[nagdu] Dog names

Tue Feb 9 17:05:20 UTC 2010

Tracy,

Too funny!  Ben and Jerry, really?  Now I'm hungry for ice cream! /grin/

People call me Mitzi so much, I now answer to it.

Also, my roommate has the same name as my ex husband.  Sometimes I mention
something or other about the ex to someone who knows my current dude of that
name shock them quite a bit until I remember to tell them which one I'm
referring to.  /smile/  Totally different personalities there! /grin/

Tami Smith-Kinney

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Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 7:07 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog names

Annalisa, you tease!  How did Sundance get her name?  I like that name.

One of my classmates at GDB got a dog named Jerry, which is my husband's
name.  If I'd gotten that dog, I'd have had to change his name for sure. 
And I couldn't even change it to something that sounds similar, like
Terry, because I wouldn't want the man to answer when I'm calling the dog.
I keep a list of good dog names, just in case I need to pick out something
to change to.  I looked at my list before I got Ben, while I was wondering
what my new dog's name would be.  And there was the name Ben, right near
the top of my list! So I was very happy when my trainer told me Ben's
name.

Tracy

> HI All,
>
> I've been having fun reading this thread.
>
> Sundance, that name took a while to grow on me too.  And at first I kept
> getting it wrong, Sunshine, Sunset,  Sunflower, Sun...
> whatever-your-name-is.  I told our trainer she'd probably end up being
> called Sunny a lot, and he said she would take it.  But now I think the
> name
> suits her to a tee and can't imagine her with any other name.  She is a
> strawberry blond golden retriever with a very happy, outgoing, sunny
> personality, and when she is very excited she does this twirling happy
> dance.  I especially love her name after hearing from her raiser how she
> came by it, a very special story.  I wouldn't change it for the world.
> Though she still does get called Sunny a lot... and Sunny Bunny, and Silly
> Dance,  among other such variations.
>
> I'm curious, has anyone ever gotten a dog with the same name as someone in
> their immediate family?  What would you do in an instance like that?
> There
> was a guy in my class, who sat at my table in fact, who got a dog named
> Bradley, which is my brother's name.  My first dog's name was Megan, and
> had
> my sister's second child been a girl, she was considering the name Megan.
> I
> think my sister was pregnant when I left for school.  But we got Ryan
> instead, which is just fine. <smile>
>
> Just for the record, Marion, I really like Sarge as a name for a shepherd
> too.  Very fitting somehow.
>
> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>
>
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