[nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog

[Sheila Leigland]

that is really sad. It could have really injured the dog or anyone 
around that area.
On 5/23/2013 9:12 AM, Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire wrote:
> I hope this owman that did this ends up serving time in jail and has to pay the $5000.00 fine.
> Wht this customer service representative di was unbelievable.
> I don't care if she has a mental illness, but what she did to the guide dog is very unexceptable and unexcusable!!!
> This makes me very angry and mad!!!
> *Disgusted and upset*
> I do hope that the guide dog has not suffered any trauma from this incident.
> Bibi and son Odie
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:09 PM
> Subject: Article: Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog
> Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog with bleach
> Sunrise resident cited for animal cruelty
> A seeing-eye dog had bleach squirted in its eyes at a Publix grocery store when a
> 67-year-old woman intentionally sprayed the animal in an unprovoked attack, a police
> report says.
> The 5-year-old yellow Labrador retriever appeared uninjured, the report said, but
> Patricia Lawler, of Sunrise, was cited for animal cruelty and given a notice to appear
> after the 4:15 p.m. Saturday incident at the store at 10155 W. Oakland Park Blvd.
>
>   
>
> Lawler told police she "thought it was a vicious animal" and feared it would be a
> danger to other customers, so she grabbed a spray bottle of Clorox cleaner off a
> shelf and sprayed the animal in the eyes and back.
> "I realize now it was a mistake," Lawler said when reached by telephone Monday. "I
> have a fear of dogs. It was just a big dog with a big head. I was just afraid."
> Lawler said she takes medication for schizoaffective disorder, and paranoia is one
> the symptoms associated with her mental illness.
> The dog's owner, Ronda Carin Shore, 45, also of Sunrise, told police she is
> blind
>   and keeps the canine with her at all times. It was wearing a service-dog vest, an
> assist handle and a placard, the report said.
> Shore declined to comment Monday.
> Although the dog wasn't exhibiting aggressive behavior, Lawler said she got scared
> when she saw it and asked Shore to leave the store with the dog. When that didn't
> produce results, she said she resorted to the spray bleach to get rid of the animal.
> "I was afraid the dog would go wild, or some small child would get bitten, or somebody
> would get hurt," Lawler said. "I guess I overreacted. But I still feel like a dog
> doesn't belong in a place like a grocery store."
> If convicted of the first-degree misdemeanor, Lawler faces up to a year in jail and/or
> a $5,000 fine.
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