Staff sergeant reunites with retired military dog 

Blek more than earned his amazing family, retirement, food & vet care fully covered the rest of his days! ❤ as a working dog handler to my service dog, that’s a huge blessing because a working dog is expensive. Especially for emergencies, and as their older years require more vet care to ensure they have the best & most comfortable life as age makes it harder to move. ❤ You have to be on top of their care because they do so much and often your life is in their paws. ❤ It’s 1 million percent worth it! ❤

Wow! Food and Vet Care for the rest of his life?! Incredible!

Good job Sergeant Watkins! Very proud of you and the work you’ve done in the K9 world.

Thank you and Blek for your service!

Love this! Thank you both for your service❤

What an incredible organization!!!

This was so heart warming to see. Such an awesome human being and soldier who loves his pup. I’m so happy this pup got an opportunity to reunite with his owner he bonded with. Dogs are truly amazing, especially the ones who serve our cities and country. This was so touching. And thank God for project k-9 hero for helping these pups. ❤️🐾

Such a great story! Thank you both for your service!

These military dogs deserve the same consideration has the soldiers they protected. The best of us is shown how we treat the ones that serve.

Congrats Thomas with your reunion & TY for your service !!!! TEARS OF LUV LUV LUV for you & Blek....please take care of each other !!! God Bless you BOTH. Hope you continue to be in reserve & do what you DO best & be a military HANDLER 😘

Beautiful dog, beautiful people there! Dogs are the best people I know! 🐕 👍

Blek was more excited on emptying his former handler’s pocket full of treats than reuniting for a second 😅💕💕💕❤️❤️❤️

So glad there is a non profit that does the right thing. Thanks Jason!

Beautiful dog..Thank you for your service BLEK & Staff Sgt. Watkins..I,hand salute you both..

LOVE IT U TAKE CARE OF THE BOY. GOD BLESS U AND BLEK

Pocket full of treats ❤❤ he deserves it!!!!! Thank you for your service sergeant Thomas and Bleck

I’ve never heard of this organization…but what a great group to reunite our military handlers with their K9’s! Cannot believe that our government wouldn’t have programs to support our K9’s that retire as they do with our human military retirees!!! Great story….send it to every Senator, Congress person AND the White House!!!

Love Blek! ❤ Happy retirement sweet Blek!!

Thank you for your service Blek and Sgt. Watkins. 🇺🇸

Thank you to all the hero’s for your selfless service guys God bless you guys :)

So happy to see them together…bless them both ♥️🐾🙏…thank you both for your service 🇺🇸💝🥹

God Bless our Military and God Bless America! Thank you men and women (and dogs) for your service!!

Thank you for your service to both you and your dog

I very briefly worked with a USAF base public affairs office when they had a prospective article for the base newspaper come in from the security police unit. They had one of their K-9 service dogs retiring, and the unit wanted to put an article in the paper, outlining the dog's service accomplishments, just like any other airman completing their military duties. I remember the PA office chief campaigned hard to publish the article, but base command had veto rights over the paper and ultimately shot it down. Military service dogs ARE veterans and they deserve all of the respect and support that we should be giving to our human service members. I salute service dogs, their handlers, and the organizations that help them live healthy and happy post-service lives!

I love this! Pups like him need and deserve special care in retirement. Gratitude to his handler and thanks for protecting us with your service.

I'm so happy for both of you!

This was a great way to start my morning!! I love this story and thank you both for your service. Thank you Project K-9 for taking care of Blek and ensuring that he could be reunited with his former handler.

I am so happy for this reunion between a man and his special best friend. God bless them both

The thought of euthanizing a military dog is insane. They need to be protected. Afterall they protected our military. Veterinarians should offer free care to military dog period.

Blek is so relaxed with you Sergeant!❤

We need more of these stories in our lives!

What a beautiful story! Blek is exactly where he belongs. Thank you both for your honorable service!

Blek is absolutely gorgeous 🐾♥️ So happy he could be with his family! Thank you both for your service😊

What a good pretty boy. God bless lots of hugs❤

So many HORRIFYING animal stories out there. How beautiful was this? 💜💜💜

Thanks to both of you for your sacrifices in service to our country.🇺🇲💙

They is soooo wonderful they do this. Such a heart warming ability for the soldiers. They do deserve this. ❤❤❤

Wow what a beautiful dog! So glad he’s reunited with Thomas ❤️❤️❤️❤️ from me in South Africa 🇿🇦🐕🐾🐾

Heartwarming story. He's gorgeous, ...& Blek is pretty awesome too! 😉

❤🐾❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️ Thank you BOTH for your service to protect and defend our country.

Just signed up for monthly donations to Project K9 hero. What a beautiful story! 🐾

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

welcome home blek and thank you both for your service to our country

Unconditional Love...Never Forgets U..

Blessings to all of you who made this happen for making the world a better place than you found it. ❤❤

Thank You For Your Service. We Love You

CONGRATULATIONS!!! THOMAS & BLEK!!! GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, BE HAPPY & SHARE LOVE FOREVER!!!

So, so glad for both of you. About time for both of you.❤

Great!!!!! ❤❤❤

Beautiful team! Congratulations. I'm so happy for you guys.

Thank you, God. 🙏 ❤ 🫂 😊

Well deserved by two soldiers!

So happy for both of them. What a heartwarming story. ❤❤❤😊

just fantastic…‼️ 🪖

Can we have a follow up with them please?

Beautiful story. Beautiful life!

So beautiful ❤

Totally awesome…❤️❤️❤️❤️

Euthanize a dog after years of service?! Luckily this group exists.

I LOVE this!

❤❤❤❤ i am crying with joy!!

Absolutely brilliant, what a stunning dog. ❤❤

*wipes away a tear...sniff...*

Love this so much ❤️

Aww sweet story ❤

Love to see this kind of news love it❤❤❤❤❤😢

Beautiful video ❤

Best ever!!’❤❤❤

Beautiful story! Tears. Thank you for your service, humans and canines. They euthanize these dogs after their work??? Thank goodness there are options

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Good for u

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Glad ya got your partner back brother 👍🇺🇸🫡

He like “ my man brought treats!! He know me!!”

Remember that these dogs take a while to decompress from service, so pets are not what they need right off the bat.

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Thank you for your service!!😂

Looked like Blek cared more about treats than the reunion.

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I understand why this dog respected this man. Big dogs or aggressive dogs respect strength and authority. A family member of mine has 2 huge dogs. One is huge aggressive and a little to playful ex. he sees a kid and thinks it's a bowling pin. The other also big, but shorter is cunning and is always trying to assert authority to whoever is near him ex. he tries to heard you like sheep. One day after several encounters. I came over. The dogs came to me. One laid at my feet. the other sat next to me. His master. Whose married to my family member called him. They ignored him. After several calls. The dogs looked at me. I gave the nod. They went to him. Needless to say. The co-owner of the dogs wasn't happy about it. i said. "hey, dogs respect authority" :)

That mustache is legit

Didn't look like that dog remembered him.

I thought that was Billy Dee Williams. 😊

Crazy night 68

I would take in a service dog in a second.

Why don't they just allow the dogs to go with their handler? Especially, if the dog doesn't react well to someone new.

Memories of Meghan Leavey.

He loves the dog but won't stroke him or give him love? I guess its still a work relationship.

that dog is a one man dog.

It's like a High School student recorded this. Doesn't use a wind screen for the mic when the filming is going to take place outside, and female report really doesn't need to do body mannerisms like she did @6:23 with swiping her hand and moving her head back and forth "what you didn't know".

Kind of a letdown

DONT think the dog recognized the handler at all. he was eager to meet new people but there was NO recognizance by the dog. he could sniff out the treats but not the guys original scent at all. He might have put on cologne and that skewed the dogs sense of smell.

Going to utilize Kinda like a Homeless vet Disposable WTF

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Sam champion Katy Perry potter pop CONNOR ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

If you could have beards in the army I guarantee almost everyone would re-enlist and also more recruits. The beard is just the new style now. The army fails to adapt to modern society. The army doesn’t relize adaptation.

America🇺🇸 bulldog….bullying other countries into submission …..Chinese bulldog….skateboarding down the street making friends in Africa / making investments around the world🤔🇺🇸🇺🇸