Anybody watching Dog Whisperer on TV?

[CycleRob]

If you are a dog person with Dish Network, they are showing his 1 hr shows on the preview channel for the National Geographic Channel.(NTGEO). Each show features 3 or 4 different problrm dog owners.

It has to be the best hour show, reality or otherwise, that we've ever seen!! Bless our DVR with it's search & record features. I watched as Cesar Millan confronts, calms, controls and rehabilitates the most viscious, totally out-of-control dogs. He understands dogs completely and becomes the Alpha Dog in all cases. By watching about 7 shows.I realized that WE not only created the bad behaviors but kept on feeding them with our fun based daily rituals amd routine. I am better able now to mold our Boston Terrier into a non dangerous, much happier companion. No more going psychotic when other dogs are anywhere near.

Here are links that popped up when I Googled his name. Some sites have videos. On a 1 to 10, I give all his shows a 10.

http://www.dogpsychologycenter.com/
http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/chan ... whisperer/
http://www.dogpsychologycenter.com/cesa ... etwork.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Millan

[R4R&R]

I've seen the show advertised and my wife has watched it but I finally watched my first episode Friday night. He really understands the basic concept behind the social ways of dogs.

I've been thinking all weekend that I wish he would visit the east coast, and maybe straighten out our dog.

Good show, he can teach us somethnig about the way dogs live in packs and follow their leader. Most 'dog training' is really training us humans to act more in line of the pack.

[jb44]

Great show! My wife and I have been watching it for the last year. Originally it was a 30 minute show, with two segments.

The only part I don't like is when my wife goes "shhh", and tugs on my leash.

jb

[iowabeakster]

I bet he could help with "the prettiest dog in the world", my girlfriends Labrador.

[rdsmith3]

I have seen the show a few times. It is pretty good. There was this one dog that would literally take flying leaps at a chain link fence every time people came by. It was amazing how quickly he corrected that behavior.

Our dog (Boxer) is a great dog but she does have some bad habits. We had a trainer come to our house a few times, and it helped. The problem is that we need to periodically reinforce the behavior and we are not always good at that.

[CycleRob]

Cesar emulates what I would classify as a calm, unyielding Alpha dog with mother dog overtones that dogs instinctively know is the ultimate boss and do not question. That 4 fingered hold-down Mother dog's gentle "bite" to the upper neck Cesar gives to out-of-control dogs seems to work like magic. He intuitively tapped into the genetic "Off switch" that mother dogs use that immediately yet harmlessly disables ANY puppy movement for stealthy transport. Thousands of years of evolution have created that action/response mechanism in a dogs neck. It's amazing how it works on my dog when I used it calmly, softly, quietly to immediately stop a hyperactivity rage. It must be without speaking, without anger and with as little force as possible. It's magic, just like putting a frog to sleep by rubbing his stomach while he's lying on his back. Watch the show and you'll see the neck bite discipline used when necessary.

Cesar also is big on psychological control of dogs by behaving in an Alpha dog manner at all times. Calm and in control, along with understanding each dog breed's attributes and behaviors allows Cesar to tailor each training session so he won't get bitten too much even with frighteningly viscious, red-zoned Pitbulls or Dobermans. I read the on-line criticisms of Cesars methods, some saying they were cruel, ineffective and dangerous. What the hell shows were they watching??? I only saw a Dog Wisperer working magic using a benign "language" every dog understood and obeyed. Teaching good dog behavior takes time and he gave all his customers a great start!

Still watching the shows with immense interest and great respect for what this Mexican illegal alien has accomplished. He has an American wife, 2 sons with her and a Green card now. He has a big fan in me.

[garylspolar]

He works on kids too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3gZz1f_Kk

[CycleRob]

WOW was that funny!! Ann says that was r-e-a-l-l-y good. They did Cesar perfectly.
We watched it together and laughed almost the whole 9+ minutes it ran. She's still laughing in the other room.

Thanks Gary!!

[garylspolar]

You're welcome! Just one of several South Park episodes that have made me laugh hard.

I trained a dog (no longer with us) to use the treadmill... achieved the same result, of getting dog tired and rid of nervous energy, while allowing me to sit down and eat pie.