Before there was Max, there was Mike. A true story much like the
touching movie, Navy SEAL Dogs explores the incomparable relationship
between trainer and military dog.
Trident K9 Warriors gave readers an inside look at the 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.
This 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.
