[nagdu] PA Evans'Bill toHelpProtectService AnimalsReceives House Endorsement -- dog attack

[Lisa Irving]

Good job Passel.  I'll bet the police can help. Youknow the area you and the 
jerk walked in. The dog was on a leash so it's safe to say the jerk lived in 
the immediate area. I'm guessing if the police went to neighbors, if they're 
willing, they might see the jerk and it's dog.  You might contact legal aid, 
or contact a civil attorney and see if he/she will file legal action against 
the offender for, perhaps, civil violation. Did the vet find ANY physical 
signs harm was done to the dog. What a so and so --the jerk, to blatantly 
take advantage of your blindness. For me, such an act feels like such a 
violation. At times, these violations trigger acts of violence committed 
against me a few years back.

Lisa ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Passle Helminski" <passle at roadrunner.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PA Evans'Bill toHelpProtectService AnimalsReceives 
House Endorsement


> My dog, my new dog guide, was attacked this past Friday, on my way to a 
> vet appointment. I had my cell phone on the strap of my shoulder bag. My 
> dog did not fight back.  The attacking dog was on a leash. I got tangle in 
> the leash. The owner got the dog off of my dog and the leash untangled but 
> would not speak to me.  I used my cell to try to take some photos.  My vet 
> checked to see if I got any photos and called the police. This is the 
> second time we were attack.  My retired dog guide was attacked 6 times.
>
> Hopefully we will get a law passed in PA.
>
> Passle in PA
>
>>Photographing the attack is all well and good, but how is that going to 
>>help you in the here and now? What about in addition to the nifty camera 
>>you carry some doggy pepper spray or something like that. Then, when the 
>>attacking dog decides it would rather rub his green tinged pepper spray 
>>covered face in the dirt than attack you can take that picture. And also, 
>>a green tinged pepper spray covered yelping in pain dog will be very easy 
>>for the cops to identify at the nearest vet's office.
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" 
>><tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
>>To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
>><nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 3:54 PM
>>Subject: Re: [nagdu] PA Evans'Bill toHelpProtectService AnimalsReceives 
>>House Endorsement
>>
>>>Lisa,
>>>
>>>I like to do scenario planning, too, so that if it all hits the fan, I 
>>>won't
>>>be caught flat footed and just stand around gaping stupidly.  Then again, 
>>>I
>>>can still manage to do that, with or without advance planning.  /smile/
>>>
>>>I do like the idea of having a handheld camera -- preferably in a cell 
>>>phone
>>>-- on hand as an evidence gathering tool.  I figure if I can hear, I can
>>>point the camera.  Whether I could pull that off in the thick of things, 
>>>I
>>>don't know.  My first priority is to protect my dog and then myself, 
>>>while
>>>diffusing things before they get too ugly...  I hope not to find out if I
>>>could pull off whipping out the camera so that I could have some recourse
>>>after the dust settles.
>>>
>>>Tami Smith-Kinney
>>>
>>>-
>
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