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

[Lisa Irving]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa Irving" <lirving1234 at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PA Evans'Bill toHelpProtectService AnimalsReceivesHouse 
Endorsement -- dog attack


> 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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