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

[Dan Weiner]

Interesting  stories, guys.
Well, I don't think people listen closely.
My name is Dan, but when people ask my name and I say "Dan" which I think is
reasonably straight-forward, I get Dave, Dale, and Daren.
As far as dogs, my first pooch was named Grant.
I was walking on a bike path and a  guy who sounded really spaced-out asked
his name.  I said "Grant" and he replied "Granite, like concrete, that's far
out man, way cool".

Dan or is it Dan? And Carter  

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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Wayne Merritt
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:11 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Interesting Names Re: guide dog book about young person

When I first got Gucci in training, I was worried that I couldn't pronounce
the hard G in her name. I've had some minor pronnunciation issues wiht some
letters, including G, which people have commented on to me through the
years. When I said her name to my trainer several times over the next day or
so, he said that he could understand me just fine. He did suggest an
alternative, of Lucy, which sounded like Gucci, but by that time Gucci the
name and the dog had grown on me a little and I was starting to like the
name. Of course, now when people I'm comfortable with ask her name and I
tell them, many of them still have trouble understanding that hard G. I
figure though that as long as Gucci the dog understands me, then I've got
nothing to worry about.
So I suppose a name change could happen in training, but it would probably
need to sound similar to the dog's actual name, like gucci and Lucy. In
hindsight though, I'm glad I didn't change her name to Lucy; I'm not sure I
could have lived with all the plays on words with Lucy over Gucci. Besides,
Gucci fits more of her behaviors and habits of laying, since she looks like
an upper class dog, or a dog with style. For instance, often, when laying on
her stomach, she will turn her head to one side and rest it on that side's
front leg. I'm told that when this happens, that she looks very regal.

Wayne

On 2/2/10, Nicole B. Torcolini <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
> They certainly have some interesting names sometimes.  Did you know 
> that Buddy, the first guide dog, was originally named Kiss!  Although, 
> in my humble opinion, I do not consider it a good idea to change your 
> dog's name, I would have changed that one too.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rachel and Rhett" <serenityangel1983 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 2:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] guide dog book about young person
>
>
>> The book where the dog is named sister is Maggie by my side. I know 
>> because we read it when I was at Pilot because that's where the 
>> author got
>>
>> two of her dogs. It was about the author's experience at Pilot. My, 
>> how things change.
>> Rachel and Rhett
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