[nagdu] Your Dog Speaks German?

[Lisa Irving]

You're a wise man, Marion. I once knew of a fellow who only spoke to his dog 
in German.  I heard of a woman who gave her dog commands in Hebrew.

Lisa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 10:50 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Your Dog Speaks German?


> Dear All,
>    A little more than a year ago we had this exchange about my interest in 
> teaching my dog German commands. Well, I now have a "bilingual" dog! When 
> people hear me give him his commands, I frequently am asked, "Does your 
> dog speak German??" I generally reply, "If he did, I would be a rich man!" 
> They usually laugh and admit that they meant to say, "understand", rather 
> than "speak"! Nonetheless, my "German speaking dog" opens up a lot of 
> conversations!
>
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sean Moore" <sean.moore at mediacombb.net>
> To: <GDUI-Friends at yahoogroups.com>; <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 10:01 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] weird questions
>
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>> people ask some very off the wall questions.
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>> Tonight's was: So can your dog talk to you?
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>> The biker started to tell me as I walked by his motorcycle before into 
>> Walgreen's. He heard something talking and thought it was Franklin. In 
>> fact it was Trekker.
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>> I told him no and that it was my GPS, then something about a program on 
>> Discovery about a talking collar for dogs.
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>> Also talked to some kids about Franklin which is always fun.
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>> One they came up with was: does that thing (the guide harness) hurt him?
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>> and why can't we pet your dog?
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>> I explained to them the reasons.
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>> --
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>> Yours,
>> Sean Moore
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>> Contact information
>> Home: 229-594-2783
>> Cell: (478) 258-4103
>> E-Mail: linkstarwind at cox.net / sean.moore at mediacombb.net
>> WebSite: Http://BaltoX1.bravehost.net
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>> Instant messaging:
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>> Skype: ginsenshi
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