No Resolution After Service Dog Dispute Protest

No Resolution After Service Dog Dispute Protest
FOX 40
Heather Duggan
December 22, 2013

EASTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB) — Dozens of people turned out Sunday to support a local veteran who says he was kicked out of a bar, because he brought his service dog in with him.

Gary Houle Jr. and his supporters picketed outside Easthampton’s Pulaski Club, and met with club representatives from noon until 2:00PM.

On Thanksgiving night, Houle brought Princess, his service dog, ho helps him with hearing loss and post traumatic stress disorder, to the Pulaski Club.

He says he was told dogs weren’t allowed, and that the bartender wasn’t satisfied with the dog’s paperwork or I.D. patch.

“At that point he just told me, I am not serving you either. Both of you get out and told him I just got back from two wars and this is the thanks I get on thanksgiving? And I walked out of the place,” Houle explained.

Houle says Princess goes pretty much everywhere with him, and he’s never had another problem.

“It’s like if someone rolled in with a wheelchair there, and they told him to get out,” Houle said.

Houle’s father organized Sunday’s protest after he heard what happened to his son at the club.
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