[nagdu] Dog names

Nicole B. Torcolini ntorcolini at wavecable.com
Fri Feb 5 00:03:13 UTC 2010 

Don't quote me on this one, but I've heard that it is not so much "won't 
use" chocolates as that they just are not in the blood line.

----- 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: Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog names


> Nicole,
>>From what I've heard, GDB no longer uses German shepherds and they also
> don't use chocolate Labs. I can understand the shepherds but don't know 
> why they won't use chocolate Labs.  Seeing Eye uses them without any more 
> problems than with any other colored Labs.
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- 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: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog names
>
>
>> Yes... it's ashame.  I was stuck on shepherds for a while, but I realized 
>> that I probably was not going to get one from GDB.  They usually do not 
>> give first timers shepherds.  Also, the number was so low that I would 
>> rather leave what there was for the people who would take nothing else. 
>> However, I did get to visit with one of the shepherds who was going out 
>> in the next class.
>>
>> ----- 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 11:54 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog names
>>
>>
>>> Marion,
>>> I wonder if GDF will encounter the same problems with German shepherds 
>>> as GDB?  It's a shame how this beautiful breed has been ruined by the 
>>> show-dog crowd!
>>>
>>> I know aboout the "pressure" of being the first one in something. In my 
>>> work with the Humane Society, I am the first disabled person with their 
>>> service dog to join the Pet-Assisted Therapy Program.  they've had lots 
>>> of puppy-raisers and their service dog pups, but not someone like me. 
>>> they are very happy with my and Landon's performance of the job that 
>>> another program wants me to join them!
>>>
>>> You'll do fine - and the new shepherd guide!
>>>
>>> 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 10:08 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog names
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>>>>
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