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Should I have tell them?
My brother’s dog has gotten lose and I was ordered to go to court and pay fees since I was the only adult home at the time. The man from animal control was there as a witness with the people who filed the complaint. I overheard him giving the complaints legal advice in the hall, which I thought was unfair. Every time I asked him a question he would not answer me or claims he didn’t know anything. Every time I’m alone with him he is very rude and talks down to me and ignore me when others are around. I think he might be biased since I am of a different race but I don’t know if it’s true or not. I have noticed him being more helpful to others, white people like him, except me and my mother who were being sued.
I have been diagnosed with Idiopathic intracranial hypertension. It’s a neurological disorder caused by a buildup of fluid in the back of my brain. There is no cure, only treatments. The pressure from the fluid has caused my optic nerves to swell, the nerve connecting my eyes to my brain. I already have a negative 5 vision, which I was told is bad, and my sight had worsen. I would black out every now and then. I cannot see very well in both eyes even with glasses and suffer severe migraines. I would be bedridden for a whole day and unable to function. I didn’t tell the court that b/c I didn’t want other’s sympathy. I am hopping my vision returns to normal after some treatment. I am actively searching for employment to pay for hospital bills. I don’t want the disability on my record. The only people who know are my immediate family and school teachers. I had to leave school b/c I could not read the books. I am doing better now because of the treatments and my sight has improved. I stopped blacking out. I just paid the court fees b/c I thought there was no way around it as the animal control man has told me. My little brother was supposed to watch the dog. He’s 17 and I didn’t want him to get in trouble. Should I have told the court and animal control man I was visually impaired? There is a 50/50 chance of me going permanently blind? Would it have helped me in any way?
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I doubt it very much. It would only make you seem even less capable of carrying for the dog in the way it needs.
Honestly, the dog catcher is probably baised agianst people whoes dogs get loose. He is there to see the rules enforced and people and dogs kept safe. If your dog keeps getting out, he's simply not going to be your biggest fan. He's also not your legal counsel. I doubt he has a responsibility to answer your questions during a court hearing.
Maybe he is also a racist, or maybe he just takes his job seriously and is ticked off to see your family getting fined a second time for a similar issue.
If people in your home can't care properly for this dog - for whatever reason - then maybe you need to look into a different situation for this dog. Remember: if the very worst happens, you and your mom may get sued, but this poor dog could be put to death. The dog deserves better than that.
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