[nagdu] Attack, laws governing service animals and those in training

Tue Jul 27 23:34:56 UTC 2010

Marsha,
It depends on the legislation as animals in training are not yet able to
perform the tasks that a fully trained animal would.  However, in this case
the issue deals with loose animals, and what many states have adopted under
injury and harassment of a service animal which may or may not include
animals in training.  Wisconsin does for our access laws, but I am not 100%
sure about the harassment and injury law.

JMHO,
Steve

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Of Marsha Drenth
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Woodcliff Lake Seeing Eye dog recovering after pit
bullattack

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

Marsha

-----Original Message-----
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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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Ginger Kutsch
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:07 AM
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> Subject: [nagdu] Woodcliff Lake Seeing Eye dog recovering after pit 
> bullattack
>
> 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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