Do you like Dog Whisperer Cesear?? why or why not??

Answer 1

He's "entertaining".

It's TV - not real life situations and how real dogs and people would handle things. We see a 10 minute snapshot of their lives.

EDIT:
This cracks me up. I get a thumbs down for answering a question about how I LIKE something.
Good lord. You people REALLY need to learn how to use the thumbs up and thumbs down.

Apparently if we don't "LIKE" Cesear we are wrong? That's nuts. Grow up and start asking REAL questions instead of ones where you just want people to tell you want you want to hear.

Answer 2

From what i have seen, he is great,

but i am hearing all this stuff about Cesear being

a corporal punisher and uses a shock colar

and never shows the unsuccessful dogs on the shows....but he does say 99 percent can be rehabilitated??

i have to read up on him and his books to make a final decision, but as a naive person, not knowing too much, i like him

Answer 3

I must say I have never watched his show.
My only experience would be through my grandson.
We have a 4 year old APBT, a dog aggressive breed.
My grandson got a APBT puppy from a friend of his.
The old Pit would growl and snap at the puppy. I didn't think this was going to work.
My grandson caught an episode of Dog Whisper where he was breaking a dog from wanting to kill a rabbit. He used the same technique with our Pit and it worked in a day.
The big 55 lb Pit and the 20 lb pit puppy run through the house playing all the time.

Answer 4

I love that he has brough dog rehabilitation to the public and made it a popular issue.
I do not like his methods at times - wrestling a dog into submission is idiotic - it is aggression pure and simple and very likely to get you bitten.

I've read his books and he maintains that all dogs are the same, another major fallacy. Hundreds of years of breeding have instilled certain traits and instincts in different breeds, along with their distinctive looks and they certainly are not all the same - a dachshund is a prey dog, an Australian shepherd is a herding dog, a greyhound is a runner, and a chihuahua is a lap dog. One certainly needs to take that into account when training a dog.

Cesar operates from the premise of the dogs he knew and worked with when he was in Mexico, dogs who peripherally lived along humans hoping for a meal or a pat on the back, outside, unvetted, and more likely to get a kick than a pat. He also states that the happiest dogs in the U.S. are those owned by vagrants, as the wandering life is ideal for the dog.

Cesar also berates people for treating their dogs like children, not dogs - well, a bit unrealistic in many cases, as Americans often do treat their dogs like their subsitute children, and there is not a thing wrong with that.

As I said, he has brought obedience training of poorly behaved dogs to the public eye, and for that we should be grateful - but there are far better trainers with a much better understanding of canine behavior and needs than Cesar.
He's personable and cute, which helps - and if you see his older programs vs. his current ones, you will see all sorts of declaimers now - saying not to try his methods yourself - and he now shows far more affection to the dogs he works with.
I suspect he knows he hasn't got it all quite right either.

Answer 5

I do prefer his more "pack oriented" corrections when it comes to dog training. I think the "clicker training" and using only positive reinforcement methods are destined to fail eventually at the worst possible time.
I don't agree with him that every dog can and should be saved. Training can't fix some things in a dog's behavior.

And I really like him as his personality shows through. He is very humble. That means more than anything else when it comes to character. I remember seeing him say that dogs don't know where they are nor do they care. The dogs in prison love just as much and are just as happy to be with their masters as dogs on marble floors. That is very wise and very true. I like that aspect of Caesar Milan. He is wise and humble.

Answer 6

He is ok and yes I like some of his techniques.
BUT just like the disclaimer on the show states not every method will work on every dog and you need to find a trainer you are comfortable working with and that you like and are willing to apply their methods on your dog if you want results.
You need to be taught how to train the dog and you need to be willing to use the methods the trainer uses. If not find another type of trainer who uses a method you are comfortable using.
Not everything works on every dog. each dog has its own tempermant and some can be pushed harder than others. Some shout down if you push them to hard. You must learn to use methods that are appropiate for each dog.

Answer 7

I love his shows and never miss it. I actually love it for several reasons. Mainly because he makes so much sense. Often times we impose our rules and our customs on an animals who have no understanding. He at least comes at it for their stand point of view and offers a look at it from teh dogs point of view. It is also entertaining, educational and I love any show that has dogs on that all live.

Answer 8

No- because people apply his techniques on dogs who don't need it or whose problems they don't truly understand.

My roommate alpha rolled my dog and did the bite thing (the two fingers to the neck). M dog has anxiety problems and he chased him down to do these things- my dog became afraid of big men and started submissive peeing around them. I made him stop and now he has stopped peeing.

I am going to try clicker training now. Positive reinforcement seems to work well with my dog.

Answer 9

I can honestly say that I have never watched his show- and everyone n the veterinary behavior community is against his training methods. I dont have an opinion, as I have never seen him.

Answer 10

He's great! My husband and i watch that show almost every night, and we have applied some of his techniques to our dogs with wonderful results!