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Dog attack survey Dog Attack Interference Survey United States Report Prepared by Ginger Kutsch Advocacy Specialist The Seeing Eye Inc P O Box Morristown NJ - E-mail advocacy seeingeye org URL www seeingeye org protect CIntroduction Established in The See

Dog Attack Interference Survey United States Report Prepared by Ginger Kutsch Advocacy Specialist The Seeing Eye Inc P O Box Morristown NJ - E-mail advocacy seeingeye org URL www seeingeye org protect CIntroduction Established in The Seeing Eye Inc provides specially bred and trained dogs to guide people who are blind or visually impaired With over years of experience The Seeing Eye is a leading expert on advocacy issues related to the safe and e ?ective travel of guide dog teams Nationwide approximately people who are blind or visually impaired partner with guide dogs to increase their ability to move about safely e ?ectively and independently One signi ?cant issue that continually threatens both the physical and emotional well-being of guide dog teams is attacks and interference by aggressive dogs These incidents are far more dangerous than simple dog-to-dog altercations The safety of the guide dog team depends largely on the dog ? s ability to concentrate on its work When distracted from these duties the dog and its blind owner become instantly vulnerable to harm People who are blind must face dog attacks and interference without the ability to use vision to protect themselves or their guide dogs Even without physical injury attacks and interference can negatively a ?ect a guide dog's behavior and work performance When a dog is no longer able to work as a guide due to the physical or emotional e ?ects of interference or attack it is devastating to the blind handler to lose this valued companion and source of mobility The blind person as well as the guide dog school may also su ?er economic damages In many instances the blind person is forced to incur an additional burden of veterinary and or medical expenses lost wages and or unexpected transportation costs Additionally the cost incurred by the guide dog school to breed raise and train a replacement guide dog and to instruct the blind person to work with a new dog well exceeds Background According to the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta million Americans su ?er dog bites each year and almost bites per year are serious enough to require medical attention Additionally the American Veterinary Medical Association and insurance company statistics report that there are over one million dog bite reports ?led annually While the prevalence of loose or uncontrolled dogs may be inferred by the frequency with which Americans su ?er dog bites there is little data that indicates the extent of adverse interactions between guide dog teams and loose or uncontrolled dogs CIn order to better identify the scope of this problem The Seeing Eye conducted a study to con ?rm anecdotal information indicating that guide dog teams experience a high frequency of attacks and interference to identify possible interventions to help reduce their frequency and to establish baseline data to assist with future studies Method The Seeing Eye designed a -question survey related to guide dog handlers' experiences with attacks and interference by aggressive