[NAGDU] Belto, dog name

[Bryan Gearry]

wonderful! Keep that thought about your guide!


On 7/6/2017 3:04 PM, Ann Edie wrote:
> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Carcione via NAGDU
>> Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 1:01 PM
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>> 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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