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

Mon May 27 17:21:09 UTC 2013

Good for you! I'm sorry a test case has come up and in such a horrible 
way, but am glad you are there to advocate! I wish this woman and her 
dog the best in recovering and in getting recourse.

Tami

On 05/26/2013 04:32 PM, blind411 wrote:
> 	The NFB of Florida is in convention this weekend; however, we are in
> touch with this woman and will work with her and the State Attorney to
> pursue criminal charges against the woman who attacked the guide dog as
> Florida has a good Service Animal Protection Act that has never been case
> tested.
>
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Margo and Arrow
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:58 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog
>
> Ditto, Marion, and I sincerely hope she's convicted.
>
> Margo and Arrow
>
> -----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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