[nagdu] PETA was calling the program was researching programs

[Julie J]

Colby,

I echo what others have said.  This is a serious issue that needs to be 
addressed ASAP with the police or campus security or both.  I'm not sure 
what state you are in or what the service animal interference laws are 
there, but that would be something to look into.  If it were me, I'd also 
see if this behavior would be considered assault or some other criminal 
offense and insist on the offenders being charged.  Do you have a cell 
phone? That would be another useful tool in the self defense line up.

I can't imagine dealing with this sort of insanity at all let alone 
repeatedly.

Please, please take care of yourself and let us know your progress.
Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kolby Garrison" <kolbygarrison at triad.rr.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] calling the program was researching programs


> Hello Jenine and All,
> I love you Jenine, because you get it. As a resident advisor in a 
> residence
> hall on my college campus, I cannot stant it when residents come to me 
> with
> complaints about other residents. My first question whenever I receive a
> complaint is have you addressed the issue with the person you are
> complaining about? Residents' responses the majority of the time are no. I
> usually tell them to address the issue with the person first, and talk to 
> me
> about the issue again if the disruption does not cease. I also have had
> people from peta stop me while Sunny and I are out and about on campus and
> tell me how cruel I am to make that dog work for me. Peta people have
> threatened report me to animal control, have threatened to take Sunny away
> from me, have threatened to remove Sunny from her leash, have removed 
> Sunny
> from her leash, or have lectured me about animal cruelty. The few times 
> that
> they have removed Sunny from her leash, Sunny has stood beside me and 
> looked
> up at me without moving a muscle. The few times that the peta person 
> called
> her to come with them, she refused to move. I praised her for that one. I
> love how dogs know people better than humans do, and if Sunny is directly
> telling me that she does not like someone by putting herself between me 
> and
> the person whom she does not like I listen to her. If only the peta people
> could see Sunny whenever she is out of harness, or if they could see her
> when I take her harness and leash off of the door knob where they hang. 
> They
> would understand that she loves her job, and that she receives abundances 
> of
> exercise, play, and love.
> Just my two cents worth,
> Kolby
>
>
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