Navy SEAL Dogs: My Tale of Training Canines for Combat Author: Michael Ritland Gary Brozek Thea Feldman | Language: English | ISBN:
B00CQYAVLQ | Format: EPUB
Navy SEAL Dogs: My Tale of Training Canines for Combat Description
Trident K9 Warriors gave readers an inside look at the Navy SEAL teams' elite K9 warriors—who they are, how they are trained, and the extreme missions they undertake to save lives. From detecting explosives to eliminating the bad guys, these powerful dogs are also some of the smartest and highest skilled working animals on the planet. Mike Ritland's job is to train them.
This special edition re-telling presents the dramatic tale of how Ritland discovered his passion and grew up to become the trainer of the nation's most elite military working dogs. Ritland was a smaller-than-average kid who was often picked-on at school—which led him to spend more time with dogs at a young age. After graduating BUD/S training—the toughest military training in the world—to become a SEAL, he was on combat deployment in Iraq when he saw a military working dog in action and instantly knew he'd found his true calling.
Ritland started his own company to train and supply working and protection dogs for the U.S. Government, 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.
Navy SEAL Dogs is the true story of how Mike Ritland grew from a skinny, bullied child, to a member of our nation's most elite SEAL Teams, to the trainer of the world's most highly skilled K9 warriors.
- File Size: 2523 KB
- Print Length: 205 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1250041821
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (October 29, 2013)
- Sold by: Macmillan
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00CQYAVLQ
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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I read the 'adult' version of this book, and was very impressed with how the author presented the material. I was thrilled when I learned a youth version was being written, so I preordered this book for my son (under the age of 12). He's an avid reader, dog lover and tremendous fan of our Military and Navy SEALs, so it's really right up his alley. We received it from Amazon yesterday, and my son had a hard time putting this down last night (we had an issue with flashlights and reading under the covers), and started reading when he woke up for school this morning.
I'm happy he enjoys it - the book is well written, easy for children to comprehend but complex to retain interest for advanced readers, and the topic is interesting. The underlying message is one of dedication and strength, of setting goals and pursuing them, and of the value of being part of a team. My son is also somewhat familiar with the military and our war in Afghanistan (we have a Navy family member who just returned home) and I think this book has helped him get more of an understanding of what we're fighting and why.
It's a great teaching tool for parents, and I am happy to be able to use it to help my child understand better the bravery, fortitude and honor of the members of our Armed Services (man and beast alike). We're very grateful for the service of our men, women and pups in uniform.
By Angela Loves Books
The book is easy reading. Mike Ritland tells how and why he trains dogs for Seals and other organizations. Also, he tells about the dog's and their handlers experience on a combat mission and how the dog saved the lives of the handler and the squad. These dogs are breed to be work dogs and for intelligence. After reading this book you will be thankful for these dogs that smells, hears and sees danger. If you are a dog lover you will appreciate reading this book and learn how dogs are trained. I know we all have trained our dog to do simple tricks by rewarding it. It takes two years to train these intelligent dogs.
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