[nagdu] curious about street names for dogs

Tina Thomas judotina48kg at gmail.com
Wed Oct 3 21:44:09 UTC 2012


Hi Marsha- 
When I trained with Dixie Pete said we didn't have to use the dog's name
just give the command and it worked. 
Tina 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marsha Drenth
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 2:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] curious about street names for dogs

You guys bring up a good point. I think the difference here is that with GDF
we do not say "Emma, forward" we just say "forward". I might be wrong in my
ability to remember how TSE does that, but we at GDF hardly ever say the
dogs name. I was taught by tse to say the dogs name before every command. So
thus the public would hear it, but if I don't say it, then they will not
know. Of course there are reasons for saying the name and not saying the
name before a command. Just wanted to clarify on that part. 


Marsha drenth
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On Oct 3, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Buddy Brannan <buddy at brannan.name> wrote:

> Hi Meghan,
> 
> Your approach is very like my approach. I've always thought that the just
hollering at people not to pet my dog thing never worked very well, and
that's not counting the ones who just sneak in a pet just because they want
to and I don't notice. So I've always felt that it's a much more effective
approach to correct my dog for his paying attention to things/people he
shouldn't be when he shouldn't be. (This has a secondary effect of getting
people to take a step back for getting my dog in trouble.) Of course, I'll
still remove people from my dog if I catch them. 
> 
> As for street names, I don't use one for a couple reasons. First, I'm no
good at lying. Second, a street name can be nearly the same as the dog's
real name, especially if he learns that "George" means "him". Finally,
wouldn't it be kind of obvious if I told someone his name was George, then
called him Fred right after? Now mind you, it doesn't keep me from
occasionally telling people that my dog's name is Tralfazz, but that's
another story. Really, people hav always had trouble with all three of my
dogs' names for som reason. Probably least with Karl. But Chet was Check,
Chuck, Chat, all sorts of things. Leno was Leonard, Lenode, Lanno, and just
plain "What did you say?" 
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 3, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Meghan Whalen <mewhalen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I haven't found it makes much of a difference for my dogs, but there are
some people who just really bother me a lot if they know my dog's name.
Like you, I teach my dogs to ignore petting, talking to etc, because I can
control my dog's reactions much more than I can control how everyone will
react to my dog, if that makes sense.
>> 
>> Meghan
>> On 10/2/2012 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.
>>> 
>> 
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