West Yellowstone: Service Dog “Kicked Out of Restaurant” Owner Aims to Educate
Estrada hopes that the experience he went through can be used to help educate and bring awareness to service dogs around the state.
BOZEMAN – Frank William Estrada Jr., his family, and his service dog, Lulu, were recently asked to leave a restaurant in West Yellowstone.
“I looked, I didn’t see my family, so I walked straight to the door, opened up, and there they were. And I said, ‘what’s going on?’ And they said, ‘They kicked us out — they kicked us out because of Lulu,” Estrada said.
Estrada, a military veteran, returned to the restaurant to talk with the employee, with Lulu, to explain that she was a service dog. Eventually, Estrada left the premises.
“We want to inform,” Estrada said. “There’s a lot of people out there who bring their yappy dog and they have the vest. That doesn’t make it a service dog — the training does.”
Estrada hopes that the experience he went through can be used to help educate and bring awareness to service dogs around the state.
According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, a business may ask an individual with a service dog two questions: “Is the dog a service animal required because of a disability?” And, “What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?”
“We want to inform,” Estrada said. “There’s a lot of people out there who bring their yappy dog and they have the vest. That doesn’t make it a service dog — the training does.”
Estrada hopes that the experience he went through can be used to help educate and bring awareness to service dogs around the state.
According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, a business may ask an individual with a service dog two questions: “Is the dog a service animal required because of a disability?” And, “What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?”
Read the rest of the story here. This article as first published by KPAX News By: Jane McDonald.
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