[nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog
Sarah
coastergirl92 at gmail.com
Thu May 23 20:33:05 UTC 2013
I have a feeling she knew full well what she was doing. She
probably knew it was bleach and used it to try and get rid of the
animal.
Sarah and Wizard
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From: "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 23 May 2013 16:02:53 -0400
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays
seeing-eye dog
What does her mental illness have to do with anything? She
behaved
aggressively without provocation it sounds like. Did she mean to
spray
bleach or did she grab a bottle of something that she thought was
harmless?
This is a weird story.
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
blind411
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:23 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays
seeing-eye dog
Here is my take on this. Every individual has the right to
travel freely in
their community and feel safe in doing so. We also have the
right to feel
our personal property is safe and no one has the right to deprive
us of our
property nor damage that property without just cause. This is
true no matter
what the excuse from another person. Just because a person has a
mental
illness, it does not entitle them to harm us or our property.
Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marsha
Drenth
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:57 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays
seeing-eye dog
All,
this is another one of those cases where it should be decided who
should be
accommendated. Just like Marion posted about a week or so ago, a
person who
has an allergy to dogs, has to figure it out themselves, its
their
responsibility. Is a blind persons needs more important than a
persons with
a mental health issue? or is it the other way around? Its a very
sad case.
What the store clerk did was horrible, what her punishment should
be I am
not sure. But if she had any assistance in being placed in that
job, whom
ever was helping her should have gotten that information that she
was afraid
of dogs, before placing her in a potential location that would
have service
animals involved. I mean it could have been a a person who is
physically
impaired come in with a service animal, the clerk could have done
the same
thing. The clerk was afraid of dogs, it doesn't matter about the
who has the
dog, its a dog, no matter what disability. Mental health is now
considered a
disability. I am not sure there is a right or wrong in this
case.
Marsha drenth
Sent with my IPhone
On May 23, 2013, at 11:12 AM, "Criminal Justice Major
Extraordinaire"
<orleans24 at comcast.net> 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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