[nagdu] Dog names

Wed Feb 3 18:08:55 UTC 2010

Linda,
    GDF hasn't trained Shepherds in more than 20 years. Because I have so 
much experience with the breed, they are re-introducing them with me as 
their first handler. Oh, the pressure! (smile)

Marion

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 12:54 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Dog names


> Hi Marion,
> I didn't think Guide Dog Foundation used German shepherds anymore. The 
> name "Sarge" seems to fit a shepherd more than it would a Lab.  I have a 
> friend at the Naval Medical Center who has a Lab named "Scout".
>
> My dog, Landon is named for Michael Landon actor in the old TV series, 
> "Bonanza" - Little Joe who was always fighting!  The actor Landon was also 
> in "Little House on the Prairie" and I think "Stairway to Heaven". He was 
> a more mature and peaceful charactor on those two shows! I enjoyed the 
> first two shows!
>
> My old dogs were Heidi, Charm (and she was!), Brownie (my Mom said for her 
> brown eyes - she was black!), Olivia, Hanna, Janelle, Jacob, and now 
> Landon. I liked all the names and didn't feel the need to change them.
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marion & Martin" <swampfox1833 at verizon.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:37 PM
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "The Pawpower Pack" <pawpower4me at gmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Interesting Names Re: guide dog book about young 
>> person
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
>>> Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
>>> "It's wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as 
>>> sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs." -- Christopher Moore
>>> pawpower4me at gmail.com
>>>
>>> Windows Live Only: Brisomania at hotmail.com
>>> AIM: Brissysgirl Yahoo: lillebriss
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> nagdu mailing list
>>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
>>> nagdu:
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/swampfox1833%40verizon.net
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> nagdu mailing list
>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
>> nagdu:
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/linda.gwizdak%40cox.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> nagdu:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/swampfox1833%40verizon.net