[nagdu] PETA was calling the program was researching programs

[Marion & Martin]

Kolby,
    I agree wholeheartedly with Julie. If you have service animal protection 
laws in your state, it would be best for you to invoke them. If you need our 
assistance, You have it...just call! I also have heard of peoPETA people 
being charged with felony assault and grand larceny as the result of their 
radical behavior against guide dogs.

Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala
813-598-7161


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA was calling the program was researching programs


> Colby,
>
> I echo what others have said.  This is a serious issue that needs to be 
> addressed ASAP with the police or campus security or both.  I'm not sure 
> what state you are in or what the service animal interference laws are 
> there, but that would be something to look into.  If it were me, I'd also 
> see if this behavior would be considered assault or some other criminal 
> offense and insist on the offenders being charged.  Do you have a cell 
> phone? That would be another useful tool in the self defense line up.
>
> I can't imagine dealing with this sort of insanity at all let alone 
> repeatedly.
>
> Please, please take care of yourself and let us know your progress.
> Julie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kolby Garrison" <kolbygarrison at triad.rr.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] calling the program was researching programs
>
>
>> Hello Jenine and All,
>> I love you Jenine, because you get it. As a resident advisor in a 
>> residence
>> hall on my college campus, I cannot stant it when residents come to me 
>> with
>> complaints about other residents. My first question whenever I receive a
>> complaint is have you addressed the issue with the person you are
>> complaining about? Residents' responses the majority of the time are no. 
>> I
>> usually tell them to address the issue with the person first, and talk to 
>> me
>> about the issue again if the disruption does not cease. I also have had
>> people from peta stop me while Sunny and I are out and about on campus 
>> and
>> tell me how cruel I am to make that dog work for me. Peta people have
>> threatened report me to animal control, have threatened to take Sunny 
>> away
>> from me, have threatened to remove Sunny from her leash, have removed 
>> Sunny
>> from her leash, or have lectured me about animal cruelty. The few times 
>> that
>> they have removed Sunny from her leash, Sunny has stood beside me and 
>> looked
>> up at me without moving a muscle. The few times that the peta person 
>> called
>> her to come with them, she refused to move. I praised her for that one. I
>> love how dogs know people better than humans do, and if Sunny is directly
>> telling me that she does not like someone by putting herself between me 
>> and
>> the person whom she does not like I listen to her. If only the peta 
>> people
>> could see Sunny whenever she is out of harness, or if they could see her
>> when I take her harness and leash off of the door knob where they hang. 
>> They
>> would understand that she loves her job, and that she receives abundances 
>> of
>> exercise, play, and love.
>> Just my two cents worth,
>> Kolby
>>
>>
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