Navy SEAL Dogs, Mike Ritland
Navy SEAL Dogs, Mike Ritland
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Navy SEAL Dogs
My Tale of Training Canines for Combat

Author: Mike Ritland

Narrator: Michael Kramer

Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/24/2014

Synopsis

The Navy SEAL teams' elite K9 warriors do it all—from detecting explosives to eliminating the bad guys. These powerful dogs are also some of the smartest and most highly skilled working animals on the planet. Mike Ritland's job is to train them.

This is the tale of how Ritland discovered his passion and grew up to train these elite dogs. After becoming a SEAL, he was on combat deployment in Iraq when he saw a military working dog in action, and he instantly knew he'd found his true calling.

Ritland eventually started his own company to train and supply working and protection dogs for the U.S. government, the Department of Defense, and other clients. He also started the Warrior Dog Foundation to help retired Special Operations dogs live long and happy lives after their service.

About Mike Ritland

Mike Ritland is the New York Times bestselling author of Trident K9 Warriors: My Tale from the Training Ground to the Battlefield with Elite Navy SEAL Canines. He joined the Navy at age seventeen in 1996, after being inspired by his grandfathers, both of whom served in World War II. He graduated with BUD/S class 215 and became a member of SEAL Team 3. After years as a member of SEAL Team 3, he became a BUD/S instructor and then started his own company to train dogs for the SEAL teams. Today he continues to supply working and protection dogs to a host of clients, including the U.S. government and the Department of Defense. He also started the Warrior Dog Foundation to help retired Special Operations dogs live long and happy lives after their service.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean on February 09, 2017

Ritland tells of his early life and interest in canines. He joined the NAVY at age 17 and eventually became a SEAL and then a dog handler, then MWD (Military Working Dog) trainer. I like that Ritland warns that the breeds of dogs, he trains in the Navy SEALs are not a breed for the average city boun......more

Goodreads review by Reece on January 02, 2018

This book was what i expected it to be. It had a great story about the seals, and Mikes experience in Afghanistan. If you love dogs or the military you will want to read this book. Mike goes into big details about his time training seal members, seal dogs, and fighting with the seal teams. There is......more

Goodreads review by Rob on March 05, 2022

I accidentally started to read this book when I was substitute teaching in a colleague's room and found it on a shelf there. Loving dogs and all animals as I do, and knowing nothing about this particular subject, I figured I'd give it a shot. It is an interesting --if not always compelling--overview......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on January 07, 2018

The book Navy SEAL Dogs is a must read for anyone into dogs or the military. Navy SEAL Dogs shows what training dogs go through to become part of special forces teams. The author tells us that he starts training the dogs at the young age of 3 days old. Since the author was once a Navy SEAL and worke......more

Goodreads review by Allison on June 04, 2018

Navy Seal Dogs by Mike Ritland was a very interesting book. It was very cool to see how the navy seal dogs are trained and also reading stories about how their training saved lives. The importance of these dogs was shown throughout the book, but the importance of the handlers and the trainers was al......more

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