[nagdu] Article: Blind womans HEALTHY guide dog is killedandburied alongside her in fulfilment of her dying wish

Tue Apr 9 16:30:17 UTC 2013

Wow I just saw this now, I have asked Jim to send dog back to school if needed. 
I also understand where the son is coming from, he is greiving wanting to follow the request. 

Dar
Every saint has a past, 
Every sinner has a future 

On Apr 9, 2013, at 7:07 AM, "Chantel Cuddemi" <jawsgirl87 at gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
> 
> I can't believe someone would do this sort of thing. The dying woman
> could've easily given the dog back to the school before she died. 
> 
> Forgive me for saying this, but the woman was being selfish! She wasn't
> thinking of Toffee!
> 
> This precious dog could've been matched up with someone!
> 
> I would never ever think of putting Motley through something like this... I
> just have no words...
> 
> Chantel and Motley.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of daniel
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Blind womans HEALTHY guide dog is
> killedandburied alongside her in fulfilment of her dying wish
> 
> wow, I'm sorry if I offend anyone by saying this, but that is horrible. 
> Killing such a great animal just because someone wants them in there coffin?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Criminaljusticemajor Extraordinarie" <orleans24 at comcast.net>
> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 12:01 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Article: Blind womans HEALTHY guide dog is killed andburied
> 
> alongside her in fulfilment of her dying wish
> 
> 
>> Blind womans HEALTHY guide dog is killed and buried alongside her in 
>> fulfilment of her dying wish
>> The family of a blind woman who killed her healthy guide dog so it could 
>> be buried alongside her have suffered a hate campaign and received death 
>> threats, it was revealed today.
>> Shelia Stadler, 68, from Terre Haute, Indiana, died of cancer with her 
>> five-year-old guide dog Toffee by her side last month.
>> A few days later later her son Andy had the healthy dog put down so it 
>> could placed in Mrs Stadler's coffin to fulfil her dying wish.
>> But the controversial decision to destroy the dog has provoked a huge 
>> backlash in the town with Mrs Stadler's son receiving death threats - and 
>> even suffering abuse from members of his own family.
>> Heartbroken: Sheila Stadle apparently couldn't bear to part with her guide
> 
>> dog when she died
>> Faithful companion: Healthy five-year old Toffee was apparently put to 
>> sleep and buried at the request of his owner (file picture)
>> 'How could they do it?' Gregory Reilly from the Honey Creek Animal 
>> Hospital was wrongly implicated as having put the dog down, and believes 
>> the decision to do so was questionable
>> Gregory Reilly, a veterinary assistant with the local Honey Creek Animal 
>> Hospital, said: 'It got totally out of control. The neighborhood was 
>> really angry. People were saying they should burn in hell. Terrible things
> 
>> were said.
>> 'Mr Stadler told me he had received death threats and a member of his own 
>> family wrote on a Facebook page that she could not believe he had done 
>> it.'
>> Mr Reilly was also caught up in the furore after being blamed wrongly for 
>> putting Toffee down.
>> He said: 'We would never euthanise a dog - we simply find them a new home.
> 
>> All I did was try to find out whether what the Stadler's did was legal.
>> 'It seems very morbid to me but unfortunately as the dog was their 
>> property, it was perfectly legal.'
>> Mrs Stadler died on March 8, and had expressed a wish to her family that 
>> she should be buried with her beloved labrador Toffee.
>> Her son Andrew, a tax accountant, then carried out her instructions after 
>> saying the dog had shown signs of mourning and 'wandered aimlessly' in the
> 
>> days after Mrs Stadler died.
>> It is not known when Toffee was euthanized but the story first emerged on 
>> WTHITV, which stated: 'Shelia Stadler, 68, of Brazil, died March 8 at home
> 
>> with her service animal, Toffee, at her side.
>> 'Days later, the Stadler family had Toffee, a perfectly healthy 5-year-old
> 
>> dog, euthanized, displayed in the coffin at Shelia's visitation, and 
>> buried with her in Summit Lawn Cemetery right outside Brazil.'
>> In mourning: DeBaun Funeral Homes and Crematory's obituary said that 
>> Toffee had been Sheila's 'constant companion for five years'
>> It cited an obituary saying: 'She loved Toffee, her seeing-eye dog and 
>> constant companion for five years.'
>> But when the report provoked a storm of criticism against Mrs Stadler's 
>> family, station boss Todd Webber withdrew the story from the website and 
>> refused to comment on the reasons why.
>> Mr Reilly said: 'The family and the station have taken a lot of heat on 
>> this. There was a Facebook page with so much criticism on that they had to
> 
>> take it down.'
>> The Dogs Trust said:  'There is never any reason to put a healthy dog to 
>> sleep when it could be happily rehomed.
>> 'We hope that this sad story could never be repeated in the UK.
>> Guide Dogs UK also made it clear that this case was unacceptable.
>> Oliver Barton, regional director, said: 'We would never condone this. 
>> Whatever happens, we would make sure that the dog was happy and cared for'
>> Paying tribute to Mrs Stadler, the DeBaun Funeral Home refused to comment 
>> on its involvement in displaying the euthanized dog but said that she had 
>> been a 'dedicated homemaker' whose favourite book was the Bible.
>> Mrs Stadler is not the only owner to request such a burial in recent 
>> years.
>> NBC reported that Tom Tom, a healthy 2-year-old Yorkshire terrier was put 
>> down so that he could be buried with his owner, Donald Ellis from 
>> Arkansas.
>> His sister said that she had 'a lot of grief for doing this, but it's what
> 
>> my brother wanted.'
>> Emily Kinney from Dallas, Texas told NBC that her grandmother asked for 
>> her Shih-tzu Sam to be buried in her coffin. She said that 'she wanted her
> 
>> best friend with her'.
>> 
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