Dogs train to save troops' lives

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JONESBORO, Ark. (KTHV) -- Duck dog trainer Chris Akin's farm is full of eager young dogs, but not all are being trained to retrieve feathered fowls.
Akin is teaching dogs to find improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, to help save the lives of U.S. troops.
"The training is the same," Akin says. "We teach these labs to find ducks and now we switched some of our training to find explosives."

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