here's abbie boudreau. >> reporter: not a bad retirement for 8-year-old bagger, a former military dogs certainly trained. he will sit. he will stay. he will lay down. >> reporter: his life, now with the touchstone family in california, is much easier. >> oh. good boy. >> reporter: and much less dangerous. >> he doesn't necessarily look like a trained soldier at this point. >> reporter: the details of bagger's military career are still secret. but the touchstones know he was trained to sniff for explosives. >> they did such a service for our country. that's the least we can do. >> reporter: but finding loving homes for these always always possible because officially a retired war dog is considered surplus equipment. nearly all of the 5,000 war dogs who served in vietnam were either abandoned or euthanized. vietnam vet, vietnam vet, ron aiello, says not a day goes by that he doesn't think of his canine partner, stormy. >> my dog alone saved me several times while we were in vietnam. it's a band that lasts a lifetime. lifetime. >> reporter: but he had to leave her behind. now, he wants w

as abbie boudreau reports, americans have been lining up to adopt them. >> whoa!reporter: not a bad retirement for 8-year-old dagger, a former military dog. >> completely trained. i mean, he will sit. he'll stay. he'll lay down. >> reporter: his life now with the touchstone family in california is much easier. >> oh, what a good boy! >> reporter: and much less dangerous. >> he doesn't necessarily look like a trained soldier at this point. >> reporter: the details of dagger's military career are still secret but the touchstones know he was trained to sniff for explosives, and old habits die hard. >> i don't know if we'll ever get the training out of him. he searches the kid's backpacks and their luggage when we travel out of town. >> reporter: he even checked out our camera crew's equipment and still flinches when he hears gunshots on tv. >> they did such a service for our country and so that -- i think it's the least we can do. >> reporter: but finding loving homes for these dogs wasn't always possible because officially a retired war dog is considered surplus equ

abbie boudreau spoke with frank mccourt in a "gma" exclusive. >> reporter: they enjoyed a lavish lifestylelet down the right field line. >> reporter: the owners of one of the most successful franchises in all of baseball, the los angeles dodgers. but frank and jamie mccourt's 30-year marriage came crashing down in 2009. ending in a nasty and all very public divorce. tearing apart their family. and tarnishing the dodgers' reputation at the same time. frank mccourt, a man criticized for being callous and insensitive, finally breaks his silence, about his divorce, his heartbreak, and now, his battle to keep his team. describe the last 18 months. >> oh. yeah, really tough. it's emotionally wrenching. even particularly when you never really thought that was going to be you. i never thought i was going to be divorced. i really thought it was for the duration. >> reporter: you never imagined yourself on one side of the court and she's on the other side? >> never in a million years. you know, i have so much respect, now, for people that go through a divorce or experience a loss. >> reporter: are y

and abbie boudreau takes a closer look. >> reporter: this is ellen and blare fowlerul blair fowler showingle changes when you become a mom. it's just the way it is. because of our bodies, the lifestyle. i saw the young girls doing it. and i wanted to bring it into the mom space. >> reporter: audrey is the mother of four boys under the age of 8. she has millions of avid followers online which has turned her blog into a moneymaker. >> just got back from t.j. maxx. these are real slices of our lives. if you watch my videos the kids are in the background. i'm on a web cam that starts to shake. and i roll with it. >> reporter: because she used to work for donna karen, she uses that expertise to women who have children. >> blogging and talking to moms about fashion, was a different thing. for moms our bodies change. we had babies. our bodies don't look the same as when we were in our teens and 20s. what trends and styles are out there that can work? >> reporter: it's an outlet for busy moms who can watch from homes. >> they don't want to spend a ton of money on themselves. they'd rather put it i