Last weekend, River Cartledge tried to get into a Wetherspoons pub with his assistance dog, Chico.
Shih Tzu becomes assistance dog
River suffers from multiple ailments, including fibromyalgia, autism, and arthritis. Due to this, he decided to train his pet Shih Tzu as an assistance dog. Chico is now a multipurpose assistance dog, trained in psychiatric, medical alert/response and non weight bearing mobility work.
Despite this, he and River were denied entry to Wetherspoons, first by the door staff, and then by the manager.
Though River tried to explain that they weren’t respecting the Equality Act of 2010, and thus, the law, the staff continued to repeat that ‘no dogs’ was the company policy and that however much he insisted, he wasn’t getting in.
Wetherspoons: NOT dog-friendly
The exchange left River rattled, and lead him to suffer a medical episode as a result.
Wetherspoons has since apologised, with a spokesperson saying:
We hope River will have more luck with other pubs!
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