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

Fri Apr 12 03:33:38 UTC 2013

Hi have to say that it brings me to tears just thinking about it.

If I were in her position, I guess I'd selfishly want that.  

But since I plan to be cremated, I would have my husband take the dog and retire it.  When the dog dies, naturally of course, then it will be cremated and put in an earn next to me.  

That way, the dog will live out a happy lfe.

Jenny
On Apr 11, 2013, at 6:54 PM, "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Christel and list, In the U.S. many animal shelters still kill dogs they 
> cannot adopt. That's why spaying or neutering pets is so important so 
> unwanted puppies or kittens don't come into the world.
> 
> Sherri
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christel Sogenbits" <christel.chrissu at gmail.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 1:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Blind womans HEALTHY guide 
> dogiskilledandburied alongside her in fulfilment of her dying wish
> 
> 
> I totally agree with that. And this was my point allso. I think most of
> people  take pets and working animals as their family members but I allso
> can see what makes it so hard to regulate animals rights with laws. We all
> know  that  animals have feelings and they have personality. But how is it
> right to regulate different questions? Like for example what kind of food to
> give  animals? Cant people who dont have a lot of money take a animal
> beacuse they cant buy  the animal high quality food? Or maybe  a person who
> wants to give  a pet ordinary food like meat and stuff like that?
> I just say that in a world there are millions of people and we all think
> differently. And  yes I think so allso that it was wrong to put that dog
> down but I allso think that  the ladyes son tought that it was right
> desigion and nobody  cant make change hes mind.
> I say once again. I think allso that it was sad and against  our moral
> judgement but we cant agree on every question or situation.
> For example in Estonia  at shelters for pets was a rule years ago that if
> people dont take a dog  during a few weeks then  the dog will be put down. I
> dont know how is it now. I hope it is changed.
> Believe me, I dont say that it is okay to put down  a pet who is healthy. I
> think it is very sad and unfair but my logical  side says that people are
> the highest  in hiarchi and thats the fact.
> I hope  you understand my  poor english and dont think that im saying that
> it was okay what the son did. Beacuse once again- my personal opinion  is
> that it was not right.
> 
> 
> 
> Tervitades / With greetings
> Christel Sogenbits
> GSM: +372 58 440 521
> E-mail: christel.chrissu at gmail.com
> Skype: christel.chrissu
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lyn Gwizdak
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 8:06 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Blind womans HEALTHY guide dog
> iskilledandburied alongside her in fulfilment of her dying wish
> 
> Christal,
> Yes, attitudes towards animals differ from country to country and cultures
> differ.  In the U.S., people tend to look at animals as a family member and
> they are treated like the people's kids even!
> 
> On the other hand, animals in the U.S are also treated as property under the
> law - you know like a car or house.  In the U.S. our pets are treated like
> family but food animals are treated with cruelty and that seems to be OK.
> It is weird for sure!  The whole thing is AFU.
> 
> We need to change the law to reflect how our society views animals and the
> ones who work for us.  Just because the law says we can disposes of an
> animal as we wish, it doesn;t make it MORALLY right.
> 
> 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: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 8:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Blind womans HEALTHY guide dog
> iskilledandburied alongside her in fulfilment of her dying wish
> 
> 
>> Sure it was their decision. But here's the deal. The dog could have no
>> say in it; for some it would be like killing your child and having it
>> buried with you, and that helplessness would be the same factor. The
>> dog could have been given a new home where it would have thrived. The
>> woman, at least as we know it, would have no further need of the dog,
>> so why should it honestly matter to her that the dog be taken out of its
> life.
>> 
>> CL
>> 
>> On Apr 9, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Christel Sogenbits wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello!
>>> 
>>> Please dont understand me wrong. I think  it was therrible desigion
>>> what they did  and  Im so sorry for the dog. But it is sayd in the
>>> article that the dog was their property not any of the schools. And
>>> this is the most painful thing for me, or us, who we  understand how
>>> much they can give to people  - they are just things if we watch it
>>> from the legal point of view.
>>> Things what are legal are not always right from the moral point of view.
>>> And
>>> absolutley whatever situation what we can take for example  Im sure
>>> that there are people who will be on the opposite sides of the
>>> result and say that it was wrong or it was right or it was  something
>>> what had to be done or it is just life.
>>> 
>>> Greetings from sunny Estonia!:)smile:)
>>> 
>>> Tervitades / With greetings
>>> Christel Sogenbits
>>> GSM: +372 58 440 521
>>> E-mail: christel.chrissu at gmail.com
>>> Skype: christel.chrissu
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chantel
>>> Cuddemi
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 4:08 PM
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 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'.
>>>> 
>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303841/Blind-woman-s-HEALTHY
>>> -guide-
>>> dog-killed-buried-alongside-fulfilment-dying-wish.html?ito=feeds-news
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