[nagdu] This was interesting

[S L Johnson]

Hello:

I had this same experience when I got my first dog in 1976.  I was in 
college but would help my parents in their small restaurant when I was home. 
As you said, the health department rules are very strict about the dog not 
being in or near where food is prepared.  .  I didn't use a crate but my dog 
would stay in a corner where she could see me.  One health inspector tried 
to give dad a problem about my dog but, his supervisor promptly made it 
clear that my dog was fine and the case was also closed.

Sandra and Eva

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So, my family owns a pizza parlor and when I go home for the weekend or on a 
break, I go work and help my parents   I have a small crate that cricket 
goes in the corner across from the door.
We had a customer come in and they saw my pup in her crate and they started 
telling my father that he wasn't allowed to have dogs in the restaurant  my 
father calmly told the customer that cricket was a service dog and was 
allowed to be in the dining room of the parlor
The customer continued to argue with my father about cricket being there, 
and my father finally told them that he would hate to lose their business 
but he was not going to move cricket. He offered that they could order carry 
out or he would deliver to them, but the customer was adamant about cricket 
not being in the shop.  My father then both pulled up the laws pertaining to 
service dogs in public establishments ant told the customer that if they 
weren't satisfied and wanted to continue arguing, they could leave or my 
father could call the police and have them removed by the police.
The customer left but a few days later, my father got a call from the health 
inspector about a dog in the shop. My father explained that crickets crate 
was in the dining room only as the health code is strict in its rules of no 
animal of any kind being allowed in a restaurants kitchen.
The health inspector was pleased with my fathers answer and the case was 
closed.
Now, it's obvious that my father knows the laws, and knows the boundaries of 
where cricket  is allowed to be and  where she isn't, but that got me to 
thinking.
What if this had  happened with another business, and even though the owner 
saw the laws and new that the dog was not allowed in the kitchen, they might 
still be wary of allowing people to bring their service dogs into the dining 
room to avoid this kind of situation. What do you guys think?

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