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

Wed Apr 10 16:52:48 UTC 2013

This is TOTALLY crazy!  The idiot son AND the idiot vet who put the dog 
down.

It is sad that some people have to think their animal can't live without 
them when they die before the animal does.  My sister-in-law adopted a 
wonderful horse that had an owner who wanted the horse to be killed when 
the master died.  Fortunately, the wishes weren't honored and the horse 
lived a good life and died at the ripe old age of 32.  The horse was only a 
coouple of years old when the oroginal owner died in a traffic accident. 
This was the horse I rode while I lived in Ramona and was a safe beginner 
horse.  She was my niece's beginner horse and she provided us with years of 
pleasure and she had many years of being in a good home with loving people.

I got really mad at a friend who had a perfectly healthy cat put down when 
she couldn't fiond a home for it.  Yes, our animals are legally considered 
property to be disposed of as we wish BUT this "property" are living, 
breathing creatures who feel, think, have emotional lives - not unlike 
ourselves.  Even though the law may give us the "right" to kill an animal 
when it becomes inconvient for us, we morally do not have that right.  If we 
find ourselves not able to properly provide for an animal for whatever 
reason, we do owe the animal a chance to live in a home where it can get the 
care it needs.  In this day and age, there are so many rescue groups, animal 
shelters, and even organizations who will help people care for their 
animals - such as a group to help AIDS patients to keep their pets.  To me, 
euthanasia should be reserved only for cases of the animal is suffering from 
disease or is a danger to the people around it.

Although, the guide dog was too old to be placed with another blind person, 
a loving pet home could have been found for it - no problem.  Yes, the dog 
would have grieved the loss of its owner, but the dog would have healed 
emotionally and would again find love with a new family.  After all, guide 
dogs are asked to do this a few times by the time we get them!  It's mamma, 
the puppy raiser, its trainer, and finally us, and a retirement home if we 
can't keep them.  Dogs are very adaptable and with care and love, they will 
emotionally heal and become happy again.

Give all your pups a hug and a pat.

Lyn and Landon
"Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like 
asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chantel Cuddemi" <jawsgirl87 at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Blind womans HEALTHY guide dog 
iskilledandburied alongside her in fulfilment of her dying wish

> 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
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 6:45 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> 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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