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06/02/2026

AMEN—- to this

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06/01/2026

Aug 2025 -June 2026
8 weeks old vs 1 year old
Valentijn Belgian Malinois
What a beautiful journey of growth and skill development. Manners installed, muscle built, environmental awareness of how to act in different settings. This boy knows how to act in every situation. He is exactly what I had envisioned for my perfect Malinois. He is not “ hyper “ he is not “ non stop “ He is not “ a German shepherd on crack “

He is : a thinker
He is : bidable
He is : extremely malleable
He is : healthy ( we’ve never been to the vet for anything) he has own his personal veterinarian who installed his microchip while he was getting groomed and he never flinched..
He is : very affectionate with his people and dog friends.
He is : naturally aware and ready for action when a stranger acting “ strange “
EVERYTHING I could ever want in a dog and we are only a year old.💙

06/01/2026

"HE WAS ON THE BIN LADEN RAID. THE ONLY NAME MADE PUBLIC AFTER THE MISSION WAS HIS."
Navy SEAL Team Six | DEVGRU | Operation Neptune Spear | Abbottabad Pakistan | 2011
🐾 Two dozen Navy SEALs went in.
🎖️ One name was made public after.
🇺🇸 It wasn't a human.
Cairo was a 70-pound Belgian Malinois — and he was the only name released to the public after Operation Neptune Spear, the raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011.
His handler was Will Chesney — a 13-year DEVGRU operator from Red Squadron who had been partnered with Cairo since 2008. They didn't click immediately. Cairo was standoffish. Chesney had wanted a different dog. Fate had other plans.
Cairo had graduated from his training class as a "one percenter" — a dog with exceptional athletic ability and a tireless work ethic that put him in the top one percent of all military working dogs assessed.
Together they ran hundreds of critical operations across multiple theaters of war.
Then came the call.
On May 2, 2011, Cairo was seated between Chesney's legs inside a Black Hawk helicopter, wearing a Kevlar vest and night-vision goggles, as SEAL Team Six descended on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Cairo's job: detect explosives, locate threats, guard the perimeter, prevent anyone from escaping.
He did all of it.
After the mission, the U.S. government kept the team's identities classified. But one name leaked to the press — the dog.
Cairo.
The story went around the world.
What most people don't know is what came after.
Two years earlier — June 30, 2009 — Cairo had chased insurgents over a four-foot stone wall and disappeared into trees during a firefight. Chesney heard gunshots. Cairo came back. Shot twice — once in the chest, once in the hindquarters. He survived. He recovered. He came back to work.
After the bin Laden raid, Cairo finally retired. He went home with Chesney — ate steak dinners, slept in the bed, watched movies on the couch.
Chesney later said: "Cairo was my best friend. He saved my life and I tried to do everything I could to repay that debt."
Cairo died of cancer. His handler held him.
Chesney wrote a book. The title says everything:
"No Ordinary Dog."
End of Watch. K-9 Cairo. U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six. DEVGRU.
The bin Laden raid. Abbottabad. 2011.
The only name made public.
"No Ordinary Dog."
He was anything but.

06/01/2026

Cairo 70lb Belgian Malinois - Bin Laden raid 2011.
2 years prior was shot in the chest during a chase - made full recovery and went on to be the most famous Mal in history.
I highly doubt there will ever be a dog this great . He was a true 1%
Huge respect & love to his handler Chesney who is responsible for everything this dog became. Without the handler- it’s a regular dog with unrealized potential. Let’s never forget that .

05/31/2026

Excellent training on this gorgeous sable GSD.

05/31/2026

Deputy Mack gets a professional ear cleaning from Val 💙

05/31/2026

$CASH$ working on “place”

05/31/2026

Val 💙

05/31/2026

Hank & Em are here for their spa day ❤️❤️ These gorgeous doodles are so fun to work with. We love our doodles ❤️❤️😘