[nagdu] Dog attacked --involve the local media Re: PA Evans'Bill toHelpProtectService AnimalsReceives House Endorsement

[Lisa Irving]

Passel, I agree with what Traci said. Give it a shot. You'll get the, Wow 
Factor. The Wow Factor is a response we get when we do things the general 
public doesn't expect from us. Yeah, Passel, that includes sharing your cell 
phone images. I'd still suggest you also try working with the police. This 
is good for a number of reasons. It would be ideal to be able to approach 
the media and let them know how helpful the police has tried to be, or the 
reverse.

Lisa & Bernie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 6:15 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PA Evans'Bill toHelpProtectService AnimalsReceives 
House Endorsement


> Passle, that's terrible!  How is your dog doing?
> Could you maybe get some media attention, to maybe educate people in your
> town?
> Gosh, if my dog had been attacked that much, I think I'd be carrying
> around a baseball bat or something.  If I wasn't afraid to bring my dog
> out at all.
> Good luck ith your bill.
> Tracy
>
>
>> 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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