[nagdu] Pit Bull attacking the area, more people become scare of dogs, not good!

[cheryl echevarria]

This happens all around the world, we only hear about it when someone posts issues like what Ginger did.

Out here on Long Island, we had an issue yesterday, with a pit bull that was running around attacking people.

This has nothing to do with an attack on a guide dog; but out here in North Merrick, which is near where we have our Greater Long Island Chapter meeting, on October 4. A pit bull forced the lockdown of several schools in the area.

When policed tried to capture it, it attacked an officer and fled.

The dog attacked a woman last week, they still have not found the dog, but the dog they think that did the attacking was shot at yesterday, but was not found, the people in the area are afraid to send there kids to school or even venture outside there homes

As of this morning, the dog has not been found. Not idea of the owners.

These poor animals are trained to attack, and now more and more people are afraid of dogs.  I bring this up because this is all we need as guide dog handlers, with people becoming afraid of dogs.


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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ginger Kutsch<mailto:GingerKutsch at yahoo.com> 
  To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
  Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 10:27 AM
  Subject: [nagdu] Scotland: Trainer mauled trying to protect her guide dog


  Scotland: Trainer mauled trying to protect her guide dog 

  05 October 2011 

  By DAVID McCANN 

   

   

  A GUIDE dog instructor was mauled by a bull terrier after stepping in to
  protect her trainee pup in the city centre.

   

  Trainer Jayne Brown, 29, sustained heavy bruising to her right leg in the
  shock attack on Nicolson Street last month and credits the thick jeans she
  was wearing for preventing more serious injury.

   

  She shielded the 17-month-old animal - that had be

  ADVERTISEMENT en undergoing guide dog training - after the terrier shot out
  from beneath a blanket occupied by a homeless girl outside a Tesco Metro.

   

  Ms Brown instinctively manoeuvred the dog out behind her and the
  "Staffy-type" breed latched onto her leg as she buffered the attack which
  lasted only a few seconds.

   

  "We were walking past a homeless girl sitting on a blanket when the dog just
  flew out to try to bite my training dog Les, but instead made contact with
  my leg," said the trainer, who has worked with the Guide Dogs Association
  for the Blind since 2006.

   

  "The girl pulled the dog away and managed to get it under control. The whole
  thing was totally unprovoked, but the dog wasn't on a lead, and she didn't
  manage to keep hold of it. 

   

  "Luckily I was wearing thick jeans and dropped the harness so the dog was
  able to move out of the way. If a small child had been in between us when it
  happen the consequences don't even bear thinking about."

   

  "I was very shaken after the attack, and Les has shown apprehension passing
  other dogs now. Before he was absolutely fine but now is hesitant and needs
  support to get past them."

   

  Ms Brown revealed that it costs her association £50,000 to train a guide dog
  and one traumatic attack can drain confidence to such an extent that they
  are incapable of working.

   

  Yesterday, the News told how a guide dog was attacked by a bull terrier
  while escorting her owner in Leith. The animal suffered puncture wounds to
  its neck and chest in the horrifying ordeal, on August 30, which lasted
  around five minutes.

   

  This latest incident, which took place on September 15, was the second in as
  many weeks in Edinburgh alone.

   

  A police spokesman said: "Officers are following a positive line of inquiry
  to identify the owner of the dog."

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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  Last Updated: 05 October 2011 10:38 AM 

  Source: Edinburgh Evening News 

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