Dog Whisperer vs. It's Me or the Dog - Page 3

Large powerful dog that wants to lunge and a small owner?  Teach the dog heel, then when it lunges out correct it for breaking heel, tell the dog why you are correcting by saying "heel" as you snap back.  The dog will not have a bad association with anything, if he is trained by a clear set of rules- you heel and you are praised, you break heel and you are corrected.

The bad association comes when the person has no obedience on the dog and allows it to pull, but then when another dog comes along and their dog shows aggression they punish their dog by yelling or yanking.  Then the dog thinks "Hey, I'm allowed to do whatever I want, but when I do this, my owner freaks out," and your dog associates the other dogs presence with a correction.  If there is consistency in training then the correction will be over breaking heel, and the dog will accept that.  Shock collar would have to be used very very carefully, if you were to shock a dog when he sees another dog he could think it's from that dog.  If an owner was so physically unable they could not use a collar/leash correction, and the dog was out of control and needed correction, then maybe a shock collar would work if intro'd properly.

For those who say "I tried that and the pinch collar did not work," no, it always works-- they either had it fitted improperly, too low and loose around the neck, or they were not snapping they were pulling back.  Never want to pull or restrain a dog, this increases aggression, it's snap then loose again.  Certain dogs/owners need pinch collars.

i just wish i could make their money playing with dogs.  what ever they are doing, the market says there is a place for it.  anyone who can comment because you watch the show is helping their cause.

Their marketing and ad departments thank you for the support.

The trainers themselves could not be here for comment as they were stuck in line, cashing checks at wells fargo.

I have not had TV for 7 months and just turned it back on for college football.  I do not watch these shows.

What I like about Cesar is when he came on the scene, his message was "exercise, discipline, then affection".  He  wanted people to treat dogs like dogs, not "fur babies".  He was the first television trainer that I can remember who suggested that if Fluffy is a biter, there is an alternative to killing her.  Now there is also a lot that I find objectionable and strange, also a lot of playing to the cameras nonsense, that I could do without.  But on the whole I think he approaches dog training with more common sense than most other TV trainers.  I certainly don't think he's set dog training back, in fact I think he has done a lot more good than harm.

As far as that Victoria person goes, she's a joke. 

The thing is, it's just entertainment, and the reality is a serious show on dog training would be boring to most people, and would take waaaaaay too long.  Let's also not forget the only thing 2 dog trainers agree on is what the 3rd is doing wrong.

God, I saw that episode with the husky. After the dog was dragged into the basement he pissed all over everything! She also had the owner eating her cereal out of a dog bowl in front of the dog to show "dominance" or whatever. Complete and utter nut job.

Too bad youtube pulled that hilarious clip of Charlie Murphy cracking on Ceasar. "I told you not to f*^& with the children, Francisco!"

It's still there, funny as hell too!

But my favorite is when he alpha rolls Cartman on South Park:

Sueincc did not post the entire Charlie Murphy bit.  I think Cesar Millan is great and the piece is too funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXuj3Kss9c4

I see that now, KC was right.  Too bad, it's really funny.