[nagdu] A CCB Resolution on changes to have certification for service dogs

[Chantel Cuddemi]

Marty,

Your story reminds me of the time I was in Kroger, and this other
service dog lunged at myself and Motley.

The lady did get her dog under control, and she did apologize to me,
and I got Motley under control.

I've never had that happen again, but it was frightening for me and Motley.

Chantel and Motley.

On 4/3/14, Mardi Hadfield <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com> wrote:
>  I had a situation in a Fry's grocery store last night. Some one brought a
> Pit Bull dog into the store claiming it was a service dog. It did not even
> have a license and she had a rope for a leash. This dog growled and lunged
> at Shaman .The woman made no attempt to get the dog under control. At one
> point the rope,which she had tied to the cart came untied and the dog ran
> toward my dog.She had to step on the rope to stop the dog from attacking
> Shaman.I was in a line at the customer service desk as this took
> place.People in line were complaining about the dog and one woman left the
> area as she said she was too afraid the dog might bite her.Shaman ignored
> the dog until it got loose and started for him. Them he started to whine a
> little.She did get the dog before it got to Shaman but I know Shaman was
> nervous as he has already been attacked 7 times, all by Pit Bills.I spoke
> to the lady at the Customer service desk and she said she would talk to her
> manager about it. I purposely went to the other end of the store do do my
> shopping but ended up having to go to the other side of the store as I
> needed stuff in the produce isle. The dog again growled and lunged at
> Shaman. Shaman tried to ignore the dog but was distracted as I tried to
> move away from the turmoil.Again I spoke to a manager and he said he could
> do nothing as it was a service dog. I tried to educate him but he just
> walked away. The dog was still trying to attack Shaman as he was walking
> away. Again I spoke to another employee and tried to educate her. She was
> aware that she could ask the 2 questions but did not know that she could
> ask the woman to remove the dog from the store. She said she would talk to
> her manager.I was so frustrated at this point as the employee went back to
> doing what she was doing before I talked to her. She did not go talk to the
> manager.I got the item I needed and went to pay for my groceries. While
> waiting in line, that dog again growled and lunged at Shaman. This time I
> yelled at this woman as by this time I was so frustrated about the
> situation and was in no mood to be polite.I told her that she needed to
> control her dog and to take it out of the store as it was obviously not a
> trained service dog. She just proceeded to pet her dog and say good boy to
> it.She rewarded her dog for that behaviour........
> was glad to pay for my groceries and get out of there! The Fry's managers
> did not want to be educated and could have cared less. If that dog had
> gotten to Shaman and bitten him, I would have sued Fry' as well as the
> owner of the nasty Pit Bull for damages. Fry's because they did nothing to
> stop the situation. Certification is not going to stop these problems. I
> have had many incidents like this in different stores and both Shaman and
> Neechee have never acted up.No one does any thing to stop these problems
> from happening.Because my dogs are owner trained, I have always made sure
> that they behave properly as I know my dogs will be scrutinized more so
> than a school trained dog.I have also encountered quite a few certified
> Handi-Dogs that have acted aggressively. Handi-Dogs and Top Dogs are the
> local training groups in my area for Service Dogs. I have encountered
> several dog from Top Dogs and never had any problems with them.After Shaman
> had been attacked in 3 different incidents, he began to growl at other
> dogs. When this happened in a store the first time,I took him out of the
> store and he did not go out in public with me until his problem was
> remedied, and he no longer growled at any dog.I am at my wits end about
> this problem. I don't care if a dog is in a store if it behaves well.I do
> hate it when a dog goes off on my dog.Both my dogs are well behaved.
> Exasperated.....Mardi and Shaman and Neechee.
>
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