[nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog
Sarah
coastergirl92 at gmail.com
Fri May 24 15:59:29 UTC 2013
I too have Anxiety Disorder and depression but I would never hurt
any animal. i hope that dog went to the vet immediately.-i know
what is appropiate and what is not, except in social situations
due to my Asperger's.
Sarah and Wizard
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From: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 23 May 2013 17:17:11 -0700
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays
seeing-eye dog
I agree that something needs to be done but that jail probably
is not the
answer, especially since she has a mental illness.
One point that I would like to make, though, is that it is
possible that her
employer did not know about her mental illness.
Finally, I feel that we need to remember that we do not know all
of the
facts, and, what we do know, we cannot be 100% sure is true or
properly
conveyed as this is just a news article, not a police or other
investigative
report.
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of L
Gwizdak
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:53 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays
seeing-eye dog
As far as the woman being afraid of dogs or if that was an
appropriate job
for her to be in, the bottom line is that she has NO RIGHT to
spray a dog in
the face with chlorine. That is assault and it can do damage to
the
corneas. It souonded like she took a bottle of Clorox - which is
NOT mixed
or diluted with water - and sprayed the dog in the eyes. What if
she
sprayed a person in the eyes with Clorox? An assault on our dogs
is an
assault on us.
That woman is still responsible for her actions and needs to be
aware of
that fact and take the consequences. I do not advocate jail.
That will
teach her nothing. A more positive thing might be to make sure
she is on
the correct meds and they work for her. She also needs to be
employed in a
job that is approproate for her illness. Obviously, she felt
intense stress
when she saw the dog and did what she did. She also needs to be
told in no
uncertain terms that service dogs are allowed in any store -
grocery or
otherwise - and they will be admitted with their disabled or
blind patrons.
She deals with it appropriately or finds another job where she
doesn't have
to interact with the general public.
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: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:57 AM
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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