[NAGDU] Belto, dog name

[Ann Edie]

Hi, Bryan, Tracy, Jordan, and All,

There is a book about the dog Bryan described whose run carrying medicine to
the people of Nome inspired the Iditarod sled dog race. I can't remember the
exact title of the book, but it is a small book for kids and it is available
in Braille from Seedlings Braille Books for Children. (I haven't checked to
see if it is available anywhere else in other formats.) The name of the dog
used in the book is "Belto", so I guess there must be some ambiguity about
whether "Belto" or "Balto" is the correct spelling of the name. Anyway, it's
a good strong name for a guide dog, implying that he is trusty and
dependable, and a great lead dog.

Best,
Ann & Panda

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Belto is a very interesting name as the Anchorage Downtown Rotary had named
a dog they had sponsored as Balto. That was the name to the lead dog in the
race to Nome during the early 1900's to get diphtheria vaccines to Nome from
Fairbanks. Later, that became the basis for the Iditarod which now is a sled
dog race form Anchorage to Nome.

The Anchorage Rotary however named this dog for the Guide Dog Foundation.


On 7/6/2017 10:21 AM, Jordan Gallacher via NAGDU wrote:
> I am not sure who named him, but we think that it was supposed to be 
> Balto, but somewhere it was misspelled, and thus Belto is what his name
came to be.
> Jordan
>
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> Carcione via NAGDU
> Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 1:01 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Tracy Carcione
> Subject: [NAGDU] Belto, dog name
>
> Hi Jordan.
>
> I'm curious about Belto's name.  It was my understanding that Leader 
> leaves the dog's name to the raiser family, so they often have regular 
> dog names like Max or Shadow.  So did Belto's family choose his name?  
> And did they tell you why?  Or does Leader make up names now?  Just 
> sounds like a name with a story.
>
>   
>
> If anyone is interested, Krokus is named for Dick Krokus, director of 
> training at TSE for years a while back.  Everyone on the TSE staff 
> who'd known Mr. Krokus told me I would have a special boy, because he 
> has a special name.  I'm not so sure about that, but my Krokus has a 
> mischievous sense of humor, and I gather Mr. Krokus did, too.
>
> Tracy
>
>   
>
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