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

[Sarah]

First of all, this is horrible.  This woman should get in very 
big trouble.  She has some serious issues and it's obvious her 
medication is not working.  I hope she gets the jailtime and the 
fine.

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From: "Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire" 
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Date sent: Thu, 23 May 2013 09:12:54 -0600
Subject: [nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays 
seeing-eye dog

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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