When Hutch’s On The Beach general manager Rick Creechan asked the couple about the dog they’d brought into his restaurant, they said it was an emotional support animal. When another employee — who didn’t know he’d already asked — inquired again after some customers mentioned something, some papers were shown.
But it didn’t look like any aid animal Creechan had seen before. He says it was wearing a puffy vest with no markings, it had been pushed into the store in a cart, and rather than sitting on the floor at the couple’s feet, it sat on the bench beside them.
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Hutch’s On The Beach general manager Rick Creechan is hoping for clarification on what animals qualify as service and support animals.
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This is a registered therapy dog who was helping nervous and stressed flyers relax at Hamilton’s airport in 2019.
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