Team Dog, Mike Ritland
Team Dog, Mike Ritland
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Team Dog
How to Train Your Dog—the Navy SEAL Way

Author: Mike Ritland

Narrator: John Pruden

Unabridged: 5 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/29/2015

Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author and former Navy SEAL Mike Ritland teaches you how to give your dog the exceptional training and loyalty of a combat dog. In Team Dog, Mike taps into fifteen years' worth of experience and shares, in accessible and direct language, the science behind the importance of gaining a dog's trust. He also offers invaluable steps for achieving any level of obedience. His unique approach incorporates entertaining examples and anecdotes from his work with dogs on and off the battlefield and tips from the Navy SEAL guidebook to teach dog owners how to choose the perfect dog for their household, establish themselves as the "team leader," master "command and control," employ "situational awareness," and solidify their dog's position as the family's ultimate best friend.Team Dog introduces pet owners everywhere to the new and distinctive authority on how to train your dog … the Navy SEAL way.

About Mike Ritland

Mike Ritland joined the navy in 1996 and after twelve years started his own company to train dogs for the SEAL teams. His clients include the Department of Homeland Security, US Customs Service, the TSA, and the Department of Defense. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Trident K9 Warriors, which is being adapted for film.

About Gary Brozek

Gary Brozek has coauthored and ghostwritten nearly twenty books, including four New York Times bestsellers.

About John Pruden

John Pruden is an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator. His exposure to many people, places, and experiences throughout his life provides a deep creative well from which he draws his narrative and vocal characterizations. His narration of The Killing of Crazy Horse by Thomas Powers was chosen by the Washington Post as a Best Audiobook of 2010.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pickie

4.25 ⭐......more

Goodreads review by Robert

Mike Ritland spent 12 years in the Navy Seals. Although he's a super macho type of guy, he doesn't manhandle or force the dog to do anything in his dog training method. Most dogs don't want the pressure or responsibility of leading the pack. They would rather have their master do that job. This is t......more

Goodreads review by Phillip

Very helpful book! This focused less on the ABC bullet points of what to do and what not to do and focused more on how to lead and solve problems as they come up. It teaches the mindset of owning and training well behaved dogs rather than just spitting out information to memorize. This helped me fee......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

If you are thinking about getting a dog or have a dog and want to start training it, this book gives you enough knowledge to get started with confidence and is a really good read.......more

Goodreads review by Chloe

Informational if not a bit repetitive :)......more

Quotes

“After twelve years as a US Navy SEAL, Ritland quit to found his own company to train dogs for SEAL teams, as chronicled in the New York Times bestseller Trident K9 Warriors. Here he extends his techniques to the family dog.” Library Journal

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