Tag Cesar Millan
Jennifer Arnold: Canine Assistants founder pens book, takes dominance training to task
Oh my gosh, this is a great article. I highly recommend reading it. The rest of the article is an interview with Jennifer. There can be no doubt Jennifer Arnold knows her stuff when it comes to training dogs. As the founder and CEO of Canine Assistants, Inc. in Milton, Arnold and her staff have [...]
Is it really cruel to perform an ‘alpha roll’ on your dog?
Very down to Earth article on the topic. Talks about how one of the benefits of pack theory for many people has been in learning to be more consistent with their dogs. However, the alpha roll itself is probably not so great. Is it really cruel to perform an ‘alpha roll’ on your dog?
Cesar Millan or Victoria Stillwell? Who Would You Rather Have Train Your Dog?
Here’s an article that really covers the latest thoughts on this topic very well. In the end, it comes down to which method science can prove works (not only for dogs, but humans too.) Cesar Millan or Victoria Stillwell? Who Would You Rather Have Train Your Dog?
It’s Me or the Dog – Great Dane Devotion
In this episode Victoria Stilwell helps a couple who have three great Danes. I actually really liked this episode. The couple were willing to do some work and Victoria was actually solving problems. One thing bugs me, and that’s that although Victoria doesn’t train like Cesar Millan, she’s started talking like him. This has been [...]
Recognizing and Working Through Fear
Kody is quite the dog. On the day he was given to me, we all went to Petco with Kody and his brother Flex. Flex was fine, but Kody was scared to death and shaking, and eventually threw up. What I didn’t know at the time was that this is who Kody was going to [...]
What Makes Cesar Millan so Popular?
I’ve been doing a lot thinking lately about Cesar Millan and what makes him so popular. And I think I’ve got it. As a way of manipulating people it’s brilliant, and it’s been used for literally thousands of years by many different people. (Obviously, not just for dog training!).
Learning to Have Your Dog Wait to be Fed
One of the things Cesar Millan emphasizes that I and probably all dog trainers agree with is that the feeding ritual is very important. Your goal is to have you dog be as calm as possible. Cesar has a pack of dogs, so the way he accomplishes this is the feed the calmest first, which [...]
It’s Me or The Dog: Nicole Sullivan
Last week on It’s Me or The Dog Victoria Stillwell visited one of my favorite actresses, Nicole Sullivan. I loved her on Mad TV. But there’s an interesting moment where again Victoria speaks out against Cesar Millan’s methods, like so many other trainers are these days. Victoria: What sort of training styles have you done, [...]
Victoria Stilwell Nitpicks: Dog Training Commands
I love Victoria Stillwell, and compared to Cesar Millan she’s awesome. Even if you love Cesar Millan, which many of my readers do, you can see that nobody’s going to learn to accidentally hurt their dog from Victoria. However, there are a couple of minor things she doesn’t do that I think are important. First, [...]