[Nfb-krafters-korner] Seeing Eye dog's names

[Blindhands at aol.com]

In the past when I was first at the Seeing Eye almost 11 years ago they had 
 a few ways of getting puppies named.  You could make a donation of a  
certain amount and it entitled you to name a puppy.  The folks/families  that 
raised the puppies got to name them, but all the puppies in the same litter  
was assigned a letter and all puppies in that litter had to have names 
beginning  with that letter.  That part of it is still being done.  So  all  
Wisty's litter mates names begin with a W.  I do  know that it goes by  breed 
also.  There was a German Sheperd  called Walnut in my out going  class.  None 
of her litter mates were in the class with me.  She had  been ready to go 
with a blind person when she was around 23 months old, but was  not matched up 
with anyone until I came along.  They get reassigned to  another trainer 
and are held at the kennels, but continued to be worked in the  training until 
matched up.  They keep them in training for a little over a  year after the 
initial guide training and if there  is no match they will  place these 
dogs out in homes.  To receive such a dog you need to put your  name on a list 
and renew it every 6 months.  You can put in your choice of  breed and sex 
of dog and wait to get it.
 
Now what they said is there is some committee that names the puppies.   Not 
sure any more about that.
 
Joyce