[nagdu] Dog names, Sundance

[Dan Weiner]

Hi, guys.

Dan W. with the Carter Dog.
Well, I have a few name stories. Here's my favorite one.

My last pup, Evan, and I were in a barber shop a few years ago.
It was one of those places you sit and are served on a first come first
serve basis.
No one had asked my name.
So, imagine my surprise when the barber said:
"Dan, it's your turn, and you can come too, Evan".
How did they know.  I haven't met too many psychic hair-dressers, but maybe
I've just met one.
It turns out there were two brothers there who come regularly, you guessed
it, Dan and Evan.
When I told them, they were teens, they got  a big kick out of it--smile

Dan W. and His Royal Goofiness, the Carter Dog  

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Linda Gwizdak
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 2:17 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog names, Sundance

Hi Annalisa,
That was a neat story about how Sundance got her name.  At Seeing Eye, the
puppy raisers don't name the pups - Seeing Eye does.  We also don't get to
meet puppy raisers.

Landon has been a popular boy's name for several years now and that's
probably where Seeing Eye got that name.  And I got the dog named Landon. 
There is a little boy across the street from my Mom and Dad's and his name
is Landon.  The two Landons have not met yet.

I like the actor, Michael Landon of the TV shows,"Bonanza", "Little House On
The Prairie", and he was connected with some other shows before he died.

I liked the name for my dog. He and I have names that start with L and we
both have the same shade of red hair!  No, it wasn't planned that way! LOL
The instructor had two dogs in mind for me, Hugo or Landon.  After the Juno
walks, they decided on Landon for me.  A classmate got Hugo.  Turns out that
Hugo had a medical condition that wasn't discovered until he went home with
his person. Hugo was retired a few month after going home.  The man has
since returned to Seeing Eye and has a new dog.  I'm glad I got Landon!

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message -----
From: "AnnaLisa Anderson" <annalisa at sector14.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog names, Sundance


> Hi Tracy,
>
> I wondered if anyone would bite, heheh.  Well, this is how Sundance got 
> her
> name.  It's kind of a long story (but a good one), just to warn anyone who
> wants to stop reading now.
>
> Sunny's raiser, Elizabeth, is a realtor.  She met a guy who was a pilot, 
> had
> his own lear jet (however you spell that), and was looking for a piece of
> land where he could have his own private air strip.  Elizabeth told me 
> this
> guy, whose name was Roger, was a bachelor, quite handsome and a real
> charmer, so they became friends.  No, not that kind of friends... she is
> married and almost old enough to be his mother.  Anyway, Roger had two
> golden retrievers as pets, Butch and Sundance.  Elizabeth got to know both
> dogs, though Butch was an old dog at the time she knew Roger, and Sundance
> was a puppy.  Roger's Sundance was a female too.  Roger used to fly in air
> shows, like at Oshkosh, and he used to give plane rides to people without
> charge.  This is what he was doing at a show in La Crosse, WI, one 
> weekend.
> There was a newlywed couple there, and he took the bride up one day and 
> the
> groom the next.  When he was flying with the groom, Roger lost control of
> the plane because somehow the engines came unbolted from the wings.  He
> tried very hard to land the airplane safely but just couldn't regain
> control, and both he and his passenger were killed.  Elizabeth decided 
> that,
> in Roger's memory,  the next pup she raised would be named Sundance.
>
> Elizabeth told me the two Sundances did meet each other and played 
> together.
> The original Sundance is living with Roger's parents and is about 10 years
> old now.  Elizabeth has shared some of the emails I have sent her about me
> and Sunny with Roger's parents, and she told me they really enjoy reading
> them.
>
> Now you see why I wouldn't want to change her name?  I am so glad Leader
> makes it possible for us to meet with our dogs' raiser now if we wish to.
> Otherwise I would never have known of this very moving tribute.  You just
> never know where your dog's name might spring from.  At Leader, the 
> raisers
> are allowed to name the pups, and I can tell you, they give very serious
> thought to the name they choose.
>
> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>
>
>
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