A couple of weeks ago, Jonathan Wiens and I were driving down the main street in Churchill to pick up Ducks Unlimited Fundraiser Event tickets from some friends of friends. We were amused to see a 5 month old small black and brown fluffy puppy running around outside in the parking lot of the hotel and on the street in front of us as if she didn't have a care in the world. When we got out of our vehicle, she came right toward us to play as if we had been friends with her already. I picked her up and brought her inside the hotel with me to see if the people inside knew the owners. Turns out that Sheldon and Michelle (who I became friends with during my stay here) did own her and had rescued her from a very bad situation where she would have been left to die in the cold outside as the weather turned to full on winter.
Her name became Sooner because she would sooner pee inside then outside. Also known as 'the fluffy dog' by Sheldon and Michelle's daughter Leah. They also have a son named Sheldon who attends school in Oakbank. Sooner also lives with 3 big dogs, Electra (beautiful hunting dog), Raven (German Shepard), and Macey (German Shepard) who put her in her place quite often. Sooner is a keener, trying to keep up with the big dogs and does a great job of it. She is constantly playing and running around outside by herself like a big dog, and has a big dog personality. No wonder, her grandmother was a husky, and she also has golden retriever and cockapoo in her as well. A big dog in a small dog body.
Of course it was love at first sight for me, and she is the perfect dog for my lifestyle. She also needs a great home, hopefully one as good as she has now with Sheldon and Michelle. Mostly she needs a whole lot of attention and love from me! Sheldon and Michelle love her and have started to train her. She is really turning into a wonderful dog because of them, and I am looking forward to caring for her for the rest of her life.
She will be the perfect companion for me, a perfect winter dog, x-country ski buddy, and best friend to start a new life with in Yellowknife. I can't wait to put time and effort into loving her. She's got attitude and spark and stares you staight in the eyes. And she's sooooooooooo cute!!!
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Churchill, November, 2006
I'm in Churchill for 3 weeks doing my final field work for my master's project! I got here yesterday (November 14th) and there was a Polar Bear on the runway. Carley Basler who works at the Churchill Northern Studies Center and is a former Environmental Science nerd like me, picked me up and told me the place was infested with bears right now, just waiting to get on the ice.
Later that day, Carley, her two dogs, Trigger and Bear, and her rifle and I hiked out to her cabin through snow, sparse bush, and over a frozen lake. It was so great to be able to hike outside in -15 C and get my moosehide boots wet again! The ocean air is so fresh and clean, cripsy, and gets into your lungs. If this place wasn't so infested with bears, I would go skiing!
I had a meeting with the high school principal and grade 11 science teacher yesterday and they gave an enthusiastic go-ahead with my photographic journal project for Monday. This is the last project within my thesis to be completed.
Today I had a meeting with a local hunter/trapper named Parker, and I gave him a copy of the book with a chapter that he co-authored with me. He was very happy to recieve it, and will be accompanying me on the field trip with the high school kids on monday. The outcome of this project will be a book about Youth Perspectives on Environmental Change in Churchill, Manitoba.
I drove home (back to the Studies Center) with 2 friends, John and Nicole, and we stopped at Ledune's to see if there were bears in the yard. Sure enough, there was a big male there about 20 meters away from us. We also stopped at L5 to look for bears but found an Arctic Fox instead. Tonight we are having Arctic Char and Caribou for an evening snack.
I love staying here, there is so much going on all the time, and so many people around interested in research.
Later that day, Carley, her two dogs, Trigger and Bear, and her rifle and I hiked out to her cabin through snow, sparse bush, and over a frozen lake. It was so great to be able to hike outside in -15 C and get my moosehide boots wet again! The ocean air is so fresh and clean, cripsy, and gets into your lungs. If this place wasn't so infested with bears, I would go skiing!
I had a meeting with the high school principal and grade 11 science teacher yesterday and they gave an enthusiastic go-ahead with my photographic journal project for Monday. This is the last project within my thesis to be completed.
Today I had a meeting with a local hunter/trapper named Parker, and I gave him a copy of the book with a chapter that he co-authored with me. He was very happy to recieve it, and will be accompanying me on the field trip with the high school kids on monday. The outcome of this project will be a book about Youth Perspectives on Environmental Change in Churchill, Manitoba.
I drove home (back to the Studies Center) with 2 friends, John and Nicole, and we stopped at Ledune's to see if there were bears in the yard. Sure enough, there was a big male there about 20 meters away from us. We also stopped at L5 to look for bears but found an Arctic Fox instead. Tonight we are having Arctic Char and Caribou for an evening snack.
I love staying here, there is so much going on all the time, and so many people around interested in research.
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