Jane Cranford, NJ 4/29/2010 9:01:44 AM we have just brought a new puppy into our home which presently has 2 dogs. my daughter visits with her 2 dogs often-my one dog is the pack leader-how do I get them to accept the puppy-our dog who now lives with the puppy and is the pack leader bite her when the puppy tried to take a bone from her that she was chewing-suggestions please.
frank killeen, TX 3/12/2010 6:55:29 PM i have two adult dogs one male and one female. my dogs do not show any agression twards me or my wife. but they are uncomfortable around my 9month old daughter. they even growl at her and we have to quickly remove the baby from the sistuation. we love our dogs and dont want to have to get rid of them. any advice on how to get my dogs to become more comfortable with our daughter to avoid her from getting hurt will be much appreciated thank you
Gayla Burleson, TX 10/28/2009 5:38:42 PM I have a dog that is aggressive towards all other dogs. She will try to fight other dogs. She will show aggression to all the animals she comes in contact with. She is submissive to me. She turns over on her back when I walk up. Please help
lilly Ireland, IL 10/14/2009 4:43:54 AM Id have to go with Cesar on this people.. he doesn't think in any way that dogs are little humans that need to follow us, go look at all of the positive stuff he has proved to us using his way. look at all the family's and dogs that have being helped by him, dogs that were to be put to sleep and now living happy healthy life's, look at all the life's he has changed for people and all only for the best, if this is not something good then i don't know what is. of course people will see things different but like Cesar he has proved himself live on TV that he can help rehabilitate dogs, id like to see other people that always have something other than good to say in action and what results they would have with some of the cases that Cesar comes up against?? id also like to ask them why don't they have their own TV show??
Brad P. Calgary, AB 10/9/2009 10:17:48 PM 1. Dogs do not organize behind a leader. This is an outdated idea without emperical evidence. 2. Humans are animals, so it is natural to expect some that there is going to be some common aspects in human-human and human-canine interactions. 3. Again, no concept of pack in a litter. Animals are far more capable two options that Millan suggests. 4. Dogs communicate not through "energy" but through sounds, posture, scent, contact. 5. "Pack leader" do not control everything. Several studies demonstrate that they rarely intervene. The energetic costs of controlling 'everything' would quickly kill the leader from exhaustion. 6. Dogs don't respond because they haven't been trained. Affection has nothing to do with the dog not knowing that a sound we make is supposed to be tied to a behaviour of theirs. 7. A per #5 this is completely wrong. Millan sees lack of training, and a failure of the do to respond as dominance. It is simply what it seems, lack of training.
Sammie Weatherford, OK 3/13/2009 11:18:27 AM I think Ceasar is right on. However, I have a french bulldog who is a little over 2 years old. He has always been well behaved. Suddenly, today, we had a visitor and Billy behaved aggressively towards the visitor and bit him on the hand when he tried to pet him. Bill is in good health and has not shown this kind of aggression before. I'm bewildered as to why after 2 years he is suddenly biting someone.
Stacy Mayfield Heights, OH 3/8/2009 12:37:50 PM I think Cesar is the best! I feel his way is the only way. Too many times trainers count on treats. Cesar proves that when we are pack leaders the dogs will be far more relaxed and will make far better pets. I wish I lived closer to Cesar because I would love to visit his place. He is an asset to the pet owners.
Ellen Philadelphia, PA 1/19/2009 7:32:01 PM There is no scientific evidence that dogs need to follow a leader. Having an authority figure, boss, leader, whatever you want to call it, is a very human idea. Mr. Millan's love of dogs seems genuine, but he is the one who seems to be imagining dogs as little humans who can understand who the "boss" is. Dogs, like most of us, want things. Providing those things when we see the behavior we want, while keeping them and ourselves safe by preventing unwanted behavior (with simple things like doors, baby gates, clearing surfaces, etc.) can smoothly and gently lead to a very obedient, happy dog. Should we be calm -- sure! But emanating some sort of imaginary energy doesn't teach a dog to change his behavior. For training that is based on truly understanding dogs, and teaching owners to do the work themselves, check out the work of positive trainers like Pat Miller, September Morn, Pam Dennison, Leslie McDevitt, and Patricia McConnell.
Cindy Bartlett, TN 10/29/2008 1:37:26 PM My 7 1/2 year old chocolate lab starting having behavioral problems: growling, snapping while he was being petted. This escalated after we were attacked by an Akita (this dog jumped out of a window and came after us while we were walking). While channel surfing, I found Cesar's program and remembered I had purchased his book. I went back to the drawing board and re-established calm pack leader behavior. We are doing great -walking 30 -45 minutes twice per day. When we walk past a "yappy dog" we remain calm and ignore him. Recently, a small dog that has growled and chased after us, sat and watched us walk by and then rolled over on his belly. Frank, my lab is much better -he is calm and submissive, and happy. I do have 1 concern, -he loves car rides,but if someone approaches the car he growls and snaps. Any suggestions on rectifying this behavior? And finally, thank you Cesar -I never fail to learn something new when I watch your program. God bless you for all you do!
Michal Palm Springs, CA 6/9/2008 4:04:16 PM This is a question, not a comment. We have a male Bouvier, four years old... A sweetheart of a dog, LOVES his master, and is great with guests in our home. When we walk him, however, he does not like to see other dogs. He does the "bouvier bounce." We are never sure if he wants to make friends with other dog or "kill them!" So, he is not a very "animal social dog". At our other home, in St Louis, we have a nine year old English Bull Dog. We would like to bring this dog to live in Palm Springs with the Bouvier. How would you recommend we "intoduce" them, and where? Any recommendation you can give us, we would really appreciate.