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 Disappointed May 29, 2007
A. W. Clark
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This video was recommended to me but I was disappointed. It dealt more with the general behavior of dogs rather than ways of training a dog to respond to various commands. A more specific training book was what I had in mind.
 Comedy and Informative May 7, 2007
S. Miller
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love Cesar. This video was informative and very funny to watch!!!! The guy has talent.
Enlightening March 9, 2007
Maurene Humphrey (Post Falls, ID)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a must have for dog owners. Ceasar cuts to the chase and opens our eyes to how we create the problems our dogs have. As much as we love them, we do need to understand their perspetive and where they are coming from or we can turn the best puppy into our worst nightmare. Just understanding their world helps tremendously and Ceasar pointing out human behavior and how it affects our dogs is fabulous........a great buy!
'Dog Whisperer' - studious ignorance September 17, 2006
CelticRaven7
17 out of 156 found this review helpful
Cesar Milan, the so-called 'dog whisperer', bases his training methods on a dog behavior model that is so out of date as to be archaic - from the dinosaur age. He teaches that dogs base all their behavior on their pack status, and that you need to use painful 'corrections' to convince them that you are Alpha. This idea hasn't the slightest shred of evidence going for it.
Yes, dogs do have dominance roles, but that hasn't the slightest thing to do with problem behaviors. Dogs do 'bad' doggy behaviors because they work. Dog guards his food bowl? Dog wants to keep food and knows that growling keeps you away. Dog pulls on the leash? Dog wants to get somewhere faster and knows that pulling speeds things up. The dog doesn't care whether or not you're alpha; he only cares that what he's doing works to get him what he wants.
Technically, Cesar's methods work. But they use force, fear, and pain to teach the dog, when you can teach the same things faster and longer-lasting with the proper positive motivation and non-forceful techniques. Cesar's methods also tend to create long-term problems, that obviously don't show up in a half-hour show. I have two hyper, active, highly driven rescued Border Collies, and they're both very obedient and mannerly. They don't haul me around on the leash, nor do they leap at guests, nor do they ignore me when I tell them something. I've also worked with many other dogs of various breeds, and easily trained them to be mannerly, obedient, even submissive, without the slightest bit of the kinds of 'correction' that Cesar endorses. I don't need to be 'Alpha' to get them to behave; neither does anyone else.
I strongly suggest that you don't buy this item. Good books to start with are Karen Pryor's 'Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs', Melissa Alexander's 'Click for Joy!' (also with a great problem solving section), and Jean Donaldson's 'The Culture Clash'. You can easily have a happy, obedient, well behaved dog without causing him fear and pain.
It took me awhile to "get it." August 31, 2006
T. Adair (Seattle, WA USA)
64 out of 67 found this review helpful
When I first watched this video several months ago, I was expecting to find some serious techniques that I could apply right away; a magic bullet to tell me in 5 easy steps or less, how to be my dog's leader. At that time, I have to honest, I was disappointed, and felt that I should not write a review because it would be negative. It is important to note, that at that time, there were NO reviews yet. Recently, I have listened to most of (so far) "Cesar's Way," on cd, watched the first season on DVD about 5 times, and his 2nd DVD in the Mastering Leadership series, "Becoming a Pack Leader."
NOW I GET IT!! "People Training," IS the primary, fundamental, very important, information, that must be absorbed before proceeding to any "training," exercises. Please buy it, watch it several times, rent or buy the DVDs of the previous seasons, read or listen to "Cesar's Way," and watch Mastering Leadership, Vol 2. "People Training," is Vol. 1. Even if you don't ever fully incorporate Cesar's techniques into your training techiniques, your life with your dog will be enriched due the understanding you will gain about the nature of dogs. You will never regret it.
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