British Columbia cities have some of the cleanest air on earth, according to the World Health Organization, which collected air quality data from over a thousand cities around the world.
The global health body released its list of measurements ranking 1,100 cities in 91 countries this week and B.C. had six of the top 10 cities in the world, including Kitimat, Burns Lake, Houston, Terrace, Nanaimo and Nelson.
Wow, what a difference in Shelby. She loves me now as well as Susan. I’ve been coming home a bit early every day so I could hang out alone with Shelby because she’s been so clingy to Susan that I can’t do much with her when Susan’s home. It worked real well. i used to have to call her when I got home to come join me outside. We would just hang out and read the paper and go for a walk and play chase in the yard. Last week she started meeting me at the door and now when I get home she’s all excited jumping us on me and licking me. You have no idea what that means to me after trying to just get her to come near me in the beginning. She’s brought so much joy in to our lives, it’s hard to imagine…..
We are learning all the time what she’s capable of as she teaches “us”. Very different than us being used to teaching a dog. She can do all the shake paw stuff, stays, heels unbelievably but not to the word heel but to the word ”stay” when walking. We work on learning her vocabulary but it’s really quite easy. She’s so gentle and very affectionate. She wants to be loved but who really doesn’t. Can’t wait to see her with Ava next week but she’ll probably get gobbled up by Rheanna who loves dogs and may not give Ava much time. Life is great!
We have adopted the lovely Shelby. She came to us after we were approved last week by the H.E.A.R.T. dog ruscue organization. Saturday we picked her up from her foster home. She was there for the past 2 weeks before coming from the NWT. She is sadly afraid of men and I personally will work my hardest to change that however it’s going to take some time. We’ve had a bit of a rough start already with an incident on Sunday. Susan and Shelby had been in the garden, Shelby won’t leave Susan, and Susan had the fence turned off while picking cukes. Later with the fence on I went in to get some corn and Shelby came to see what I was doing. Just as I was coming out she touched the fence and since I was right there she associated it with me (we learned she can yelp). That was it for me for the rest of the day. Monday, Susan had her out in the pasture when Shelby bolted and took off up the mountain. We called all the through the night with no luck. I stayed home from work and early in the morning went back in the bush calling for her again with no luck. While walking back around 7:00 am I heard a noise behind me, turned around and there was Shelby in full gallop charging towards me, stopping at my feet with a big smile and a wagging tail. I’ll never forget how happy I was to see her. We spent the day just hanging out in the yard, chillin’. She always likes to have a wall at her back, not sure what that means, but that’s what makes her most content, OH, except for sleeping with Susan on the bed in the guest room. I know it’s been a long time since last blog, but, suffice to say it’s the right time. Maybe, there’s nobody coming to our site anymore but if there is, hello and thanks for the read. We love our Shelby……
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