[nagdu] The incident that happened yo me and my first guide and hotdog are also dangerous for dogs

[dmgina]

I am pleased all turned out well.
I am also glad you got a new doctor.
My gosh things folks do.

--Dar
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Every saint has a past
every sinner has a future

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 3:29 PM
Subject: [nagdu] The incident that happened yo me and my first guide and 
hotdog are also dangerous for dogs


> Hi every one, This happened to me and my first guide,Lily.I used to go to 
> a
> well known clinic in Tucson. One of the doctors there,refused to give me 
> my
> script for my seizure medicine. This was because I wanted an answer to
> several questions and he refused to answer . I pressed him and and he
> started to hand me the script and then pulled it back and refused to give 
> it
> to me. I left the clinic quite angry. I of course ran out of this 
> medication
> which caused me to have a seizure. I tried to make a complaint to the head
> of the clinic, but was told to go away. While I was there in the office ,I
> happened to drop my magnifying glass. I asked Lily to pick it up when one 
> of
> the secretaries  prevented Lily from picking it up. She did this by by
> petting her and offering her food. Lily took the food. I told her to leave
> it but she ate it any way. I gave her a leash correction as she knew this
> was wrong. This was the same secretary that had told me to go away. She 
> told
> me I was cruel to my dog. I ignored her and asked Lily to pick up the
> magnifying glass,when this person again interfered with my dog. She told 
> me
> that the dog could not pick it up as it was cruel to make my dog work. I
> again asked lily to pick it up and this time the woman grabbed Lily's 
> leash,
> preventing the dog from doing what I had asked. I again left this Clinic
> quite angry and yelled at this woman and called her a bitch, which was 
> wrong
> for me to do ,and I lived to regret it. When I was getting on the bus,I 
> was
> approached by a young man who told me that they had done the same thing to
> him. (did not give him his seizure meds) I went home and decided to call 
> my
> insurance and change doctors.  Three weeks later,I had a visit from Animal
> Control. I was arrested for supposedly beating my dog at this clinic,in
> front of that same woman and the whole office of people. Needless to say, 
> I
> was schocked! First of all, I don't ever hit or beat my dogs and would 
> have
> never done it in front of an office full of people! This is when I 
> realized
> that what I said to this woman that day in the clinic was comming back to
> haunt me. I had to go to court and plead my case. I had to hire a
> lawyer,which I really could not afford,but I felt I had no choise.They 
> were
> asking jail time and would have taken Lily away from me if I were found
> guilty. Lily and I went to see an animal behaviouralist and she had me 
> wave
> my hands and arms in front of Lily's face. Lily never even flinched. She
> told me that she could tell that this dog had never been hit,as she she
> would have have shied away when I waved my arms and hands in front of her
> face. She said that she could see that Lily loved me by the way she the 
> dog
> looked at me and was so willing to work for me. Lily also picked up the
> magnifying glass and keys and several other items. The animal 
> behaviouralist
> said she would testify in my behaf  in court and she did not even charge 
> me
> any thing.Several other people that knew me me also testifyied for me.  I
> knew I was innocent but hoped that the judge would realize that I was. 
> These
> people from the clinic testifyied to some terrible things,all lies. They
> said that I had pulled Lily's head so hard that it hit the side of my
> wheelchair and they heard her tags hit and jingle. When all the people on 
> my
> side had finished  testifying,it was my turn. I waved my arms and hands in
> front of Lily's face and again she did not flinch.I explained that when 
> Lily
> rubs her head on my knee, her tags jingle and this is how she shows
> affection for me. I explained to the judge that I loved Lily and would 
> never
> hit or beat her,let alone do it in a public place.Just then ,as if on cue,
> Lily rubbed her head on me and licked my hand. And her tags jingeled. The
> Animal Control Officer had been so sure that I would be found guilty that 
> he
> had already taken out his leash to take Lily away from me. The Judge shook
> her head and said ,"sorry,I don't see any animal abuse here.Case 
> dismissed."
> A week later I heard the clinic had gotten the grant money they needed to
> expand the clinic. Then I realized why they had done this to me. They were
> afraid of loosing their grant if It came out  how they were treating their
> patients, denying medication that caused life threatining situations.I
> decided that I needed to watch what I say in certain cercumstances and to
> always have an avocate when I needed to complain about some thing. I am 
> glad
> I did not hire the first lawyer I went to as he told me that inocent 
> people
> get convicted all the time and he did not seem to think I would be found
> inocent. The lawyer I did hire did a good job and he decided not to charge
> me after the trial was over. There are some good people in this
> world!....................   I have heard that hot dogs are dangerous for
> dogs.  On occasion I gave a small amount of a hot dog to my dogs and they
> are still healthy. I have heard this from several different sources so I 
> no
> longer give my dogs any hot dogs.   Have a great day, Mardi and
> Nala,retired,Wanagi,gdit,and Tokala,gd at home and part time pet.
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