[nagdu] Dog names

Wed Feb 3 21:48:48 UTC 2010

Yes... it's ashame.  I was stuck on shepherds for a while, but I realized 
that I probably was not going to get one from GDB.  They usually do not give 
first timers shepherds.  Also, the number was so low that I would rather 
leave what there was for the people who would take nothing else.  However, I 
did get to visit with one of the shepherds who was going out in the next 
class.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog names

> Marion,
> I wonder if GDF will encounter the same problems with German shepherds as 
> GDB?  It's a shame how this beautiful breed has been ruined by the 
> show-dog crowd!
>
> I know aboout the "pressure" of being the first one in something. In my 
> work with the Humane Society, I am the first disabled person with their 
> service dog to join the Pet-Assisted Therapy Program.  they've had lots of 
> puppy-raisers and their service dog pups, but not someone like me. they 
> are very happy with my and Landon's performance of the job that another 
> program wants me to join them!
>
> You'll do fine - and the new shepherd guide!
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marion & Martin" <swampfox1833 at verizon.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog names
>
>
>> Linda,
>>    GDF hasn't trained Shepherds in more than 20 years. Because I have so 
>> much experience with the breed, they are re-introducing them with me as 
>> their first handler. Oh, the pressure! (smile)
>>
>> Marion
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Linda Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 12:54 PM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Dog names
>>
>>
>>> Hi Marion,
>>> I didn't think Guide Dog Foundation used German shepherds anymore. The 
>>> name "Sarge" seems to fit a shepherd more than it would a Lab.  I have a 
>>> friend at the Naval Medical Center who has a Lab named "Scout".
>>>
>>> My dog, Landon is named for Michael Landon actor in the old TV series, 
>>> "Bonanza" - Little Joe who was always fighting!  The actor Landon was 
>>> also in "Little House on the Prairie" and I think "Stairway to Heaven". 
>>> He was a more mature and peaceful charactor on those two shows! I 
>>> enjoyed the first two shows!
>>>
>>> My old dogs were Heidi, Charm (and she was!), Brownie (my Mom said for 
>>> her brown eyes - she was black!), Olivia, Hanna, Janelle, Jacob, and now 
>>> Landon. I liked all the names and didn't feel the need to change them.
>>>
>>> Lyn and Landon
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Marion & Martin" <swampfox1833 at verizon.net>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:37 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Interesting Names Re: guide dog book about young 
>>> person
>>>
>>>
>>>> Rox,
>>>>    When I first heard my future guide dog's name, my first impression 
>>>> was, "Oh, no! That will need to change!" However, the more I have 
>>>> learned about him, the more his name seems to fit him! He is a big 
>>>> German Shepherd,weighing in at 91 lbs. about three weeks ago and not 
>>>> yet 2 years old. He has an all black face and gold eyes! His name is 
>>>> Sarge!
>>>>    Now, I'm a fairly liberal person and would consider myself a peace 
>>>> activist, so the name seemed a little out-of-place for me. At the same 
>>>> time, my first trainer was also the Founder and Executive Director of 
>>>> the school from which I recieved my first three guide dogs. He is now 
>>>> the Director of Training (I think they call it Training Officer) for 
>>>> the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind. His name? Well, Mike Sargeant, 
>>>> often called "Sarge"! When I spoke with him the last time, he referred 
>>>> to my dog as "my namesake"! Mike is a great guy and I count him as a 
>>>> close colleague, so I couldn't change Sarge's name now! BTW, Mike told 
>>>> me he thought of changing Sarge's name himself just to rattle my cage! 
>>>> To what? Well, he said he thought of "ACB"! Nice guy, huh? And I call 
>>>> him a friend? (big grin)
>>>>
>>>> fraternally yours,
>>>> Marion
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "The Pawpower Pack" <pawpower4me at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:45 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Interesting Names Re: guide dog book about young 
>>>> person
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> When I adopted Laveau from the humane society, her name was Marge. 
>>>>> That had to go because... it just did.  It didn't take her long to 
>>>>> switch and now when I say or sign her name she wags like crazy.  She 
>>>>> was only a year old and I don't know how long she had been stuck with 
>>>>> the horrid moniker of Marge.  No offense to anyone with that name but 
>>>>> it just wasn't for her.  Also I'm a huge Harry Potter fan and everyone 
>>>>> would have called her aunt Marge.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
>>>>> Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
>>>>> "It's wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as 
>>>>> sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs." -- Christopher Moore
>>>>> pawpower4me at gmail.com
>>>>>
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