I had a great arrangement with my neighbor about watching each other's dogs when we had to travel, that way no one has to go to a kennel and they are taken care of by someone who knows them. That arrangement ended the day I told her we took in a Red Tailed Boa from a friend of my son. His girlfriend had a baby, and who can blame a mother for not wanting a 7 foot snake in the house with her infant. Well, now I have a snake, no dog sitter but the baby is safe and that's all that matters. I never tell people about Alice. I know how snakes affect some people, so I just avoid it.
