[nagdu] Interesting Names Re: guide dog book about young person

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Marion,

Oh, too cool.  Sarge sounds wounderful.  And you gotta admit, it is a great
name for a German Shepherd.  /smile/  That watchful air of theirs, with
those alert ears and impressive head has always struck me as somehow
militant.

We have a GSD buddy at the park that's probably not a whole lot younger, who
has also recently passed the 90 pound mark.  He has the most fantastic
temperament, and the interactions between him and his owner are great to
watch.  His name is Zeus, and with his size, it certainly fits!

Zeus likes to run up and down the fence between "large dogs only" and "small
dogs only" with a group of chihuahuas on the other side.  Everybody gets a
big kick out of it, especially the chihuahuas, who bark ferociously the
entire time at the 90 plus pound sheperd who could swallow them by accident.
/lol/

 One of them is also named Zeus.  Now, that is just wrong!  /grin/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Marion & Martin
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:37 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Interesting Names Re: guide dog book about young person

Rox,
    When I first heard my future guide dog's name, my first impression was, 
"Oh, no! That will need to change!" However, the more I have learned about 
him, the more his name seems to fit him! He is a big German 
Shepherd,weighing in at 91 lbs. about three weeks ago and not yet 2 years 
old. He has an all black face and gold eyes! His name is Sarge!
    Now, I'm a fairly liberal person and would consider myself a peace 
activist, so the name seemed a little out-of-place for me. At the same time,

my first trainer was also the Founder and Executive Director of the school 
from which I recieved my first three guide dogs. He is now the Director of 
Training (I think they call it Training Officer) for the Guide Dog 
Foundation for the Blind. His name? Well, Mike Sargeant, often called 
"Sarge"! When I spoke with him the last time, he referred to my dog as "my 
namesake"! Mike is a great guy and I count him as a close colleague, so I 
couldn't change Sarge's name now! BTW, Mike told me he thought of changing 
Sarge's name himself just to rattle my cage! To what? Well, he said he 
thought of "ACB"! Nice guy, huh? And I call him a friend? (big grin)

fraternally yours,
Marion




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> When I adopted Laveau from the humane society, her name was Marge.   That 
> had to go because... it just did.  It didn't take her long to  switch and 
> now when I say or sign her name she wags like crazy.  She  was only a year

> old and I don't know how long she had been stuck with  the horrid moniker 
> of Marge.  No offense to anyone with that name but  it just wasn't for 
> her.  Also I'm a huge Harry Potter fan and everyone  would have called her

> aunt Marge.
>
>
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