[nagdu] Law Regarding Attacks on Service Dogs

[Marsha Drenth]

Vivianna,
Its fine to speak your mind here but lets be respectful. If a person is thinking of the safety of their dog, before actually getting the dog, why would this be bad? If a persons neighborhood, rural, urban, or suburban, is not right for that person to have a guide, its the schools job to say so. In this case Danielle has already applied to GEB, she is awaiting a class date. If GEB did not think that all parts of her lifestyle were not right for a guide I am sure they would have said something. Further more, just because there has been alot of discuss on the list about attacks, doesn't mean that all list members are reading those posts. And lastly, being deafblind just means that Danielle will need to do things differently. Its not right to say that because she is deafblind she will be an unfit guide dog handler. There are actually quite a few deafblind persons on this list, who are successful guide dog users. I am on of them. 
Be careful what you write, remember to think before you hit the send button. And be respectful. 

Thank you, 

Marsha drenth, NAGDU List Moderator Sent/ with my IPhone 

> On Mar 20, 2014, at 7:28 PM, Vivianna <irishana at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> well, i know i am brand new here but…
> here goes…
> i say tthe things that i am thinking and i am pretty blunt about it.
> now, with that said; if, one of the first things you are thinking about, before you even get a guide dog is, what happens when it gets attacked by all of these loose dogs that live near me, why do you want a dog?  personally, i would not get a dog if i were living in that sort of area.  you will come home with a brand new, young, well trained animal but, in order to keep it that way you will need to work it nearly every day.  that means getting out there with loose dogs.
> have you not been reading the posts about dogs killing each other right here on this list?
> it gets even worse when you bring a new dog into the area that these dogs consider their territory.
> i just don't think it's fair to put a brand new dog, well any working guide for that matter into that situation.  i would not work my own dog out in an area with a bunch of loose dogs.
> all it takes is one mistake and either you are injured because your dog is so distracted or, the dog itself is harmed or so traumatized that it has to be retired.
> i have known of several situations where guide dogs were attacked and had to be retired because they were traumatized by the attack.
> i, myself, chose to use a long white cane for several years because i lived in places where there were loose dogs, packs of dogs, etc.  i was well aware of what could so very easily happen to my dog and chose to wait until i was in a living situation where i could utilize the dog in a much safer environment from free running dogs.  i do still have to deal with the ones on leashes, behind fences, and, yes, the occasional free running one and, that's enough for this team.
> i don't mean to sound mean or arrogant but, i hope to just encourage you to think about the situation some.
> 
> Vivianna
> 
>> On Mar 20, 2014, at 6:11 PM, "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Never heard of such a thing!
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danielle Burton" <danielleburton94 at gmail.com>
>> To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 6:54 PM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Law Regarding Attacks on Service Dogs
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>>> Hi, everyone. Before I get my first guide dog this June I have a question regarding attacks on service dogs. I live in Kentucky and the law regarding attacks is not very clear. Can anyone tell me what the federal law is regarding attacks from other dogs on a service dq? Also, what is Kentucky's law regarding this? I live in an area where most of the neighbor's dogs run loose. I would like to address this issue beforehand. Sent from my iPhone
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