[nagdu] Just catching up / Welcome / Shaman was attacked by a pit bull again

[rhonda cruz]

 hugs. to you!
 that is vary offle.
 i hope you and your dog are ok.


On Jun 18, 2012, at 4:02 AM, marilyn wrote:

> Hi Mardi,
> I don't get a chance to post often here but this saddens me to hear that the police are ignoring your request for help and to keep your dog safe. I would today start calling you legislators and Politian's to push for a law to protect service dogs from being attacked. Here in NY we have one and PA just passed one. I would also call your Independent Living Center as they can also help. I work for one and they do have people who will advocate with you.
> Marilyn and Anna
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 1:27 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Just catching up / Welcome / Shaman was attacked by a pit bull again
> 
> 
>> Hi every one, just catching up as I have been extremely busy. Welcome to
>> the new people on the list. I am Mardi from Tucson Arizona and working my
>> third owner trained guide. He is a Belgian Shepherd named Shaman. I use my
>> dog from a wheelchair.On Tuesday,June 5th, I went to the court house with
>> my friend Carla as a witness for her. When we got off the bus at the
>> Ronstadt Station, there was a man hanging around with a pit bull. The dog
>> barked and growled and lunged at Shaman as we passed by.Shaman ignored this
>> dog. There was no collar or license on this dog,just a belt that was being
>> used as a leash.
>> The dog also did the same to several people passing by it.When we left the
>> court house and returned to the bus station to wait for our bus,the same
>> thing happened.Again Shaman ignored it. All of a sudden the dog was on top
>> of Shaman attacking him. I was yelling and trying to pull my dog away from
>> the attacker and several people called the police. The man finally got the
>> belt around the dogs neck again and dragged it away.The fur around Shaman's
>> neck was wet and some of his hair had been pulled out,but there was no
>> blood.Because the man left the scene with the dog,the police refused to
>> come.Carla called the police back and told them that I wanted a report made
>> of the attack on my dog.They finally showed up after about 40 minutes,but
>> did not want to check out the library where the man and the dog also hang
>> out.They refused to enforce the service dog laws.They just don't care that
>> my guide dog has now been attacked 7 times by a pit bull each time.That
>> does not even take into account the harassment and attacks by other dogs.If
>> that wasn't enough, after getting off the bus and starting for home,another
>> unleashed,unlicensed dog ran out of it's yard and made an attempt to attack
>> poor Shaman.Twice in one day!! Shaman was so up set that he balked and
>> tried to run away from the situation but his leash was attached to my
>> wheelchair so he could not get away from me.The man in the yard called the
>> dog back and it went.I called Animal Control and they told me that the
>> police told them not to bother as the attack that had occurred earlier
>> BEHIND THE LIBRARY was already taken care of. The first attack occurred at
>> the bus station,not the library............They did not even give out the
>> right information. I informed Animal Control of the second incident,but
>> they refused to do any thing about that as the dog did not actually bite
>> Shaman.It just scared him.Nothing has come of either incident now.This has
>> affected my dog psychologically. I am at my wits end about all these
>> attacks on my dog. This time there were many witnesses and still nothing
>> was done.All 3 of my guide dogs have been attacked now and the law has
>> never been enforced. Please,if NAGDU could help resolve this problem,I know
>> that this has also happened to other service dogs with the same results.I
>> can not let this keep happening to Shaman.I don't want him ruined as a
>> guide,but I fear that is just what will happen if this attitude with the
>> Police and Animal Control continues and the owners of these dogs keep
>> getting away with breaking the law.    Mardi and Shaman and Tipton,future
>> GDIT.
>> -- 
>> http://wolfsinger-lakota.blogspot.com/
>> http://wolfsinger2-thegoldendragon.blogspot.com
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