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

[Darla Rogers]

She (the clerk or customer or whoever she was) had the option to leave the
handler's vicinity, so I hope she gets the book thrown at her because,  when
one works in a public setting, all kinds of people will be in your vicinity,
so you have to deal or don't take a job in the public.
Darla


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:36 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Article: Scared Publix customer sprays seeing-eye dog

that is really sad. It could have really injured the dog or anyone around
that area.
On 5/23/2013 9:12 AM, Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire 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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