Sif|Hawke
I would presume that the training of a human is far more complex than that of a dog and, for that, you have my sympathies. Merrill, she is a companion of yours I presume?
Oh the holiday, as I understand it from conversing, is not that of dogs, merely that a hound went up against a bear, to use a Midgardian analogy, and won. A faction of one peoples sought to break off and were oppressed by a much larger group. The small faction rebelled and, though outnumbered and outmatched by a superior force, fought to attain their autonomy and emerged victorious.