[nagdu] Blind teacher's guide dog attacked by rottweilers

[Sean Robertson]

This storey makes me so sad. I sure hope the dog will be ok.
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> Blind teacher's guide dog attacked by rottweilers
>
> Oct 1, 2011
>
> Written by Leigh Paynter
>
> http://www.news10.net/news/local/article/157243/2/Blind-teachers-guide-dog-a
> ttacked-by-rottweilers
>
>
>
> SACRAMENTO, CA - A Gridley High School teacher's seeing-eye dog was 
> attacked
> by two Rottweilers while out on a walk Saturday morning.
>
>
>
> Frank Lopez, News10's 2005 Teacher of the Year, was walking with his guide
> dog, Nolan, on El Camino, crossing Folsom Road when he heard a dog 
> approach
> from behind.
>
>
>
> "I could hear the nails from his paws running on the concrete and then I
> heard Nolan whimper," said Lopez, who is legally blind and takes Nolan to
> school with him.
>
>
>
> Lopez said he tried to get his body in between the Rottweiler and Nolan 
> when
> a second dog attacked. It wasn't until a bystander and the dogs' owner ran
> out to intervene that the attack on Nolan stopped.
>
>
>
> "I could feel he was bleeding really badly," said Lopez, who was also
> injured when he fell during the attack.
>
>
>
> Nolan was taken to the El Camino Animal Hospital, where doctors 
> immediately
> operated on his ears - a surgery that had an upfront cost of $1,400. In 
> the
> surgery room, the veterinarian said his injuries were not life 
> threatening,
> but it was unclear if Nolan could resume work immediately as a guide dog.
>
>
>
> "He didn't leave me. He didn't even try to run away during the attack," 
> said
> Lopez. "He just stayed by my side the whole time and didn't even think 
> about
> protecting himself."
>
>
>
> Nolan is a 3 year-old yellow lab from Guide Dogs for the Blind in San
> Rafael. Lopez has had Nolan for two years.
>
>
>
> "I had to use my cane for the first time in two years," said Lopez. "I'm
> really fortunate to have Nolan. I depend on him for a lot of things. I 
> kinda
> feel naked without him."
>
>
>
>
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