[nagdu] PA Evans'Bill toHelpProtectService AnimalsReceives House Endorsement

[Tracy Carcione]

Glad to hear your dog is OK.
3 attacks already!  That's terrible.  She needs a suit of armor or
something. That would give the attacker a big surprise.
Tracy

> Hi Tracy,
>
> She is ok.  We have been on TV many times in the past and we are on
> our Access Channel educating folks on service dogs.  We had TV
> coverage for the  hearing on the Bill in 2008.
>
> Sometimes I can use my cell phone to take photos.    But when we had
> an attacked in a snow storm I could not get to my phone fast enough.
> Plus it was really snowing.
>
> The attack that is the most bother some is when she was attacked at a
> meeting by another service dog. My attack account was wrong it is up
> to 3 attacks on our new team.
>
> Passle
>
>
>>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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