For those who want to know, Aziza is spelled A-z-i-z-a, pronounced uh-ZEE-zuh. Adding the Hebrew endearment ending makes it pronounced uh-zee-zuh-luh. Equally, I could be missing Gustavoleh. liz Liz Halperin Portland, OR lizzersagain@xxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BlindGeek Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 4:36 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: new guide dog Congratulations on your dog! And a fellow Oregonite, to boot! ----- Original Message ----- From: "liz halperin" <lizzersagain@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 11:00 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: new guide dog > My fourth dog, and I finally have a Jewish one! Her name is Aziza (Hebrew > for "strong") and when I add the ending of endearment, she becomes > Azizaleh. > Aziza is a black lab, very small, only 43 pounds. She's also a little > firecracker. In harness, she's the best at guidework I've had to date. > Rarely any clearance errors, doesn't run curbcuts, and stopped at every > overhead clearance in training except the one that was waist high on short > (5'2") me. During training, she already kept me from getting smooshed by > an > unplanned "traffic check" with a car leaving a parking lot. With my cane, > I > would not have heard or seen it, and all would have depended on the driver > seeing me. > > She's still a pup, only 20 months old (but full grown except for filling > out > in the chest from pulling the harness) and still has some puppy play > traits > that will be fun to curb and watch mature. > > Even though I am only halfway unpacked, have several major family, > medical, > financial and other projects with deadlines to attend to, it's grand to be > home again. Hands itching to get going on scanning and reading! > > Liz and Azizaleh > > Liz Halperin > Portland, OR > lizzersagain@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.