Disgraceful Rider

Cesar Millan is doing a tour in Britain showing how to interact properly with your dog.  I’ve seen loads of his Shows on TV from before he got so famous and what he does is common sense to an animal person. So few people now have been brought up around animals, paticularly in the case of those animals that humans have brought closely into their lives.  Dogs are not people and don’t talk to each other so you have to communicate in the way dogs do with other dogs and they are pack animals who need a leader. Cesar has a golden rule in this order – exercise, discipline, love.  I cannot understand why so many so-called experts are all steamed up about his methods cause I’ve never seen him hit or be cruel to a dog in any way in all the programmes I’ve seen. Where he is using physical ‘prompts’, these are confined to a quick tug on a leash placed high up on the dog’s neck to be effective and a ‘bite’ by using a sort of poke with his fingers to simulate a bite. He also may use a push sideways with his foot against the dog’s body to reinforce from behind the tug on the leash to help to redirect the dog’s attention to following him rather than paying unwelcome attention elsewhere.  The man loves dogs – I’ve seen  him control the uncontrollable – I’ve seen him deal with terrified dogs.  He always has to re-educate the owners to see their dog through the eyes of the dog and understand what dogs need from their owners.  This is exactly the same as happens with so-called uncontrollable equines - in 99% of cases they are not born that way but made by a stupid human owner.  Great guy … watch his programmes if you love your dog.