Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, Montana Nonprofit Marks National Service Dog Month and Suicide Prevention Month Together - Dog Tag Buddies pairs veterans with trained service dogs at no cost, as new research confirms the model's clinical value

BILLINGS, Mont., Sept. 10, 2026. Twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, sent a generation of Americans into uniform, Dog Tag Buddies is marking National Service Dog Month and National Suicide Prevention Month together this September. The two observances converge directly in the work of Dog Tag Buddies, Montana’s first and only Assistance Dogs International (ADI) accredited veteran service dog nonprofit.

Since 2015, Dog Tag Buddies has matched veterans with rescue dogs through a two-year training program, provided entirely at no cost to veterans and their families. The organ...