[Cagdu] FW: [K9Scoop] NZ: Difficult Working Conditions for Guide Dogs

Wed May 9 16:55:54 PDT 2007

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Subject: [K9Scoop] NZ: Difficult Working Conditions for Guide Dogs

Wellington, New Zealand: 

Monday, 07 May 2007

Guide dogs in a war zone
MICHAEL FIELD - The Dominion Post | Friday, 4 May 2007

JOHN SELKIRK
TAKING THE HITS: Petrus Tuerlings with 11-year-old
Leo. Both have been attacked by pit bulls and Leo has
also been shot in the leg by someone with an air
rifle.

Leo is one tough and loyal old companion. Three times
in the past 18 months, the West Auckland guide dog has
been savaged by pit bull terriers.

Another time, while guiding handler Petrus Tuerlings
along the street, Leo was shot in the leg by somebody
with an air rifle.

The 11-year-old great dane-pointer cross is a symbol
of the increasingly violent climate in which Royal New
Zealand Foundation of the Blind dogs have to
work.

It's an expensive battle. Dogs cost the foundation
$22,500 each to breed and train and, after an attack,
many have to be retrained or withdrawn. For their
handlers, that can be a catastrophe. There is a long
waiting list for trained guide dogs and an injured dog
cannot quickly be put back into action.

Foundation dog instructor Angie Coupar said that, in
the past year, 15 dogs - worth about $330,000 - had
required significant veterinary treatment after
dog attacks. "Menacing behaviour toward guide dogs
happens on a daily basis somewhere in New Zealand."

The foundation says both dog and handler suffer crises
of confidence after attacks. Mr Tuerlings now gets
nervous when he hears dogs barking ahead.

He was with Leo when the dog was shot and managed to
get him to a vet quickly. The pit bull attacks, on
both Leo and Mr Tuerlings, have been more frightening.
"I am more frightened for him than for me."

In the last attack, in December, a pit bull charged at
Leo, tearing his stomach. "There was no warning, he
just came running out."

Though a big dog, Leo did not fight. "He was giving
little whimpers and little nips at the dog, because he
was latched on to the stomach, but he wasn't
really fighting at all."

The foundation breeds and trains its dogs not to be
aggressive. "If one of our dogs shows aggression, they
cannot be used," Ms Coupar says. "It makes it
more difficult for one to defend itself.

"It's not used to that kind of behaviour. They have
been socialised all their lives with other friendly
dogs. They are restricted in a harness; they cannot
jump or leap out of the way."

Leo is now facing retirement. Mr Tuerlings is keeping
him, though; he found him as a youngster at a dog
pound and the foundation's Guide Dog Services later
recognised his guiding talents.

Age has barely wearied him, though his handler says he
no longer goes to restaurants because Leo is not keen
on lying under a table for an hour or so. "He's
lost his patience for all that."

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