[nagdu] Worst day of my life

[L Gwizdak]

To me, "started attacking" would mean a new behavior and NOT an on-going 
one.

Lyn
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Star Gazer via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Aleeha Dudley'" <blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com>; "'NAGDU Mailing List,the 
National Association of Guide Dog Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Worst day of my life


> It won't, though if it had been me, I'd have done a
> few things differently.
> First, I'd not "get rid" of a dog that wasn't aggressive in favor of one
> that was. I especially wouldn't do it if the nonaggressive dog wasn't 
> mine.
> I might keep both dogs assuming that I could keep them separate at all
> times. I'd also never let the aggressive dog near a baby.
> All this being said, I do wonder if school ownership hurt Barry in this
> case. If the dog was legally his, he could have done whatever it was he 
> was
> going to do without school input. I'm concerned that he asked the school
> what to do after his grandson was mauled, he didn't tell them.  I'm also
> concerned with the level of support he got when his dog attacked his son's
> dog. Barry mentions "started attacking" so this was an ongoing problem. It
> wasn't just a terrible day that came out of nowhere.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aleeha Dudley [mailto:blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2014 12:17 PM
> To: Star Gazer; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users
> Cc: Barry Vaughn
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Worst day of my life
>
> Let's not play the blame game here. Something horribly tragic happened,
> what's done is done, sitting here and processing why everything happened 
> the
> way it did will not help. The point is that a dog, a guide dog, a dog that
> this gentleman relies on for his mobility, and a dog he has developed a
> significant partnership with, attacked his own grandson. He'sgot to be 
> going
> through a lot of rough emotions right now. Yelling at him for decisions he
> made will not help the situation.
>
> Aleeha Dudley and seeing eye dog Dallas Vice President, Ohio Association 
> of
> blind students Blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com "The wind of Heaven is that 
> which
> blows between a horse's ears." Arabian proverb
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 9, 2014, at 12:13 PM, Star Gazer via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>            Why did you get rid of the other dog when yours was the
>> aggressor? And, why did you let your dog and your grandson occupy the
>> same space? And, last but not least, where was your son in all this?
>> You got rid of *his* dog without any input from him, and then the both
>> of you allowed a baby near a dog with a known history of aggression.
>> At the risk of piling on, you didn't tell your school that you'd put
>> your dog down, you asked. Had it been me, that dog would have gone to
>> the nearest emergency vet and been put down last night.  I can
>> understand maybe keeping your dog, but I can't understand your son's
>> just allowing you to get rid of his dog, and I don't understand either
>> of you allowing the baby in close proximity with your dog.
>> I don't understand where the papa bear instincts were on this, which
>> leads me to wonder if your school has ownership of your dog?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Barry
>> Vaughn via nagdu
>> Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2014 10:10 AM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nagdu] Worst day of my life
>>
>> Let me catch you up to spped on what has happened with my guide these
>> last few months.  Back in April I started keeping my sons dog.  At
>> first my guide and my sons dog got along great playing together and
>> such.  Last month my guide started attacking the other dog.. So I got
>> rid of the other dog and everything settled down.  Then last night the
>> most awful thing happened.  My ten month old grandsong was crawling in
>> the living room and Jake attacked him biting him real bad in the face.
>> The bites missed the eye but he had two real bad wounds on the
>> forehead and jaw.  I just talked to my school and they recommended
>> that I put him down.  The county animal shelter is picking him up this
> morning for a ten day quarrentine.
>>
>> Please pray for me and my family.
>>
>> Barry and guide Jake
>>
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