[nagdu] Just catching up / Welcome / Shaman was attacked by a pit bull again

[marilyn]

Hi Mardi,
I don't get a chance to post often here but this saddens me to hear that the 
police are ignoring your request for help and to keep your dog safe. I would 
today start calling you legislators and Politian's to push for a law to 
protect service dogs from being attacked. Here in NY we have one and PA just 
passed one. I would also call your Independent Living Center as they can 
also help. I work for one and they do have people who will advocate with 
you.
Marilyn and Anna
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 1:27 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Just catching up / Welcome / Shaman was attacked by a pit 
bull again


> Hi every one, just catching up as I have been extremely busy. Welcome to
> the new people on the list. I am Mardi from Tucson Arizona and working my
> third owner trained guide. He is a Belgian Shepherd named Shaman. I use my
> dog from a wheelchair.On Tuesday,June 5th, I went to the court house with
> my friend Carla as a witness for her. When we got off the bus at the
> Ronstadt Station, there was a man hanging around with a pit bull. The dog
> barked and growled and lunged at Shaman as we passed by.Shaman ignored 
> this
> dog. There was no collar or license on this dog,just a belt that was being
> used as a leash.
> The dog also did the same to several people passing by it.When we left the
> court house and returned to the bus station to wait for our bus,the same
> thing happened.Again Shaman ignored it. All of a sudden the dog was on top
> of Shaman attacking him. I was yelling and trying to pull my dog away from
> the attacker and several people called the police. The man finally got the
> belt around the dogs neck again and dragged it away.The fur around 
> Shaman's
> neck was wet and some of his hair had been pulled out,but there was no
> blood.Because the man left the scene with the dog,the police refused to
> come.Carla called the police back and told them that I wanted a report 
> made
> of the attack on my dog.They finally showed up after about 40 minutes,but
> did not want to check out the library where the man and the dog also hang
> out.They refused to enforce the service dog laws.They just don't care that
> my guide dog has now been attacked 7 times by a pit bull each time.That
> does not even take into account the harassment and attacks by other 
> dogs.If
> that wasn't enough, after getting off the bus and starting for 
> home,another
> unleashed,unlicensed dog ran out of it's yard and made an attempt to 
> attack
> poor Shaman.Twice in one day!! Shaman was so up set that he balked and
> tried to run away from the situation but his leash was attached to my
> wheelchair so he could not get away from me.The man in the yard called the
> dog back and it went.I called Animal Control and they told me that the
> police told them not to bother as the attack that had occurred earlier
> BEHIND THE LIBRARY was already taken care of. The first attack occurred at
> the bus station,not the library............They did not even give out the
> right information. I informed Animal Control of the second incident,but
> they refused to do any thing about that as the dog did not actually bite
> Shaman.It just scared him.Nothing has come of either incident now.This has
> affected my dog psychologically. I am at my wits end about all these
> attacks on my dog. This time there were many witnesses and still nothing
> was done.All 3 of my guide dogs have been attacked now and the law has
> never been enforced. Please,if NAGDU could help resolve this problem,I 
> know
> that this has also happened to other service dogs with the same results.I
> can not let this keep happening to Shaman.I don't want him ruined as a
> guide,but I fear that is just what will happen if this attitude with the
> Police and Animal Control continues and the owners of these dogs keep
> getting away with breaking the law.    Mardi and Shaman and Tipton,future
> GDIT.
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