[NAGDU] new guide dog

[Dan Weiner]

and what about walking  in a down town area and my second dog,

Evan pulling a lot and I said, "come on,  steady", and a guy is on my 
right and he said "yeah, come on, steady, be a good dog"--lol.


So my new dog was named Steady.


I hope you're all doing great.

  out there




Dan

dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net
On 7/2/2017 2:53 AM, Charlene Ota via NAGDU wrote:
> Great story!
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> Cc: Heather Bird <heather.l.bird at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NAGDU] I Have a New Guide Dog Named Rex
>
> So, apparently I have a brand new guide dog I knew nothing about. She’s just
> like Ilsa in every single way, a German Shepherd, trained by the Seeing Eye
> and everything. She even has the same heart-shaped marking on her forehead.
> I was walking along when I heard a man trying to get a loose, off-leash dog
> back into his yard. Sometimes with dog distraction issues I ignore it and
> see what Ilsa will do, and praise or correct as needed. Most of the time I
> warn her with some strong “leave it.”s and work past the dog distraction.
> Once in a while I will place her at a sit stay and wait for the dog to pass,
> or in this case, to be brought back under control. So I told her “Sit. Atta
> girl. Rest. Rest. Good. Rest.” The man still trying to get his own dog
> turned to Ilsa and said “Good girl Rex.” Most people expect to hear the word
> stay not the Seeing Eye’s “rest” command, and the way I was talking to her
> with commands and command reminders and praise, I guess he thought her name
> was Rex, hearing “rest” as “rex.” So, apparently I have a new guide dog
> named Rex. Geez, I am always the last to know. *laughing* He seemed really
> impressed at how she was sitting there like a perfectly behaved statue while
> his dog was running around us, and it would be hilarious if he were to call
> the Seeing Eye to congratulate them on “This awesome German Shepherd of
> yours in my neighborhood named Rex.” TSE would probably be thinking “Erm,
> what now? What is this man going on about? Sounds like Heather and Ilsa’s
> neck of the woods, but that must be some dog from another school, or this
> man is a little strange.” He must have been thinking that Rex is a funny
> name for a female dog, as it is the word for king in, Latin I think, some
> language for sure, pretty sure that it is Latin. Well I’m a strait LGBT
> ally, so I suppose if Ilsa wanted me to call her Rex I wouldn’t judge.
> *smile* I found it amusing so I
>
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> Heather Bird
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