Jersey the Therapy K-9 with BCSO

10/10/2026

10/06/2026

Kindness was the focus when K9 Jersey, Deputy Jennifer Yuhase and Sgt. Kyle Benedict with the Belmont County Sheriff's Office met with students from Bridgeport Schools at the Ohio Valley Mall. They spent time talking with the students about the importance of kindness and making a difference in their community.

Learn more: ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Kindness

10/05/2026

Happy October!

10/05/2026

10/01/2026

Protect and serve… mostly serve as a pillow.”
Genoa Middle School
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09/30/2026

09/30/2026

09/11/2026

09/11/2026

Dogs have such extraordinary abilities—their instincts, their loyalty, and their devotion to us are almost impossible to put into words. Sometimes their love extends even to people they have never met. ❤️🐾

On September 11, 2001, our country endured unimaginable sadness. So many lives were lost, so many families forever changed, and so many first responders walked directly into circumstances most of us can scarcely comprehend.

And right beside them were the dogs.

Search and rescue dogs climbed across twisted steel, broken glass, concrete and debris, searching tirelessly for signs of life. They entered places too dangerous or too difficult for people to reach. Their paws became sore and injured. Their eyes and lungs were exposed to the terrible dust. Yet they continued to work because that was what they had been trained to do—and because the person they loved and trusted was right beside them.

But perhaps their greatest gift wasn't something they were trained to do at all.

They simply stayed.

When rescuers were exhausted, grieving and overwhelmed, a dog was there to lean against them. A warm body. A soft head to hold. A pair of eyes that didn't need an explanation for the tears.

Dogs don't understand hatred. They don't understand terrorism, politics or why one human would hurt another. They understand us. They know when we are frightened. They know when we hurt. And somehow, they seem to know when simply being beside us is enough.

Hundreds of search, rescue, detection and therapy dogs participated in the response and recovery efforts following 9/11. Those remarkable dogs are gone now, just as so many of the heroes beside whom they worked are gone.

But they should never be forgotten.

There is something especially poignant about knowing that a dog's greatest fear may simply be that the person they love won't come home—and on that terrible day, these dogs followed their people straight into our country's worst nightmare.

They searched.

They comforted.

They waited.

They loved.

And they asked for absolutely nothing in return.

Today, we remember the innocent lives lost, the families who carried an unimaginable grief, the firefighters, police officers, first responders and volunteers who ran toward devastation—and the four-legged heroes who walked faithfully beside them.

“Those who teach us most about humanity aren't always human.” ❤️

May we always remember them.

🇺🇸 Never Forget. Never Forgotten. 🇺🇸
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