Judge orders service dog out of Alabama courtroom

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A service dog was ordered out of a federal court room in Mobile, and the dog’s owner isn’t happy with the reason he got from the judge.

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Kris Allfrey is an Army veteran and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. He’s also the trainer for his wife’s service dog, Dewey.

In July, the Ohio couple was in Mobile so both could testify in an ongoing legal matter stemming from a previous vacation to the Gulf Coast.

They were set to testify on different days. When it was Allfrey’s turn, he didn’t think there would be an issue bringing along Dewey.

“His three primary tasks are he alerts her to seizures. He alerts both of us, or gets us out of it, when we get into PTSD episodes, and he attempts to calm us when we have anxiety,” Allfrey explained…

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