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The Dog Whisperer

Cesar Millan is the Dog Whisperer featured on the National Geographic Channel. I caught his show for the first time yesterday, and I was very impressed.

His training methods involve thinking like a dog — understanding dogs’ pack behavior. In this episode, his solutions involved letting the dog know who is the leader of the pack, and taking the dog for long walks to reinforce the fact that the dog is following and being controlled by the human, not the other way around.

Cesar Millan has even helped Oprah and Stedman with their dog Sophie.

The National Geographic site explains Cesar’s philosophy:

Cesar does not train dogs in the sense of teaching commands like “sit,” “stay,” or “heel”? he rehabilitates unbalanced dogs and helps “re-train” their owners to better understand how to see the world through a dog’s eyes. Cesar counsels people on how to calmly, assertively, and consistently establish boundaries and prove to their dogs that they are solid pack leaders; this helps to correct and control unwanted behavior. He doesn’t believe in “quick fixes,” even though changing some behaviors can appear to happen in a relatively short time. None of those changes will stick, however, unless the owners work consistently with their dogs. Cesar uses a stern voice and a calm, assertive touch to correct unwanted behaviors. In his opinion, rehabilitation never involves yelling or hitting a dog.
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Here is his own website: Cesar Millan’s Dog Psychology Center.

Take a look at his show, which airs daily on weekdays, and let me know what you think about it.

Here is a dog training tape by Cesar Millan - People Training for Dogs. Buy the tape at Amazon.com.

People Training for Dogs

Cesar Millan also has a new book coming out soon, Cesar’s Way : The Natural, Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Correcting All Common Dog Problems . Order Cesar Millan’s new book at Amazon.com.
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7 Responses to “The Dog Whisperer”

  1. Jen Says:
    September 15th, 2005 at 8:25 am

    I know this is an old post… but I wanted to share that I’ll be seeing Cesar at his seminar in October. Staten Island NY.

    It should be fascinating.. I’ll be posting my review on my blog.

  2. Pat Says:
    September 15th, 2005 at 7:39 pm

    That’s great! Let me know when your post is up, and I can link to it.

  3. Jen Says:
    September 16th, 2005 at 8:25 am

    Cool.. I will.. we are going on October 1st so you won’t have long to wait!

    :)

  4. EnergyPaws Says:
    October 5th, 2005 at 2:16 pm

    Hi Pat,

    I updated my site. check out my blog for my review of Cesar’s presentation.

  5. Pat Says:
    October 6th, 2005 at 2:29 pm

    Great article! I will put up a link to it soon. Thanks for letting me know about it.

  6. lydia Says:
    March 7th, 2006 at 1:27 pm

    i have problem with my dog breed is vizsla his name is blue and other dog mix lab with pitbull name is zorro they alway jump on people .. zorro is 9 years old and blue is 1 year old.. blue alway play bite zorro leg…just play but i told them stop play with legs…you will help me . i am deaf lady … contact me thank bless you as lydia

  7. Pat Says:
    March 7th, 2006 at 10:36 pm

    Hi Lydia,

    I don’t think it hurts the dogs to play bite each other. My dogs do that too. It is just for fun.

    As far as the jumping, I have that problem too. I have heard that you should teach the dogs to sit. Then when they jump you should tell them to “sit”. The other thing I heard is to make them stay back when someone comes to the door. I have not had too much luck with this yet.

    You might want to get a dog training book from the library or from Amazon.com to get some more ideas. Cesar Millan’s new book is supposed to come out in April.

    Thanks for stopping by to comment.

    Pat

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