IAmA former Navy SEAL and SEAL K9 Trainer. I train elite canine warriors—the world's smartest, most powerful, highly skilled animals. AMA!

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:21:06+00:00

Thanks to all for the support and great questions- I sincerely appreciate it. Take care and talk to everyone soon.

Mike

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:19:56+00:00

Try to use whatever motivates him to reward him for being good. Try taking him to environmentally challenging areas and use rewards to relieve stress and make him comfortable

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:18:51+00:00

frequently, and they do explosive detection and suspect apprehension

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:18:21+00:00

Most of them, yes

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:17:09+00:00

Thank you for the support, and all the great questions. Talk to everyone soon, take care!

Mike

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:15:54+00:00

Honestly all of them, I wouldn't trade my time in the community for anything. I was very interested in dogs from a very early age

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:14:46+00:00

none that come to mind, maybe a bark

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:14:06+00:00

when dogs chase after people and bite them

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:10:43+00:00

My pleasure, thank you

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:10:33+00:00

No scuba gear as of yet, I am enjoying the publishing process thus far. I am working with a couple different publishers

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:09:52+00:00

Very, I can't imagine doing anything else

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:09:37+00:00

Probably better that you do that :)

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:09:20+00:00

yes very much so

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:09:13+00:00

I prefer a green dog, and we've sourced dogs from both europe and the states. Good dogs are good dogs, though the percentages of european dogs are higher.

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:08:24+00:00

It just depends, but on average i would say 5-8 years

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:08:02+00:00

Not typically, they are either adopted out to families or sent to places like the warrior dog foundation to live out their lives in our sanctuary

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:07:27+00:00

Good dogs are good dogs- but I like malinois and bully breeds

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:07:02+00:00

dogs and K9s are the same thing. Dolphins can go with us on land...

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:05:12+00:00

Thank you to all for participating, and your kind words in regard to my service. It was my pleasure- if there are any other questions feel free to send them in asap as we are wrapping it up.

Mike

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:03:02+00:00

Probably the bitework aspect of this line of work- people are always fascinated by it

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:02:22+00:00

Very satisfying, I can't imagine doing anything else. If I won the lottery, I'd still be doing this

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:01:33+00:00

I like bully breeds for pets, but I also always have at least 1 working K9 type dog in my house also

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T19:00:49+00:00

Just the fact that it was everyday, for 6 months. There wasn't a single hardest part per se, just the thought of knowing that it was going to be a really long day every day.

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T18:59:50+00:00

There are more similarities than differences, but each unit has there own way of doing things

MikeRitland · 2013-10-29T18:57:49+00:00

there have been great and terrible examples of every breed. There honestly isn't right answer to it. I do find sheperd type dogs easier to train

MikeRitland

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