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

Thu May 23 20:47:02 UTC 2013

She used it to try to get rid of the animal from the store; the article says that. She has a huge fear of dogs. I suspect she grabbed the first spray bottle she came to. She over reacted is truly an understatement.

CL

On May 23, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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