{"id":321841,"date":"2026-06-04T01:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/321841\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T01:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:48:15","slug":"el-paso-rescue-dog-is-first-in-border-patrol-k9-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/321841\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso rescue dog is first in Border Patrol K9 program"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 An El Paso rescue dog has become the U.S. Border Patrol\u2019s newest recruit, becoming the first rescue dog to be a Critical Incident Response K9.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Border Patrol announced its newest four-legged recruit, Chloe, on Wednesday, June 3, in a social media post<\/a> by Chief Rosario Vasquez.<\/p>\n

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El Paso rescue dog, Chole as a certified Critical Incident Response K9. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Border Patrol.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe USBP Canine Academy and the El Paso Rescue League partnered to give dogs like Chloe a stable and safe place to belong\u2014a second chance. Today, she has a badge and a vital mission: to provide comfort and support to our agents and their families during difficult times,\u201d read part of the social media post.<\/p>\n

According to USBP<\/a>, the Critical Incident Response Canine Program launched in 2022 as a part of a mental wellness effort.<\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 An El Paso rescue dog has become the U.S. Border Patrol\u2019s newest recruit,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1818,114970,115215,2526,138,140,139],"class_list":["post-321841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-border-patrol","tag-chief-rosario-vasquez","tag-critical-incident-response","tag-dog","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}