(Dis)Concerts On the Square

Suki went with us to the first concert yesterday. She and Linda picked me up from my workplace at around 5 pm. We drove down to Curry N' Hurry to get something for dinner and some water for Suki. It was a hot day for Suki and we figured that she would need water. We ordered aloo chat, bhel puri, and a naan from Curry N' Hurry. For Suki, we got a glass of ice water. She really enjoyed her water later on during the concert.

We couldn't get much farther away from the orchestra. We sat almost right behind the side of the capitol where they were playing. The capitol grounds were very crowded with humans and dogs. Almost everyone we passed looked admiringly at Suki. She got a lot of compliments from people age 0.5 to 85. Suki behaved very well during the concert, listening very patiently to something she doesn't care about. She seemed to be a little bemused that we were sitting in the grass, doing nothing. “These umans are strange. They brought me all the way here just to sit on the grass. They aren't even doing anything, just sitting and staring at nothing in particular.” [Suki thoughts]

The highlight of the concert for Suki was the meeting with a young, brown mixed lab/golden retriever. Even though The Brown One was about 83 human years younger than Suki [him – 7 months, her – 7 years], he managed to convince Suki that it was alright to play. Both of them seemed to like each other a lot. It was quite funny to see Suki jumping up and down with The Brown One. She was ready for a walk so they had to be separated. Suki makes dog friends just as easily as she makes uman friends.

The concert itself was quite..er..disconcerting for Suki. It started out with some loud bangs. (She dislikes loud noises.) After a while she settled down when there weren't any more bangs. Towards the end, however, there were a series of loud bangs (accompanied by loud clapping by umans). The loud bangs at the end made Suki tremble like a leaf. Even though I felt sorry for her, it was amusing to see such a big dog tremble with fright and hide behind my back. I hugged her and tried to make her feel better, but that didn't do much. After we left the capitol, Suki swore never to go back there again.

For the record, Suki had some naan from Linda. She seemed to like it quite a lot.