Military dog will retire with his fallen handler's family

Military dog will retire with his fallen handler's family
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He was by their son's side when he died in Afghanistan, and now Dino will be the constant companion of Salvador and Sandra Diaz.

"Dino will be our baby," Sandra Diaz told The Associated Press. Staff Sgt. Christopher Diaz, 27, was the military dog's handler. Diaz was killed in September 2011 when he went to help a fellow Marine who had been wounded. The Los Angeles Times reports that an adoption of a military dog can take place if it will help a family with grieving, as long as the canine does not have the dog version of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.