| I know it sounds crazy, but I love AND hate that Cesar | | | | is that he focuses on helping your dog get exercise |
| Millan Dog Whisperer show. | | | | and meet his other "breed" needs - like playing fetch, |
| It's fascinating to watch him re-shape dog's behavior, | | | | scent tracking, and so forth. |
| but it's really hard to understand his concepts and how | | | | Truthfully, I think a lot of neurotic or anxious dog |
| to actually make the dog change his behavior. | | | | behavior can be traced to people just not having |
| I have trained dogs before, and I have watched | | | | enough time to spend with their dogs to get them a |
| Cesar's TV show and read his books. | | | | good variety of routines in their day that are active |
| He brings a lot of "intuitive energy" to dog training. He | | | | (we Americans aren't very active, are we?). |
| talks about doing "centering" exercises and meditation | | | | For every person who jogs 3 miles with their dog after |
| at home. He says it's important to have calm and | | | | work, there are probably 10 others who just let the |
| positive thoughts in your mind when you are interacting | | | | dog out into the back yard and hope he runs himself |
| with your dog. However, I think he falls short on a lot of | | | | around. |
| communication to people in general, about how to get | | | | Unless you have a dog breed that doesn't need much |
| their dog to do what they want. | | | | exercise, this can be a real problem. |
| I have watched the show a dozen times or more, and | | | | However, all this and more is covered in the dog |
| I just don't have a solid grasp of how he would train a | | | | training manual I recommend. It is much more concrete |
| dog to do something simple, like Sit. | | | | and actionable than the "philosophies" that Cesar |
| Maybe Cesar focuses more on rehabilitating dogs, not | | | | discusses in his books. I think Cesar's techniques are |
| just training them. But for most of us, we need to learn | | | | fascinating to watch, but not very duplicable for the |
| solid dog training techniques that can get our dog to | | | | average dog owner. |
| behave a little better at home. We're not trying to heal | | | | For a real easy-to-understand and implement dog |
| him from some traumatic past or redress other major | | | | training system, I think Cesar's approach is a little too |
| problems. We just want the simple things - come | | | | murky. |
| when called, don't beg for food, stop barking, etc. | | | | Find out what I recommend instead. |
| One thing that I do like about Cesar's dog training ideas | | | | |