[nagdu] curious about street names for dogs

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Wed Oct 3 02:59:39 UTC 2012


I haven't found that it makes any difference because of the eye contact thing and the tone of voice. You could call the dog dogfood and if you said it right and the dog is friendly, well shoot, they have its attention. Some are worse than others. This one, Fisher, isn't terrible about it.

CL

On Oct 2, 2012, at 9:51 PM, Julie McGinnity wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> This topic was brought up a few days ago about Marsha's dog, and I was
> curious about the use of fake(street) names for guide dogs.  Have any
> of you done this?  Was it successful?  I have never considered doing
> such a thing because even though it can distract my dog if people know
> her name, it is equally distracting when they make eye contact with
> her or make noises at her.  I never thought giving out a fake name
> would really solve the problem.  I have just tried teaching my dog to
> ignore such distractions.  So have any of you found that your dog is
> less distracted if people don't know the name?  I'm curious.
> 
> I hope everyone had a good Tuesday.
> 
> -- 
> Julie McG
> Lindbergh High School class of 2009, National Federation of the Blind
> of Missouri recording secretary,
> Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
> and proud graduate of Guiding Eyes for the Blind
> 
> "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
> life."
> John 3:16
> 
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