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

[Dan Weiner]

Wait, he's from Poland?
Do tell.

Dan W.
 

-----Original Message-----
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Of Marion & Martin
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Interesting Names Re: guide dog book about young person

Linda,
    another interesting tidbit about Sarge is that, even though he is a
German Shepherd, he is actually from Poland! Isn't that a little too
sychronistic!

fraternally yours,
The Big Red Polock!


----- 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 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Interesting Names Re: guide dog book about young person


> Marion,
> That's neat about the German commands. Did you train police dogs while 
> blind or were you fully sighted at the time? There was an article in our 
> paper awhile back about a local visually impaired man who trained police 
> and guard dogs and did it well - why of course!!!
>
> One of the things that will help your dog to learn the German commands is 
> to be sure to use the hand signals along with the English.  Maybe as a 
> former trainer you already know about that (grin!)!
>
> Good luck with the new dog and hope your trainer's wife recovers well from

> her surgery. I bet you can't wait!!  I'd be tired of the long, white 
> one-legged dog by now!
>
> Cheers,
>
> 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: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 3:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Interesting Names Re: guide dog book about young 
> person
>
>
>> Nicole,
>>    I think that the dog would do just fine with a name change during or 
>> after training. My past guide's name is Louiza. I call her Lou-Lou, 
>> Weeza, and sometimes....well, things I won't write in email! (smile)
>>    In fact, because my wife and I both work dogs and I was a former 
>> police dog trainer, I am going to switch my dog to German commands by 
>> pairing the German ones with the English for a while then only using 
>> German. I'll let you know how that works!
>>
>> fraternally yours,
>> Marion
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Interesting Names Re: guide dog book about young 
>> person
>>
>>
>>> Lol, and, indeed, that would not have worked.  I am sure that their 
>>> personalities do not match in the least.  The reason that I do not 
>>> recommend changing a dog's name is mainly because that is what they have

>>> been trained with, and they go through enough other changes, but the 
>>> situation that you talk about is quite different; I did not mean to 
>>> generalize or anything.
>>> Anyone else have any funny name stories?
>>>
>>> ----- 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 5:45 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
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