[nagdu] Shaman was attacked by a pit bull

[Sherri]

That's so sad about your dog Marty. I'm glad he is going to be physically 
okay, but the other trauma, that will be difficult to deal with.
Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Shaman was attacked by a pit bull


> Mardi,
>
> I'm so sorry!  I'm glad he wasn't injured badly, but the psychological
> trauma will be a bugger to get him over.
>
> Did you ever get hold of the bus company about being dropped off there?  I
> know they haven't been responsive in the past.  Can you sue for damages
> because the negligent driver put you in a dangerous situation in which 
> your
> dog was harmed?  And what if the pit bull had gone after you while all 
> those
> people were standing around watching?  Good grief!
>
> Take care of yourself and your pups.  My thoughts are with you!
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Mardi Hadfield
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:33 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] Shaman was attacked by a pit bull
>
> Hi every one, On Tuesday I had to go to my Doctor's appointment. On my way
> to the bus station after my appointment, I was crossing the very busy
> intersection of Oracle and Wetmore. I had the light and was about 3 
> quarters
> of the way across when a car turned and passed right in front of Shaman 
> and
> I. Shaman stopped, but the car was very close to us.After that car had
> passed,and we had taken 3 steps forward,yet another car cut us off. Shaman
> stopped for both of these incidents. I have the right of way,when the
> crossing light in on. Also the white cane law gives me the right of way.
> People just don't seem to care. I have complained about this same 
> situation
> occurring in the past,but no one ever does any thing about it. There have
> been many wheelchair users hit in Tucson,myself included. Does any one 
> have
> any suggestions?Also, once I got on the bus, I told the driver where I
> needed to get off.Well the driver missed my stop and let me off on the
> opposite side of another busy intersection, Grant and Stone. This was in
> rush hour traffic.I never use this stop as it is very hard to get on the
> sidewalk because of the gravel. There are also many uneven places in this
> sidewalk as well as some major drop offs. I complained to the driver about
> missing my stop and he got very rude. After struggling, I finally managed 
> to
> get on the sidewalk. I stopped to make a call to the bus company to make a
> complaint about the driver. The man on the other end of the phone was also
> rude.Just then a dog was running loose in the street and almost got hit. 
> As
> the dog ran down the sidewalk towards Shaman and I, It ran passed 
> us.Shaman
> was distracted, but did not growl or bark at it. The dog turned around, 
> came
> back and attacked Shaman. I grabbed my cane which was folded up and hit 
> the
> dog several times and it finally ran off.There were people standing around
> but no one made any attempt to help us. I asked if any one knew who owned
> that dog and one man said it was owned by the black couple that had walked
> by me just before the dog attacked Shaman. If that couple did indeed own 
> it,
> they made no attempt to call their dog of Shaman. They just continued to
> walk away.I was told the dog was a pit bull and was not even wearing a
> collar or liscense tag. By this time I was so angry, I just got across the
> street and went home. I knew that the police and animal control would do
> nothing as they never do,so I didn't even call them. I have been working
> with Shaman because he has a problem of growling at other dogs. This is
> because of a man who walks his 2 pit bulls by my house and makes them 
> fight
> my dogs through the fence.This has effected Shaman and he growls and barks
> at dogs now.I had been taking him to PetsMart to get him used to being
> around the dogs and his behaviour was a lot better. He only had a small 
> cut
> from the pit bull and I took care of it, but he has been traumatized by 
> the
> attack.I had to take him for his rabies shot on Wednesday. When he was at
> the shot clinic, he growled at several dogs that got too close to him. He
> also barked and growled at a terrier dog that had the same markings as the
> dog that attacked him.I just hope I can get him over this behaviour
> again.      Mardi and Shaman and Nala,retired.
>
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