K9 Driven

I received this beautiful piece as a gift from client’s whose dog I trained. They bought it to support the local artisans when they visited the community. Thank you and .m1988 - I truly appreciate the gift.

It’s humbling to learn about a near extinct peoples; It offers perspective and encourages introspection about some of the more superficial issues we spend so much time debating.

I love learning about cultures and history so I looked up some information about the tribe that I thought I would share here:

🇨🇷The Maleku are an indigenous tribe living in Costa Rica in an area called ‘Maleku Indigenous Reserve of Guatuso’, a place located between the Arenal Volcano and the Nicaraguan border.

🇨🇷 The Maleku Indian Tribe is the smallest in Costa Rica with only 650 people left. They divide themselves into three different clans or communities: Palenque Margarita, El Sol, and Palenque Tonjibe.

🇨🇷 The Maleku speak Spanish as their first language but many of the elders also speak the Maleku language.  
Reforestation is an important part of the Maleku culture and important to the Costa Rican people as well.

🇨🇷 The Maleku economy relies mostly on tourism and the sales of their very original art. They spend their days farming the land, painting wooden masks and jícara, or gourd bowls, performing for tourists in their traditional palm clothing, or plantin

🇨🇷 They remained undiscovered until 1750, with the arrival of Spanish settlers.

Sunday training session with Murphy and Leilah at Home Depot - We paused for a little chat and I think we got on the same page! 😁 -

Saturday training sessions with Pepe! Working on reactivity.