Soldier Dogs: The Untold Story of America’s Canine Heroes

This book covers everything for WW I up to the UBL raid. It has fantastic historical details as well as great characters. You can find yourself attaching yourself to your dogs, only to find their fates to not be so pleasant. If you don't mind shedding a tear every few chapters, you should find this to be a VERY enjoyable listen.

A dogs purpose.

Not bad, but nothing ground breaking.

A tear here and there.

Enjoyed the story and very well done. The MWD is a truely awesome program and these Warriors are 100% man's best friend.

Rex and Ingram because they had a special bond.

personality

yes

I would be honored to adopt a retire dog ANYTIME. Semper Fi

This is a great book that tells many stories of handlers and their best friends as they work through dangerous terrain in war zones across the world.

The story of the marine who was killed in action along with his dog. Very sad.

Thank a solider whenever you see them for their sacrifice. They are dying so we can be safe at home.

Story received 5 stars, because we have 3 GSDs and 1 golden retriever (who won't--retrieve, that is). We love all things "dog", so we bring our hearts along with our ears to this listen.

Accurate research went into Soldier Dogs, warm-hearted anecdotes, tragic endings, and every day successes/challenges are throughout the book.

Kudos to the author for refraining from anthropomorphizing these dogs...her respect for them shows with every word. We smiled in recognition at the dogs' behavior and we cried at their mistreatment and deaths. Over the years we've parented 10 GSDs, 3 Akitas, 1 Rotty, 1 Golden, and "Clyde" our English Mastiff grand dog who lived 13 wonderful years.
Appropriate breeds for soldiering include size, willingness, intelligence, sensitive nose, and courage---2 of those 5 traits are genetic attributes of the breed, the other three are variables and described in human terms....not scientific absolutes.

The journalistic accuracy of the author's objectivity detracted from the potential emotional access the reader wants from any non-scientific tract about "Man's Best Friend."
i.e. the importance of a "Kong" in their lives to motivate behavior. All of our GSDs enjoy this toy (and its history was interesting), however the temperament trials conducted @ approximately 7 weeks of the litters reveal far more than potential for Pavlovian conditioning in future training.

How do you measure the attachment a Soldier Dog has for his person? And when that person leaves his or her---how do you measure the grief?

As in our human combat veterans, our canine vets deserve TLC and special consideration to live out their natural lives in peace.

Yes I will. Very fascinating book with a lot to absorb.

Gunny. He has a great compassion for the dogs and is so instrumental in preparing these handler/dog teams for war. The dogs are trained motivationally instead of with compulsion and he has proven that motivation is - by far - the best method to train these high drive working dogs.

See above. Nicole Vilencia did a great job as the narrator.

And Don't Call Them "Equipment"

This book also touched on "The Robbie Law" which allows for our canine heros that have saved countless American lives, to come home and be offered for adoption at the end of their careers and live out their lives with the dignity and love that they so deserve.

I don't know because I have not read the print version!

The information that I learned about MWDs.

All of them.

Thank-you MWDs.

I really enjoyed the store of this book. It is great to hear about these unsung heroes that we don't ever hear about.

This ranks hig in my dog library. Soldier Dogs are the unsung heros.

Each story had a connection to real-life for a soldier. There's a redeeming factor of soldier dogs with their handlers. The bond comes through nice and clear

The Narrator voice was a little flat, but it grows on you. In fact, the reporter-type perspective is what AMERICA needs more of. But it was a little flat, but not distracting.

This was PERFECT to listen to in snippets. If you are busy, you can put it down, but the moment you need to pick it up again, you HAVE to pick it back up again!

Stories that stuck out is the WWI stuffed dog, the recuperating soldiers and dogs reuniting in another way. Sad we have to purchase overseas. We are a bite-phobic society.

The 'inside' information about these amazing animals, their handlers, and their mission.

None that I am familiar with...

No I have not.

Not really... I like to give a story like this an opportunity to 'sink in'.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn about these amazing animals.

The book was so informative regarding the training of both the dogs and handlers without being too technical or boring.

All the heart-warming stories about the bonds formed between dog and handler were riveting.

The manner in which the author detailed many acts of bravery (both by man and dog) was matter-of-fact and not too sappy. There was little need to be sappy - I cried my way through most of the book. I'd recommend this book to anyone.