[nagdu] Service dog killed on a bus

[lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com]

Hi Mardi,
I've encouontered my share of unruly guide dogs.  I'm very surprised that 
GDB didn't work with their graduate on the problem.  Besides the guy's dog 
jumping on your dog, he sure had a problem with his guide dog being more 
interested in your dog rather than the traffic.

You mentined about you being an animal control officer in Connecticut. Where 
did you live and work there?  I was born and raised in Norwalk, CT.

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Service dog killed on a bus


> Hi every one,  I can not believe that the authorities let the owner of the
> dog that killed the other small dog,get away with just not riding the bus 
> or
> train for 30 days. This dog killed! It could have been a small child and
> next time it might be. Once a dog has killed another animal ,they can 
> never
> be trusted not to do it again. I have had experience with this as at one
> time in my life I was an animal control officer. I delt with dogs that had
> killed other animals, and the law in Connecticut at that time was that a
> killer dog had to be euthanized.  Several of my guide dogs have been
> attacked and one injured very badly. I do fear that some time it could
> happen again. The animal control here in Tucson ,has never done any thing
> about the attacks on my dogs. I have ridden on the bus with dogs that were
> being passed off as service dogs ,and were not even on a leash. I have 
> also
> had other service dogs growl at my dog.  I had a guide dog from GDB attack
> my dog at a bus stop and the owner told the bus driver ,that my dog 
> started
> it ,which was not true,but I was refused the ride on the bus. This was
> before I was legally blind, but my dog was a service dog. I could see this
> man crossing the street with a guide dog pulling him and he could not
> controll his dog. It was heading right for my dog ,so I pulled my dog up
> into my lap(Iwas sitting in a wheelchair) and the guide dog leaped on my 
> dog
> as the bus pulled up and stopped. The man pulled his dog off mine and
> proceded to board the bus. The driver put the lift down for me and I got 
> on
> the lift with my dog and then the driver refused to bring the lift up so I
> could get on the bus. I was informed that vicious dogs were not alloud to
> ride the bus.Needless to say, I was angry , but every one took the side of
> the owner of the guide dog. I had several other encounters with this same
> dog and owner.I even called GDB and complained about this man and his dog
> and was told there was nothing they could do. So much for that. It has 
> been
> about 6 or 7 years since I have even seen this dog, so I hope I never
> encounter them again. I have always made sure that my dogs have been 
> trained
> to not ever growl or show any agression towards any other dog or person 
> and
> they never have. It is too bad that some others don't take the time to do
> this . If I could not controll my dog, or my dog acted up in public, I 
> would
> not take it out in public  again untill the problem was solved. I have 
> been
> complimented many times on my dogs being so well behaved. and how well 
> they
> do their job. I take pride in my dogs and feel that because they are 
> service
> dogs, that they must be held to a certain standard, that a pet dog is not
> held to. I would hope that other people with service dogs  would do the 
> same
> ,but I guess this is not always the case. My dog is with me to do a 
> job,not
> to keep me company! I some times wonder about some of these service dogs
> that I encounter. Food for thought............Mardi,and Nala,retired,
> Wanagi,gdit and Tokala, gdit.
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