Little Hound on the Prairie

***Little Hound on the Prairie*** is the last half of episode 13 of Go, Dog, Go!, and the last half of episode 4 of season two.

## Synopsis

Tag learns about her ancestors and how Pawston was built.

## Plot

In preparation for the upcoming 100-year anniversary of Pawston's founding, Tag and her grandparents set about cleaning up the city's first vehicle: a steam-powered wagon. As Grandpaw and Grandmaw Barker explain to Tag, the wagon was invented by her great-great-great-grandfather and town founder, Chewlysses Droolius Barker, and his daughter Tagatha Barker, her great-great-grandmother. Her grandparent's story launches into aq series of flashbacks, in which Chewlysses and Tagatha build Pawston's first building after their wagon breaks down in a desert location with a single tree. Using the tree for lumber, they construct a dwelling where they are soon joined by Lady Lydianna, Geraldiah the telegraph dog, and magician Muttfieldington.

However, the rickety shed proves unable to accommodate new arrivals Cumbersome Dog and Dainty Dog, and the Barkers' neighbors prepare to leave what they perceive as a failed town. Recognizing that their biggest issue is a lack of buildings, Chewlysses decides that they need more wood from a forest visible in the distance. He thus attempts to convert the broken-down wagon into a steam-powered vehicle, but Tagatha proves the only one capable of completing the task. She thus takes on the job of driving the wagon out to the forest, an along the way meets a "wild dog" named Scratch.

With Scratch's aid, Tagatha traverses various obstacles, eventually arriving at the forest. Just as they've collected their desired wood, however, they are confronted by a pair of would-be bandits: Fast Frankie and Beanie the Kid. Determined to steal *something* from the pair, they pursue Tagatha and Scratch all the way back to Pawston, where they are offered a home in return for giving up their bandit ways. Tagatha extends the same offer to Scratch, who has some experience with farming and whom she hopes might be able to help grow Pawston some trees. Inspired by the account, Tag manages to not only clean up the steam wagon but get it running again.

## Appearances

### Characters

* Tag Barker
* Grandpaw Barker
* Grandmaw Barker
* Chewlysses Droolius Barker (Flashback)
* Tagatha Barker (Flashback)
* Lady Lydianna (Flashback)
* Geraldiah (Flashback)
* Muttfieldington (Flashback)
* Cumbersome Dog (Flashback)
* Dainty Dog (Flashback)
* Scratch (Flashback)
* Fast Frankie (Flashback)
* Beanie the Kid (Flashback)

## Trivia

### General

* The name is a play-on-words of *Little House on the Prairie* from 1974.

### Errors

* In some scenes, Beanie the Kid doesn't have a mustache, so he looks more like Beans, his modern-day equivalent. However, this could simply be an animation oversight.
* In the shot where the other old-timey Pawston inhabitants struggle to fix the old house, Dainty Dog's pupils aren't shown due to an animation error.
* The audio description mistakes some of the characters in the flashback for characters in the present due to resemblances.
	+ Fast Frankie/Frank
	+ Beanie the Kid/Beans
	+ Muttfieldington/Muttfield

## Gallery

Lady LydiannaLady LydiannaLady LydiannaGeraldiahGeraldiahMuttfieldingtonMuttfieldington