. >> tammy kritz is the puppy raiser for the service puppy. >> we do the obedience classes with him. we do the socialization. >> including other dots. one encounter ended with puncture wounds and scratches on obi-wan's nose. >> he bit him twice quickly and latched on and kept on for several seconds. >> that dog was padi, the lab mix nearly euthanize last year for biting a little boys ear. the owner dr. gartenberg had supporters on social media sponsor padi's freedom. >> i had no idea he was an animal that has a history of being violent with other animals and a child. it is negligent on his part. >> according to the manatee obi-wan is not ready to be a service dog yet but the fact that he is in training protects them under state law. obi-wan was not performing as a service dog duty at the time of the attack and since gartenberg was not consciously negligent the cases rolled an unfortunate accident. the dog is bred by new horizons service dogs. >> hopefully we can work through this fight and he won't think of every dog as coming to get him in the future. >>> the woman raising obi-wan s

tammy kritz is afraid the 4-month old golden retriever she's training to be a service dog through new horizons could be scarred for life.."having fear issues can take a dog out of the program. he's being trained to be a wheelchair support dog, so he has to be able to go into a neighborhood with other dogs, go into stores."she took him to "the pet clinic" in bradenton monday morning to get his puppy shots..outside the exam room, the puppy came face-to-face with padi.."it pulled the dog away from the puppy."kritz says dr. paul gartenberg, padi's owner, dismissed the attack as minor.. gatenberg did not want to speak on camera monday, but claims the *puppy was the aggressor, growling nose-to- nose with his doga& last june, gartenberg also claimed a 4-year-old boy provoked padi to bite part of his ear off..he says the boy wouldn't stop following the dog as he roamed the clinic.. file: december 17, 2015 "i suppose there are some dangerous dogs that the public has to be protected from, but obvisiouly padi is not that dog."padi was sentenced to be euthanized, but gained international attentio