[nagdu] Dog Attack

[Marsha Drenth via nagdu]

hi Craig, I'm sorry to hear that you and your puppy went through your first attack. Now that it's been a couple of days after. How's your puppy shown any signs of distressed? I very much hope not.
When I got my first seeing-eye dog, Emma in 2008, the first week I was home, we had a dog attack too. And unfortunately set the precedence for her to be a little stand off fish the rest of her working career. Just wondering how you're doing and your puppy is doing.
Thank you

Marsha drenth  
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> On May 28, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Craig Heaps via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Well, we survived our first dog attack last night.  My wife and I were walking out dogs in our neighborhood.  She has a small standard poodle, Cody.  I, of course, have Chase, the black Lab.  I had Chase out of harness and on leash, while I walked with my white cane.  As we came around a curve, a pit bull mix came running out of his house and went straight for Chase, wtith the owner of the pit bull right behind.
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> The dog lit into Chase and Chase went submissive.  (I think he thought the other dog was playing, the way Chase and Cody wrestle when Chase is out of harness).  The dog had Chase on the ground by the neck.  The owner was on top of the dog, trying to pull him off.  It wasn't until my wife kicked the pit in the hindquarters that he let go and his owner was able to get control of him.
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> Chase had one through and through puncture wound on his right ear and a small insignficatn abrasion below his right eye.  We took him to the emergency vet, who put two surgical staples in his ear and wrapped his head like those guys you wee in old war movies.  He was able to avoid the cone of shame so I can put his harness on him if I need to.
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> Chase didn't seem at all traumatized.  His tail was wagging right after the attack and he wanted to greet all the people who came ouf of their homes to help us.  Our poodle, on the other hand, was a mess.  He couldn't calm down. He was barking and baying so loudly I couldn't tell at first if Chase was crying.  He wasn't.
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> The dog's owner indictated he will have the dog euthanized.  We have a lot of small children in our development, and it just wouldn't be responsible to keep a dog like that around, even though it's been around and aggressive for some time.
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> In training, they told us it would happen eventually, and now it has.  Do any of you take steps to protect your guide?  It's remakable how fast it happened.  I was beating on the pit bull with my graphite cane until the tip flew off, and I might just as well have been scratching him behind the ears. My wife's well-delivered kick to the rear end seemed to do the trick.  I don't know what we would have done if his owner had not been there.
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> Craig and the mostly unfazed Chase
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