[nagdu] Bruce Cole and Quincy

[Dailyah Patt]

Hi Steve and all,

This story was on the evening news the day Quincy died.  Two more news stations ran it the following Monday and follow up stories are still being run.  Quincy's story has been picked up by bloggers. A video will be out on YouTube soon. The world is listening.  Many of the calls and messages my team are fielding come from people somehow involved with the Service Dog industry, but even more is coming from the populace at large.  The emotions range from anger to sadness to outrage to offers of help.  The public response has been really incredible.  The messages, particularly the ones from fellow handlers, mean a lot to Bruce during what must be a very dark time in his life.  I can only imagine.  I don't want to imagine.  I don't ever want to work on another case like this again - and neither do The ProBoneO Program's volunteers, so we're trying to make this one count.  This should NEVER happen to our partners and it shouldn't have happened to
 Bruce and Quincy.   Unfortunately, the cards aren't always dealt the way we'd like and bad things happen to good people.  All any of us can do is try our best to make the future better as we go forward.

Please know that the results of any and all legal repercussions will be at *least* as quickly and widely distributed as the word of Quincy's death was.  Steve, Florida is one of the states with a harassment/interference law (known as Scanner's Law).  IANAL, but I assure you that the 'Legal Beagles' and 'The Beagle Brigade' are ALL over this one.

Dailyah Rudek
The ProBoneO Program, Director 



>________________________________
> From: Steven Johnson <blinddog3 at charter.net>
>To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
>Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 4:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bruce Cole and Quincy
> 
>Bibi,
>I had read your post yesterday and although the idea behind enforcing or
>tightening leash laws is a good one, it probably still won't make a
>difference. Rather, the better approach is having a harassment/interference
>law in place where the owner can be prosecuted, and in some cases, the dogs
>euthanized resulting in irreparable harm to a service dog.  Many states have
>such laws in place.  The 2nd part to this is using the media effectively to
>get the information out as soon as possible as in this case, the social
>media had this information out quickly.  Conversely, if a lawsuite ensued as
>a result of such an act, it to needs to get out so everyone knows about what
>the repercussions of having an unleashed dog or a dog that is not under
>control is all about.  
>A very very sad situation regardless.  
>
>Steve & Bennett
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>Of Criminal Justice Major
>Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 5:53 PM
>To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
>Subject: [nagdu] Bruce Cole and Quincy
>
>Hi, all,
>Here is something in regards of a similar post I wrote yesterday.
>I had to wait until I was given the okay from the sender first.
>Bibi, husband Dale and son Odie
>medical alert service dog
>the happy spirited bounty labra wolf
>Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 5:18 PM
>Subject: Bruce Cole and Quincy
>Hi all,
>I'm new here and joined the list largely because I direct a legal advocacy,
>education, awareness program dedicated to all types of Service Dog Handlers.
>The ProBoneO Program can be found on FaceBook and at www.proboneoprogram.com
>I will take a moment to say that The ProBoneO Program exists for the benefit
>of everyone here and so many others. I've got a Master's from Bonnie Bergin,
>have had SDs of my own for about 15 years and I would love to be posting a
>wonderful, happy, note of introduction instead of what I'm about to post.
>The whole situation SUCKS. My team and I are exhausted and running on fumes,
>but I wanted to wait to post here until we had more to offer you all.
>Some of you down Florida way may have caught this in the news, but I want to
>quickly let everyone know that Mr. Bruce Cole's (Fidelco trained) Guide Dog,
>Quincy, died last week after having been attacked by other dogs. The details
>were extremely convoluted at first, but I will just give you guys links to
>all of the information that is currently public.
>All of the news links are on the FB page, but I've pulled out a couple for
>anyone who doesn't use FB.
>http://www.facebook.com/QuincyColeGuideDog
>http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/sun_coast/sarasota_service_dog_d
>eath_reaction050512
>http://video.heraldtribune.com/video/1632623319001
>Mr. Cole is getting help that ranges from legal to media relations and all
>sorts of things, but part of why I am writing to all of you is that I'm SURE
>we're missing something. Yes, I have spoken to Bruce and asked him directly
>what he thinks he needs and wants - mostly he wants to to try to make sure
>that no other Service Dog handler ever has to go through what he's going
>through now. He's, understandably, in shock. He's a proud man and was VERY
>independent with Quincy. He's very suddenly at quite a loss and without much
>of a support network, so we're open to thoughts and ideas of ALL sorts. I'm
>sure that "when dogs attack" conversations have been had in the past, but
>perhaps it is time for another round of brain storming on ways to try to
>avoid stories like Bruce and Quincy's.
>Dailyah Rudek
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