My First Pow-WOW!

Mommy and Daddy took me to my first pow-wow on Saturday.  It was a misty sort of day.   But all in all, I think we had a good time.

For those of you who do not know (like me before Saturday) a pow-wow is a Native American gathering.  Some of the people at the pow-wow wear regalia and they dance.

The music at a pow-wow comes from a drum and singers.  I have seen a drum before.  We have one in our house.  It is okay when it is just sitting there, but when they play it, it makes a really loud noise that I don’t like a lot.

 

This is me a month or so ago with our drum.  Notice, they are not playing it, so I got close to check it out.

There were two drums at the pow-wow on Saturday.

I didn’t mind listening to them outside.  In fact, Mommy and I even walked over near the drums several times and I did get too uncomfortable.

Pow-wow’s also have “vendors”.  These are people who set up tents and sell stuff.   Mommy and I walked around several times visiting the vendors and buying a few things. 

Here I am sitting in front of one of the vending tables.

But mostly, I got to meet a lot of new people.  Every time someone asked to pet me, Mommy said I had to sit first.  I sat soooooo many times.  But is was worth it.  Because, some people got down on my level and let me give them kisses.

Because this pow-wow was organized by the HorseNet Horse Rescue, naturally, there were also horses there.  The lady on the second horse is a friend of Mommies.  She is riding with her son!  The horses weren’t scary, but then again, Mommy didn’t let me get too close either.

When I saw my first man in regalia, I barked at him.  But when he came over and petted me, I knew that stuff was okay.  But one thing did upset me.

Do you see the man in the white, red and black outfit?  Well, he wears something Mommy called “Bells”.  They make a noise that I was really not sure of.  I growled a bit at him and anyone else wearing bells.  When I did, Mommy got up and walked me away.  She says I will need to learn to be around bells and we will work on it at home.

Mommy even managed to take a picture of herself and me at the pow-wow.  I was a bit busy watching the dancers as were Aunt C and Uncle L  who were standing behind us.

I have to say, I really enjoyed my first pow-wow.  And I can’t wait to go again.  Mommy says next time we will be going in the “camper” – whatever that is.

Puppy Kisses,

Tanner

I Passed!

Last night marked the last night of my 12 weeks of Puppy Manner’s class!  And guess what?  I passed!!

Here’s my certificate to prove it.

See! That’s my name there at the top.  And Mommy’s name is in the middle.  And my trainer’s name is at the bottom!!

Even though I am happy about passing, I am no where near finished with my training.  On Wednesday, we are going to start “Clicker Tricks” with Marta and my friend Gretchen. 

And next Saturday, I will try to pass my Canine Good Citizen Test.  I am not really sure how I will do.  I can’t wear my head collar for the test, and sometimes I get confused without it to remind me. 

But Mommy says she will be by my side and we will have fun trying.  We have some skills to work on this week, so we will be taking one more level 3 class on Tuesday.  I’ll let you know how I do.

Just for fun, here are some new photos of my friends.

This is Willie, wearing the collar Mommy made for him.

Here’s a close-up of Willie’s collar.  It is like mine, only the colors are reversed and his has his name on it!

And, here’s Gretchen with her red head collar on.  She looks really pretty that way.

And, here I am after my evening walk.  I just laid on the floor and panted.  I was too tired to chew my bone.  It was a great walk!

Puppy Kisses,

Tanner