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- [Narrator] Four-legged members

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from the 319 Security Forces Squadron in Grand Forks

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travel to Minot Air Force Base for their annual vet visit.

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Military working dogs receive annual health examinations,

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just like their handlers.

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^- I, actually, earlier had collected blood samples

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^and urine samples and fecal samples and tested them.

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And then today, what you saw was the

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actual physical exam portion of the dogs.

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So, we just check their hearts,

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and respiration, and eyes, ears, nose, mouth.

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- [Narrator] Military working dogs

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are essential to the Security Forces mission.

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And to carry out that mission, they need to stay healthy.

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- [Man] We do this just to make sure

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that we're not missing anything,

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and to try and catch any disease commissions

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from before they become a problem and affect their duty.

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- [Narrator] Reporting from Minot Air Force Base,

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I'm A1C Isabella Sullivan.