Valentines Sponsored Smooch!
Venue: Chancepixies, Gravel Lane, West Hougham, Kent CT15 7AG
Date: Saturday 11th February 2012
Start time: 10am, Registrations from 9am
Ok, so no smooching need be done, but we are holding a special Valentines sponsored walk in aid of Chancepixies Animal Rescue to raise much needed funds to help them continue to match make abandoned hounds with big hearted humans!
The walk will start and end at Chancepixies, with free cake and tea/coffee for all participants, and a free dog treat for their canine companions. We will be walking across the beautiful Kent countryside surrounding the rescue. The walk should take approx 1hr 30mins and will about 4 miles.
Sponsored Walk and weekend at Pets at Home, Ashford in aid of Chancepixies Animal Rescue
Saturday 29th at Pets at Home, Ashford and Sunday 30th October 2011 plus the Halloween Howler
A big thank you to everyone that supported us on our most spooky event of year - The Halloween Howler!
It was a fantastic weekend that helped us raise much needed funds to help us keep our homeless hounds warm and cosy as the dark nights descend. The weekend raised in excess of £800 which with match funding from Barclays will be even more brilliant!
A BIG thank you to everyone - woof woof!
The after party, including best fancy dress, sausage bobbing and musical sits!
We have found that a wonderful way to promote Chancepixies and our work is to hold promotional days at various pet stores. It is a fantastic way to meet the public, gather support and to help find forever homes for our lovely dogs.
In September we will be holding two such events:
Pets at Home, Folkestone - 3rd and 4th September 2011
Jolleys, Dover - 17th and 18th September 2011
Thank you to both stores for allowing us be present at your premises, hopefully see you there!
Parachute Jump for Chancepixies!
17th August 2011
Heidi Anderson, Tina Chapman and Kevin Goodwin all successfully completed their tandam skydive on Wednesday 17th August. In support of Chancepixies and our work, they threw themselves out of a plane at 12,000 ft (over 2 miles high!), starting their decent at 180mph, then down to 120mph untill the parachute opens for a more 'leisurely' ride down from 9,000ft!
Heidi and Tina both raised sponsorship of around £500 each and Kevin is falling behind a bit, but I'm sure he will catch up! Thank you to all three of you and also to all your wonderful sponsors, that is a brilliant result, thank you x
If you would like to do a parachute jump in aid of Chancepixies, please feel free to sign up via Skyline Events and select Chancepixies as your charity of choice, your madness will make a difference!
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Saturday 30th July 2011 @ Chancepixies, Gravel Lane, West Hougham, Kent CT15 7AG
Starts at 10am, registrations from 9am, £5 entry and as much sponsorship as you can raise for the Chancepixies dogs!
Come and support us and enjoy a guided walk across our stunning part of the Garden of England. We will be taking a Summer stroll along country footpaths coming along the White Cliffs of Dover, enjoying stunning landscapes and wonderful views of the beautiful Kentish countryside. We will begin our walk from Chancepixies, with its ample parking (those that would like to have the companionship of one of the Chancepixies dogs for £10 entry fee would be most welcome - they may even help you up the hills!). The walk will also finish at Chancepixies with complimentary cake and tea/coffee for all participants.
The walk will take up to 4 hours and will have the opportunity to stop, sit and enjoy the views across to France, you are welcome to bring a picnic (weather permitting, if not there is a pub enroute!).
Come and join us and raise much needed funds for the care and comfort of our dogs.
Sponsorship form & additional sponsor sheets
Tuesday 26th July 2011, 7.00pm - 8.30pm - Hythe Methodist Church
Have you ever wondered how dogs are trained to detect cancer or to alert people if they are about to have a diabetic or epileptic seizure? The charity Cancer & Bio-detection Dogs (CBD) does just that and will be giving a talk to explain their methods. Their work seeks to establish and develop the extent to which the olfactory ability of dogs can be used to diagnose and identify disease and life threatening conditions in people. Their dogs truly save lives, many on a daily basis. Tickets are £3 and all the money raised goes to the charity. Places are limited, please call Pippa on 01303 269172 to reserve your place.
Chancepixies Pet Food Run for Bikers
Saturday 11th June 2011 @ Chancepixies, Gravel Lane, West Hougham, Kent CT15 7AG
From midday, all welcome!
The weather has finally turned to the advantage of us bikers, now is the time to get out and have some fun! Make Chancepixies Animal Rescue your destination on Saturday 11th June 2011, Bring dog food, toys or simply cold hard cash. Plentiful supply of Tea and Bacon Butties will be available - Come and Meet us and our dogs!
Bank Holiday Monday, 30th May 2011 @ Chancepixies, Gravel Lane, West Hougham, Kent CT15 7AG
Supported by our patron Wendy Turner-Webster who judged 'Dog the Judge would most like to take home' and 'Best Novelty in Show' (winner pictured above with Wendy), we had 10 novelty classes, 5 pedigree classes Judged by Chris Hollands (Zarosa), 3 Obedience classes (Judged by Val Quick, Fran May and Pam Thorne) and 1 photography competition (Judged by Christine Nichols), all with rosettes and trophies to the lucky winners.
As you can see from the photos we had all weather - from thick fog, to glorious sunshine to rain!
Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers and fantastic supporters - the Chancepixies Fun Dog Show took a total of £2,256.08!!!!
Thank you from all the dogs at Chancepixie - you are brilliant x
Chancepixies Fun Dog Show photos, 2011
APGAW (Associate Parlimentary Group for Animal Welfare)
On 17th May 2011, David & Heidi Anderson attended a meeting with Neil Parish MP and Chairman of APGAW (Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare) at The House of Commons to discuss the issues surrounding the lack of control on dog breeding and our concerns. Our ideas were met favourably and we look forward to working with Neil Parish MP and APGAW in the future.
Chancepixies held their first TTouch work shop on 15th May 2011 with Jacqui Carter (p2).
It was a throughly enjoyable and enlightening day, for dogs and people, with everyone learning how to relax, de-stress and communicate better with their pets. Results were almost instant with one of the attendees, an 11 year old GSD jumping into the car after her session, without assistance, something she hadn't done for quite some time!
Many thanks all that took part and supported us and special thanks to Jacqui and willing helper Kelly (training to become a TTouch practioner) for a wonderful day, we all learnt a lot and all look forward to the next event!
One chilled puppy!
For more information on our next TTouch event please call 01304 203311 or email enquiries@chancepixies.com
Sunday 8th May 2011 at Chancepixies, Gravel Lane, West Hougham, Kent CT15 7AG
Photography Day with Chancepixies rescues. Limited numbers for this event so contact us for details. Bring your camera and photograph the dogs running loose in the paddock and have the opportunity to watch and photograph Dobermann being trained. £20 payment in advance includes refreshments.
Sunday 1st May 2011 @ Chancepixies, Gravel Lane, West Hougham, Kent, CT15 7AG
Good weather, lovely company and a fantastic result of £112 raised for the Chancepixies dogs!
Well done to everyone for completeing the walk and many thanks for your fundraising efforts - the dogs and everyone at Chancepixies apprieciate you all!
Pets at Home, Folkestone
30th April & 1st May 2011
Pets at Home celebrated their 20th Birthday this weekend and Chancepixies were invited along to join the celebrations. As always our time here was enjoyable, talking to many animal lovers. We raised a wonderful £159.95 over the weekend plus a few potential loving new homes for our dogs!
Thank you all the staff and customers at Pets at Home and special thanks to Sandra, Kirsty, Zo, Tina, Diane, Jan D, Brian and Jan H for braving the wind and taking time out to help us, thank you!
April/May 2011 Photography Competition
In order to help raise funds for our Charity to help dogs and education we are holding a photography competition and hope you will enter. The theme is:
My Dog
Judge: Wendy Turner-Webster
Presenter of Absolutely Animals and Pet Rescue
For more information, please click here
Easter Weekend 2011
From left to right, Tina with Juliet (sorry about the picture guys!), Sandra and Kirsty with Charm.
Many, many thanks to all staff and customers at Pets at Home, Folkestone, for allowing us spend time with you over the Easter weekend, it was great to meet you all and together we raised a fantastic £190.05 and lots of interest in our upcoming events and of course our dogs all looking for homes!
Special thanks to all those dedicated volunteers - Jan, Diane, Karen, Tina, Sandra, Susan, and Kirsty, who offered their valuable time over the weekend to make this possible. Well done also to Louie, Bella, Charm and Juliet for being so well behaved and showing people what wonderful companions a rescue dog can be, here's hoping you met your new family over the weekend!
Thank you everyone!
Sponsored walk on 19th February 2011
In aid of Chancepixies Animal Rescue
Despite the wet weather, we raised a fantastic £338! It was a brilliant morning of good company, well behaved dogs (many either current or past residents), varied terrain and topped off by wonderfully welcome tea and cakes on our return to Chancepixies after a rub down (dogs and humans!).
Well done to everyone for completeing the walk and many thanks for your fundraising efforts - the dogs and everyone at Chancepixies apprieciate you all!
EVENTS
Karaoke @ The View - Boxing day
Karaoke in aid of Chancepixies was held on Boxing Day from 7pm, well done to everyone who took part and supported the dogs at Chancepixies!
Many thanks again to Tina and Steve at The View for the use of the venue and for your continuing support - we all appriciate it!
Band night - 23rd December 2010, The Bar Below (The View), Folkestone
Many thanks to Freya for organising a Band night on Thursday 23rd December in aid of Chancepixies. Many thanks also to the playing bands: Barking Toad, Magnets, Skinny Willy and Sleeping Bear!
The night raised a fantasic £260.82!
Thank you everyone involved, Freya, the bands, Steve and Tina at The View and everyone who supported us!
From left to right: Monique Shaw with Lily, Val Quick (Judge), Sandra Clam with Tayla, Freya Brisley with Wizard, Scott with Lyla, Greg Shaw with Reggie and Susan Booth with Jake.
On Tuesday 16th November 2010, Chancepixies held their Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme Bronze test.
The dogs (and owners) were very good with 7 taking part and 6 passes (5 of them Chancepixies dogs!), congratulations everyone and many thanks to the Judge Mrs Val Quick, who commented that these were some of the nicest dogs she had judged!
Our next courses (Puppy Foundation, Bronze and Silver) starts on Tuesday 23rd November, see our training page!
Chancepixies
Halloween Howler!
Sponsored walk in aid of Chancepixies Animal Rescue
On 31st October 2010
Thank you to everyone who took part in our first Sponsored Walk! It was
brilliant to see that people had got into the 'spirit' of things and we
had some excellent fancy dress costumes! All the dogs were brilliant and
the after party was enjoyed by dogs and people with games like musical sits
and sausage bobbing for the dogs!
Thanks again everyone!
The fancy dress competition and the winners! Well done Susan and Jake!
Kirsty | Greg, Monique, Ronnie and Reggie
Jay | Freya with April - who won Musical Sits!
Mads, Susanne and Jake | Vicky
Sandra and Kirsty
Thank you to all those who supported our Fun Dog Day on Sunday 29th August, it was a brilliant day and we raised a fantastic total of £1316.44!
Many thanks to all those that supported us by attending and got involved, you are the ones that made the day such a success!
With special thanks to: Pedigree Judge - Sally Wallis, Novelty Judges - Hilary Partridge-Duckham (who was kind enough to step in at the last minute!) and Lucy Evernden, Obedience Judges - Val Quick, Fran May and Pam Thorne, Kirsty, Sandra and Christine for organising the event and for the photos, Christine Nichols for the photography competition (details of which can be found here), and our volunteers on the Entries stand - Victoria, Freya, Laura and Joules, and in the Cafe - Monique, Sophie and Lena, many thanks to Jan and Mike Dougal and friends for donating and manning the stalls and Graham on car park duty! The PA system was a God send, thank you to Matt for his help with this!
Thank you also to the Elham Dog Training Club who put on two excellent displays of obedience!
A few of the photos of the day are below.
www.chancepixies.com/photocomp1.htm
Thanks again everyone for a great day!
The Enties tent! Well done to our volunteers for keeping up with the demand!
The dogs enjoyed it as much as the people!
Ring 1 - Novelty Judges: Hilary Partridge-Duckham and Lucy Evernden
Ring 2 - Pedigree Judge: Sally Wallis
Demonstrations were held between the pedigree classes in Ring 2 with Elham Dog Training Club - shown above demonstrating the Kennel Club Good Citizen Bronze award . . .
. . . and Obedience to Music . . .
. . . the parade of Chancepixies Animal Rescue dogs . . .
. . . and the United Kingdon Dobermann Association (UKDA).
Obedience Ring 1 - Judge: Val Quick
The winners of the Starters Obedience - Congratulations!
Obedience Ring 2 - Judge: Fran May
The winners of the Improvers Obedience - Congratulations!
Obedience Ring 3 - Judge Pam Thorne
The winners of the Clever Clogs class - Congratulations!
Again a big thanks to everyone from all at Chancepixies including the Chancepixies dogs!
Chancepixies Animal Rescue @ Pets At Home
We were at Pets At Home, Park Farm, Folkestone, Kent over the weekend of the 26th/27th June 2010. Thank you to all the staff and customers that helped us raise funds for our vital work to stop the unnecessary destruction and abandonment of so many thousands of dogs in the UK, as well as to raise awareness of our organisation.
We raised £168.75 for the two days!
A big thank you to all that supported us!
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