[nagdu] Woodcliff Lake Seeing Eye dog recovering after pit bullattack

Tue Jul 27 21:45:39 UTC 2010

A service animal or a service animal in training should qualify for any and
all legislation, just my opinion tho. 

Marsha

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Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:36 AM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Woodcliff Lake Seeing Eye dog recovering after pit
bullattack

We're working on service dog protection in Jersey, but the process is
still in the early stages.  Not sure a puppy in training would qualify,
though.

What a shame.  Poor puppy and raiser!
Tracy

> Does NJ have laws for dogs that attack service animals? That poor puppy.
>
> Marsha
>
>
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> Of Ginger Kutsch
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:07 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: [nagdu] Woodcliff Lake Seeing Eye dog recovering after pit
> bullattack
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> Woodcliff Lake Seeing Eye dog recovering after pit bull attack
> Monday, July 26, 2010
> BY DENISA R. SUPERVILLE
> The Record, STAFF WRITER
> http://www.northjersey.com/news/072610_Woodcliff_Lake_seeing_eye_
> dog_recovering_after_pit_bull_attack.html?page=all
> WOODCLIFF LAKE, New Jersey - A 9-month-old German Shepherd being
> raised as a Seeing Eye dog was recovering at home Monday after
> being attacked by a pit bull.
> The dog, Dusty, had to undergo four hours of surgery at the Park
> Ridge Animal Hospital on Friday to repair lacerations that
> extended from his ear down his neck, said Roger Woodhour, Dusty's
> foster parent.
> Woodhour lost the tip of his right hand middle finger in the
> attack.
> Four of Dusty's teeth that were damaged during the attack had to
> be extracted, Woodhour said.
> Michelle Barlak, a spokeswoman for the Morristown-based The
> Seeing Eye Inc., said the attack has ended Dusty's chance at
> becoming a Seeing Eye dog.
> "Unfortunately, Dusty will never make it as a Seeing Eye dog even
> if he recovers, because he will not be able to overcome the
> psychological damage," Barlak wrote in an e-mail.
> The organization breeds, raises and trains dogs to guide people
> who are visually impaired in the U.S. and Canada.
> The attack occurred at around 8:45 a.m. on Friday, on Arcadia
> Road, about a block from Woodhour's home, he said.
> Woodhour said was returning from his daily walk of
> three-to-four-miles with two dogs - Dusty and a 5-year-old German
> Shepherd named Luke - when the pit bull charged out of a
> Woodcliff Avenue house.
> According to a police report of the incident, Kristine B.
> Heinemann left the house to put some items in a vehicle, which
> was parked in the driveway. The pit bull, a 2-year-old named
> Mason, got out through a door that apparently was ajar.
> Mason allegedly ran toward the two dogs and started attacking
> Dusty, the smaller of the two, the report said.
> "She was yelling at it to stop, but he was focused on one thing,
> and the one thing was on attacking one or possibly two of the
> dogs," Woodhour said.
> The pit bull allegedly grabbed onto Woodhour's hand as he tried
> to free Dusty, knocking Woodhour onto the lawn, according to
> Woodhour and the report.
> Contractors working on a nearby house ran to assist. One
> contractor ran to assist Woodhour, hitting the pit bull in the
> head with a hammer he was holding in an effort to free Woodhour's
> hand, the report said.
> Mason finally let go of Woodhour's hand. Woodhour was taken to
> Hackensack University Medical Center.
> Woodhour's wife, Sheila, took Dusty to the Park Ridge Animal
> Hospital, Woodhour said.
> In addition to the injuries to his neck, Dusty sustained injuries
> to the leg and head, the report said.
> Heinemann was issued summonses for violating borough ordinances
> for failing to keep her dog on a leash and for a dog running at
> large. She is to appear in Municipal Court on August 19. On
> Monday, she said had no comment.
> Mason, the pit bull, was quarantined at home, said Carol Tyler,
> the owner and manager of Tyco Animal Control. He was not injured
> in the attack, she said.
> Dusty is the 26th puppy the Woodhours are raising for the Seeing
> Eye Inc. They have been doing so since 1991.
> James Kutsch, president of Seeing Eye Inc., said it's possible,
> though unlikely, that Dusty could still make it as a Seeing Eye
> dog.
> If Dusty does not succeed as a Seeing Eye dog, the Woodhours will
> be offered the opportunity to adopt him, Kutsch said. He could
> also be adopted by a member of the public.
> The Woodhours have already adopted two dogs that did not make it
> in the program.
> "We certainly would consider it," Woodhour said.
> E-mail: superville at northjersey.com
>
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