please welcome mike ritland. [applause] >> good morning. first i would like to thank the savanna that festival for having me here. i think what they are doing is a marvelous thing and it gives a lot of access to venues like this to be able to talk about what they do and what they are passionate about. so first and foremost i would like to thank them for bringing me here and everybody that is sitting out here for taking interest in what it is that i do in the book i wrote into the message i like to convey in terms of the importance of military working dogs and of the things they are capable of without your support. this wouldn't happen to think you for supporting me in the book. as it relates to the working dogs i grew up in northern iowa and there isn't a lot to do. there's farming and hunting. so it was kind of a i wouldn't say a destiny as picking one of the things there are to do so i got involved with bird dogs. we had a black lab growing up that i talked about in the book and kind of the gateway into the dog world. but at a very early

[applause] all right, thank you again to mike ritland. now, if you would like to need mike ritland in person and have him sign your book please allow into quickly exit the church sunny may 5th to the author signing tent at this time. thank you all very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we just heard from mike ritland about his experiences with the navy seal k9s. more from savannah in just a few minutes. >> women's history for beginners is the booktv book club selection for the month of february. booktv.org, you will see at the top a tab that says book club and you can participate in our discussion at booktv.org. we will be posting video and reviews and articles of to their tomorrow so the discussion will begin tomorrow. we will also be posted on a regular basis discussion questions. i hope you will be able to participate in. bonnie morris's women's history for beginners is our february of 2014 book club selection on booktv. >> you make an observation about childhood that really struck m

please welcome mike ritland. [applause] >> good morning. first i would like to thank the savanna that festival for having me here. i think what they are doing is a marvelous thing and it gives a lot of access to venues like this to be able to talk about what they do and what they are passionate about. so first and foremost i would like to thank them for bringing me here and everybody that is sitting out here for taking interest in what it is that i do in the book i wrote into the message i like to convey in terms of the importance of military working dogs and of the things they are capable of without your support. this wouldn't happen to think you for supporting me in the book. as it relates to the working dogs i grew up in northern iowa and there isn't a lot to do. there's farming and hunting. so it was kind of a i wouldn't say a destiny as picking one of the things there are to do so i got involved with bird dogs. we had a black lab growing up that i talked about in the book and kind of the gateway into the dog world. but at a very early

[applause] all right, thank you again to mike ritland. now, if you would like to need mike ritland in person and have him sign your book please allow into quickly exit the church sunny may 5th to the author signing tent at this time. thank you all very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we just heard from mike ritland about his experiences with the navy seal k9s. more from savannah in just a few minutes. >> women's history for beginners is the booktv book club selection for the month of february. booktv.org, you will see at the top a tab that says book club and you can participate in our discussion at booktv.org. we will be posting video and reviews and articles of to their tomorrow so the discussion will begin tomorrow. we will also be posted on a regular basis discussion questions. i hope you will be able to participate in. bonnie morris's women's history for beginners is our february of 2014 book club selection on booktv. >> you make an observation about childhood that really struck m

please welcome mike ritland. [applause] >> good morning. first i would like to thank the savanna that festival for having me here. i think what they are doing is a marvelous thing and it gives a lot of access to venues like