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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!).
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 [...]
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
Matt
Saturday, February 14th 2009 9:45am
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, [...]
It’s Me or the Dog: Pit Bull Predicament
Matt
Tuesday, February 10th 2009 11:05pm
On the latest episode of It’s Me or the Dog Victoria Stilwell helps Victor Wertz, a human dad with two pit bulls who are wrecking his home and just generally untrained. The Good Victor takes Victoria on a walk and the pit bulls are pulling like crazy. She asks how he is walking these dogs [...]
Tonight Seattle’s KOMO 4 News had a segment about the controversy behind Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan’s methods. I can’t seem to embed this video, so here’s the link. I’m glad they mention that nobody’s questioning Cesar Millan’s intentions, only his methods. I think everyone agrees Cesar wants what’s best for the dogs, he just may [...]