[nagdu] Talking and singing to animals

[David Andrews]

It isn't just dogs ... my kids are adopted from Guatemala, and 
someone once asked me if they "cried in Spanish."

Dave

At 08:02 PM 7/17/2011, you wrote:
>A handler I used to know had a shepherd. She was once asked whether her dogs
>could read signs.
>She was in a flippant mood and told them that since it was a German shepherd
>it read German and the trainers had to send it to Berlitz to learn to read
>English.
>The person who asked the question then apparently said in an astonished
>voice, "Oh, really, I never knew that".
>
>Dan
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>Of Marion Gwizdala
>Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 6:56 PM
>To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Talking and singing to animals
>
>Cindy,
>     I give my German Shepherd guide dog his commands in German. People
>frequently are amazed that Sarge "speaks German". I always tell them that,
>if he starts speaking German, I will be a very rich man! (grin)
>
>fraternally yours,
>Marion
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
>To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
><nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 3:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Talking and singing to animals
>
>
> >I was talking to Fisher while walking up a street one day and a guy asked
> >me if he answers.