The story of the guide dog Eponine and its owner has infuriated thousands of users on the web: they have been kicked out of a restaurant
The history of the dog Eponine and his human dad Justin Leckie sparked a lot of anger on the web. Guide dogs are very important in the lives of blind people and in that of those who need immediate help. But there are still people who cannot understand it.
This story spread thanks to a video shot by a customer of a restaurant in Ontario. The images show Justin Leckie, a man suffering from Asperger’s syndrome, enter with his guide dog Eponine. The owners of the restaurant, however, at the sight of the couple, begin to scream and invite them to come out. The dog was not at all well liked in their business.
In the video, the poor man is heard begging to be left alone, while the staff invites him to come out completely. inappropriate. The situation begins to take a violent turn, so much so that in the end the customers present in the restaurant decide to interfere and ask the staff to stop bother that gentleman and his dog.
The reaction of the dog Eponine
The dog remains calm, despite those people taking it out on his dad, as he is trained precisely to stay calm in stressful situations.
The restaurant owners refused the guide dog and then became hostile when the paying customer did not want to leave. Although he explained that the dog helped him with anxiety, panic attack, depression and that sort of thing.
When the story was spread on the web, the owners of the restaurant justified themselves by saying that the man did not have any document to prove it was a guide dog.
Of course we want everyone to come here, we are a company. We had nothing to do with the dog. We said the dog must have a permit. Do not show it, the dog is not allowed.
The author of the video finally decided to call the police and the agents arrived on the scene to calm the situation. At the moment they are investigating what happened.
Users vented on social media, filling with bad reviews the restaurant page. The images, on the other hand, were shared around the world, for to raise awareness of people to the importance of guide dogs.
We do not show the video because it could hurt the sensibility of the users. You can see it HERE.
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