzo:

big_boids_uk · Key Member Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 307 Location: London

OI! less of the crazy - i prefer to be called slightly deranged Very Happy

Anyway here is my 11 year old nephew modeling your 'snake bikini' for you, thought seeing it with him might calm you a bit Razz

Here she is, my little girl -

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big_boids_uk · Key Member Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 307 Location: London

apologies for the naff pic by the way - i was in a rush cleaning them all out etc etc and weighing in at about 71/2 to 8 stone she was a little too heavy for my nephew to hold for anything longer than about 30 seconds.
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Stuart · Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:43 pm Post subject:

Great pic..All the best with this Anna and I hope you raise plenty for the poor guy..
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Budda · Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject:

I dont know if i am just being blind but when are you doing it? Its great that you are putting yourself through all this to help this beautiful fella! He is great and you are great for doing this.
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Stuart · Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:54 pm Post subject:

All going well..it will be happening next Sunday.
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monkey25 · Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:48 pm Post subject:

Am now even more scared AND slightly humiliated by being 'out bikini'd' by a small boy.

Embarassed

big_boids_uk · Key Member Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 307 Location: London

lol two snakes are better than one you'll have him beat Wink

You'll be fine your in the hands of professionals ha ha No seriously they are sweethearts the snakes im sure you'll all get along fine, who knows you may even want your OWN one after we have finished Shocked

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monkey25 · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:23 am Post subject:

I'm not sure about that.

I wake up with butterflies every day as it is!

I can't see my two girls being terribly chuffed about having a snake in the house either......

My little Girl Presley:

and my Big girl Bugsy (tango dog!)

big_boids_uk · Key Member Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 307 Location: London

yeah we will probably have to do it in a dog free room to be honest if that is OK? My animals are not used to dogs. They are fine with the scent as a lot of family / friends have them but they have never had any contact and the littlest of yours is 'edible size'. wouldn't want any 'incidents' Embarassed

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