{"id":443342,"date":"2026-09-21T21:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T21:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443342\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T21:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T21:32:08","slug":"el-paso-nonprofit-helps-retired-k9-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443342\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso nonprofit helps retired K9 units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 In honor of their fallen son, Christopher Diaz, the Diaz family founded Project Always Beside You, a nonprofit organization that helps retired K9 units.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz, a third-generation Marine,  lost his life in Afghanistan in 2011. He was the dog handler of a K9 named Dino, who retired from service in 2014. <\/p>\n<p>In memory of their son, the Diaz family went on to adopt Dino and start their initiative. <\/p>\n<p>According to their <a href=\"https:\/\/project-alwaysbesideyou.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>, the project is dedicated to supporting military, service, and law enforcement K9s and their handlers. <\/p>\n<p>They provide critical assistance when it is needed most, including medical care, equipment support, and help during retirement and transition.<\/p>\n<p>The family also funds the end-of-service duties for these pups. <\/p>\n<p>Photojournalist Rudy Reyes captures the journey of the Diaz family and life for these dogs below. <\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/nation-world\/rescue-dog-once-on-euthanasia-list-becomes-first-to-graduate-border-patrols-support-k-9-program-canine-academy-animals-pets-new-mexico-animal-rescue-league-of-el-paso-texas-immigration-robb-elementary-school-massacre-deadly-school-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dog once on euthanasia list becomes first to graduate Border Patrol&#8217;s support K-9 program<\/a><\/p>\n<p><p>From military service to family pets, these pups are part of many communities in El Paso (Credit: KFOX 14\/ CBS 4)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 In honor of their fallen son, Christopher Diaz, the Diaz family founded Project&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-443342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","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\/443342","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=443342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}