Dining with dogs: Alabama bill would let restaurants with outdoor dining go ‘dog friendly’
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
Keshawn Buyton, 21, poses with his pet dog, Copper, while walking the Fairhope Pier in Fairhope, Ala., on Friday, March 12, 2021. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).
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Keshawn Buyton doubts his barely year-old pet dog, Copper, could sit still through a dinner at a restaurant patio in Fairhope. And he’s not sure whether it would be good public policy to let him try.
“Some people just don’t pay attention (to their dogs),” said Buyton, 21, of Fairhope, while walking Copper at Fairhope’s Municipal Pier. “Personal responsibility plays a big role in that decision. But I know some people just don’t want a dog close to them while they are eating.”