"The Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan
"The Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan
Which one is the dog?
All I know is last week when I was at the White House, yes that White House. I told Bo the White House dog to get down
He started dancing
Anyone who has not seen the Dog Whisperer on National Geographic, you are missing something! He is a miracle worker with dogs!
Cesar Millan - one of the few who can tell someone else’s dog what to do
I find these kinds of people are just jealous of Cesar Millan.
I’m the leader of the pack with my four weenie dogs... LOL...
As a dog trainer, I call BS.
But can he train cats.
> The study asserts that, contrary to popular belief, dogs are not trying to assert their dominance over their canine or human “pack” and aren’t motivated by maintaining their place in the pecking order.
Bloody nonsense. Rubbish.
How to train your dog:
1) Always be kind but consistently firm
2) Think like a dog not like a people
3) Reward good behavior infrequently and lavishly, and bad behavior never
4) Feed your dog good dog food always, lots of clean cold water always
5) Lots of exercise: particularly stuff that makes your dog mentally exhausted
It really is that simple.
‘According to the study’ just reinforces what I already know — too much research is DUMB.
I've had German Shepard Dogs my entire life. I've never used a reward only training system and have always used a correction based system, similar to what Cesar Milan uses. All of the great German dog trainers that teach GSDs and other breeds under the Schutzhund system use something more akin to Milan's. Why? Because it works.
These new-agey reward only training systems are ridiculous. Upon command, my dog will sit, stay or stand until I tell him to do something else. You could shoot a gun or a firecracker off, right next to him and he wouldn't budge - believe me, I've done it. He can track and will protect his "pack" upon command and I've never given him a treat of any kind except a pleasing "good boy" and a pat on the head - and he's plenty happy just with that.
I use Cesar Milan techniques on both my dogs and it works amazingly well. They are the best behaved dogs I have ever had.
Training your dog is a very time and labor intensive task. You can’t just imitate the Dog Whisperer.
I spent hundreds of hours training my German Shepherd for Schutzhund trials. It requires concentration and repetition.
Anyone who thinks they have “trained” their pooch because it does games is deluding themselves.
I confess that my dogs are not as well behaved as I would like.
No, to the contrary. I have found that a properly applied two-by-four upside the head makes a permanent change in attitude and demeanor.
Cesar is a Dog God. He really is. I’ve known one other man who is just as good, who trains police dogs. They speak the language.
The thing is, Cesar doesn’t use force. These people may have studied the wrong thing. I’ve never seen him manhandle or strike a dog, or throw a dog down. He rules dogs with his ~attitude~. Would other people who do not carry the same gravitas with dogs have the same effect? Nope.
These enhanced techniques are a recruiting tool for vicious dogs.
I love to watch The Dog Whisperer. Cesar is more a people psychologist than a dog psychologist, IMHO. He really has a knack for getting to the crux of the matter.
We have adopted dogs over the years, and there’s an excellent book called MINE! about dog training of dogs that tend to have aggressive guarding behaviors, whether it be guarding a place, a person, a bone, or food. I highly recommend it if you find yourself with a dog who “guards” things. Our last “adoptee” was a food guarder, and we found the book extremely helpful.
Well if we can run a national economy from a government cubicle why can’t we train dogs from one.