A disabled Air Force veteran needed a job. So Lowes hired him and his service dog.

[Liberal_in_LA]

Tinley Farmer, 4, pets Charlotte, as her mother, Jessica, talks to Lowe’s employee Clay Luthy in Abilene, Tex., on Nov. 22. (Greg Jaklewicz/The Abilene Reporter-News via AP)

While waiting in line at their local Lowe’s on Sunday, Judy and Brian Rose did a double take.

Behind them, a golden retriever sauntered by wearing one of the home improvement store’s red-and-blue employee vests.

The dog didn’t seem to be accompanied by anyone at the time. And the vest looked so .?.?. official.

“What’s up with the dog?” Brian Rose asked the cashier, laughing.

The Abilene, Tex., couple was told the dog belonged to a store employee, a disabled veteran who had been hired for a part-time job a couple months before.

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Not wanting to disturb them — but touched by the sight — Judy Rose snapped a photograph of the pair from the back. While leaving Lowe’s, she uploaded the picture to her Facebook page, intending to show it to her circle of friends.

“I love Abilene Lowes, way to go!” she wrote on Facebook. “This is a disabled vet who struggled to get a job because he needs his service dog! Lowes hired them BOTH!!”

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[kimbutgar]

1. I love Lowes

The Lowes in my city hires disabled people. I have never seen this at Home Depot which I never shop at.

[Lochloosa]

3. HD is the Walmart of hardware stores.

[appal_jack]

4. An example of the good side of NC! nt

[niyad]

2. yayyy for lowe's

[Raine]

5. Very nice! nt

[oasis]

6. Very nice story. Thanks.