Mis-Guide dogs
(from Europa Times - 06 November 2000)
guide dog in need of clearly seeing owner
``We will not have him put down. Lucky is basically a damn good guide dog,'' Ernst Gerber, a dog trainer from Wuppertal told reporters. ``He just needs a little brush-up on some elementary skills, that's all.'' Gerber admitted to the press conference that Lucky, a German shepherd guide-dog for the blind, had so far been responsible for the deaths of all four of his previous owners. ``I admit it's not an impressive record on paper. He led his first owner in front of a bus, and the second off the end of a pier. He actually pushed his third owner off a railway platform just as the Cologne to Frankfurt express was approaching and he walked his fourth owner into heavy traffic, before abandoning him and running away to safety. But, apart from epileptic fits, he has a lovely temperament. And guide dogs are difficult to train these days.'' Asked if Lucky's fifth owner would be told about his previous record, Gerber replied: ``No. It would make them nervous, and would make Lucky nervous. And when Lucky gets nervous he's liable to do something silly.'' Find other Animals articles
Comments
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Mozette: An epileptic guide dog? Are you guys out of your minds? They are most dangerous kind of guide dogs out there! Give him a normal family and save the visually impaired!(04/12/2008)
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john bowers: give him to Gordon Brown our prime minister Hes not got long left.
It would be a mercy killing.
(30/06/2008)
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pheelion: This dog obviously does not like his job. I think its a case of "going postal" doggy style.(09/10/2007)
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goldie: Dog of Death!
I can think of someone I would give him to.(12/01/2007)
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KELLY: HOW ABOUT LETTING POOR LUCKY BE A NORMAL DOG(20/10/2006)
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leen: put him down(31/07/2006)
- colleen: change his name! speaks poorly of the irish..lol!!!(05/11/2005)
