Mike Ritland: K9 Warriors
The Jack Carr Channel
Jack Carr
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🗓️ 6 April 2022
⏱️ 132 minutes
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Summary
Today’s guest is a former Navy SEAL, New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, and sought after expert in the world of multi purpose canine training. As one of the first Navy SEALs in the initial invasion of Iraq, Mike Ritland witnessed a dog save a group of Marines which altered the course of his life.
Following his time in the SEAL Teams, Mike founded Trikos, providing personal protection dogs for private sector individuals and families, and working dogs for the DoD, TSA, and Customs & Border Protection.
In 2010 he founded the Warrior Dog Foundation to provide care for retired working dogs that would otherwise be euthanized, saving over 200 dogs to date. Through his TeamDog.Pet program and his Fueled by Team Dog food products he has successfully helped tens of thousands of dog owners train their way to a better dog. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Team Dog, Navy SEAL Dogs, Trident K9 Warriors, and Unf*ck America.
He also hosts the Mike Drop Podcast. You can follow him on Instagram @mritland and learn more about his work at mikeritland.com.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books of me, Jack Carter. |
| 0:17.2 | Welcome to the Danger Close Podcast, an Iron Cloud original presented by Navy Federal Credit |
| 0:21.4 | Union. |
| 0:22.4 | My guest today is an old friend of mine, Mike Ritland. |
| 0:25.8 | You probably know him from the Mike Drop Podcast, from his first three books, Team Dog, Navy |
| 0:30.2 | Seal Dogs, Trident K-9 Warriors, from his interview on 60 minutes or from his latest book, |
| 0:37.0 | Un-F-Astrix-CK America. |
| 0:41.2 | This came out last November. |
| 0:43.5 | It's a fantastic read, great gift for anyone in high school, in college, anybody who you |
| 0:48.5 | may think disagrees with some of the things in here. |
| 0:52.0 | It's very well thought out. |
| 0:53.6 | I always enjoy talking to Mike. |
| 0:55.8 | We first met each other back at ISA School, Intelligence Specialist A School, Pre-Buds, and then |
| 1:02.3 | we went through seal qualification training together back in the day, which is the next level |
| 1:06.3 | training you go to after buds seal training. |
| 1:09.2 | So now, without further ado, my friend, Mike Ritland. |
| 1:15.0 | It's good to see you. |
| 1:19.8 | It's awesome. |
| 1:20.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:21.8 | There it is. |
| 1:22.8 | So, dude, when this arrived, my kids saw it immediately. |
| 1:26.6 | And they all started cracking out. |
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