[Njagdu] Your turn: Please keep your dogs under control

Tue Jun 19 14:46:19 UTC 2012

This was an unbelievable story to bring to light....I wonder  if we could 
set up a facebook page or something of that nature...people sharing  
experiences...then when approaching members of the assembly or senate are  
approaches refer them to this website...having pictures of the guide dogs with  their 
handlers bringing a picture of this team....it is just like Ginger Kutsch  
expressed on the Guide Dog Users Division NFBNJ teleconference call last 
night  stated...we need to be able as blind people to call police not the 
animal  control officer...it is bringing up the fact of education...how our dogs 
serve  us and affect our lives and what trauma of such experiences affects 
the dog, as  well as us.

Kathy Rawa and Dorito
Secretary Guide Dog Users Division, NFBNJ

In a message dated 6/19/2012 9:17:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
suetillett at verizon.net writes:

Gosh, I wish we could put this letter in all our  local papers.  The other 
day I crossed in the middle of the block, with a  car coming from the left,  
because a loose dog was coming out to threaten  my dog. I don't like to do 
this but was frightened of what would happen with  an encounter with this 
dog.  My neighbors who have dogs avoid this dog  too.  Fortuneately, he barks 
when we are a house away, giving me time to  turn around or cross.  We will 
all be thankful to have Dust's law in  place and it looks like it is really 
going to happen.  

Sue, and Roz 

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  _Ginger Kutsch_ (mailto:GingerKutsch at yahoo.com)  
To: _New Jersey Association of Guide Dog  Users_ (mailto:njagdu at nfbnet.org) 

Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 6:39  AM
Subject: [Njagdu] Your turn: Please  keep your dogs under control

Your turn: Please keep your dogs under  control 
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Wednesday marked the second time in six months that my  guide dog was 
attacked by a neighborhood dog who was not in the control of  his owner and who 
saw my mellow yellow lab as an easy target. While no  physical injury 
occurred during either of these attacks, I and my guide dog  were both rattled 
severely and reminded of how many assistance dogs have to  be retired following 
dog attacks. Most of these retirements are not due to  physical injury. Most 
happen because the working dog either becomes fearful  of other dogs or 
instead aggressive toward other dogs: “If he’s going to get  me, then I’m 
going to get him first.” Since it takes around $50,000 to train  and support a 
guide dog, the implications of such attacks are enormous. For  me, though, 
the dollar signs mean less than the emotional impact of a  partnership 
potentially ending because the dog’s stability and confidence  are compromised. 
I plead with the public to be cautious with the control  of your dogs, no 
matter if a working dog is in your vicinity or not. Dogs  should be leashed, 
fenced, or otherwise in your control. It should not be a  coin toss about 
whether a simple walk with our best buds will result in an  encounter with a 
loose dog or not, one whose behavior may be unpredictable  and potentially 
detrimental to another canine. 
I will pick up the harness handle today and deliberately  take a lengthy 
walk with my guide dog, partly because I want to and partly  because I must. 
If I don’t, the lingering ghosts of this latest attack might  get a firmer 
hold in either of our minds than already is the case. If dog  owners all step 
up a little more, perhaps such ghosts will not have a chance  to materialize 
at all in the future. 
Kathy Nimmer 
West Lafayette 
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