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Send your questions to The Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan

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RachelMumsnet · 20/12/2010 15:53

Great news for all those in The Dog House. We've been given the opportunity to send our canine questions to none other than the Dog Whisperer himself, Cesar Millan. Cesar is over in the UK to promote his forthcoming new series of the UK version of 'The Dog Whisperer' which will be aired in UK on Nat Geo Wild in early February 2011. We'll be filming some members of Mumsnet HQ (plus dogs) putting your questions to Cesar in January and we will be airing the film across the site at the end of January, to coincide with the launch of his new series. To stand a chance of getting your question to Cesar, post them to this thread before end of Tuesday 21st December 2010.

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VallhalaLalalalalalalalaaaaaa · 21/12/2010 20:26

Patterdaleperson, if you call your 3 yo a cunt, don't be surprised if he repeats it in the headmaster's office. Equally, if you demonstrate, remonstrate and encourage with aggression, don't be surprised if your dog bites you.

This, and sorry for repeating myself, but as someone who has just walked in on the conversaion you may not have read it, is why a rescue I help out at is caring for Jack, a lovely dog until he bit first an adult and then a child, who were holding remote control and mobile phone respectively at the time that he went for them.

He mistook these items for the remote controls of an electric shock collar. His previous owners had been following advice they learned from Millan.

midori1999 · 21/12/2010 20:29

Oh, an dhere are a couple of links if you don't want to take my word for it... plenty more if you look.

www.avsabonline.org/avsabonline/images/stories/Position_Statements/dominance%20statement.pdf

positively.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=600

stickersarecurrency · 21/12/2010 20:30

Dear god is there no getting the message across? PACK THEORY HAS BEEN DISCREDITED. Dogs are not wolves. Even if they were, wolves don't seek a dominant role because they are PACK animals and so their survival relies on close cooperation. I have had the privilege of spending time with captive wolves during my career and they do not eat cream crackers, fight over frisbees or routinely challenge their leader. [bangs head off wall]

JaxTellersOldLady · 21/12/2010 20:31

OK, I am now convinced that Ruby and Patterdale and on here to cause a rammy and not to discuss anything at all.

Echoing Val and Midori.

Bella32 · 21/12/2010 20:35

Am loving the mental image of wolves eating crackers, stickers [hgrin]

Bella32 · 21/12/2010 20:35
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ILoveItWhenYouCallMeBoo · 21/12/2010 20:45

"Sometimes parks and dog-fighting arenas can be easy to confuse - could that be the problem?"

Grin

hint: if there are lots of shouting and coaxing the dogs and money changing hands, it wont be the park you're in!

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ILoveItWhenYouCallMeBoo · 21/12/2010 20:51
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patterdaleperson · 21/12/2010 20:59

I understand where ur coming from but its not like that obviously u think he's a mad idiot who goes around torchering dogs but it obviously works i mean for gods sake do any of u actually watch the show...

ILoveItWhenYouCallMeBoo · 21/12/2010 21:02

patterdale, what would the show tell us other than what we have already discussed on the thread?

(and yes i have watched the show and read both his books)

(and it's torturing)

stickersarecurrency · 21/12/2010 21:15

It seems clear that you don't understand. Not even a bit.

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JaxTellersOldLady · 21/12/2010 21:23

I have watched the programmes and read one of his books, but to be honest, apart from the calm manner in which he says to behave I dont want to go around pinning or poking my German Shepherd thanks.

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ILoveItWhenYouCallMeBoo · 21/12/2010 21:30

victoria stillwell is extremely calm and confident, never seen her make a dog pee itself though!

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RubyBuckleberry · 21/12/2010 21:41

"Secondly, no I have never met a dog which I have not been able to rehabilitate. One of my close contacts rescues ex-fighting dogs, problem dogs, aggressive dogs and abuse cases. The state some of those dogs arrive in is beyond human imagination. He has failed once, out of hundreds of dogs. That dog lives with him and will continue to do so for the rest of his natural life. Another close contact has a 100% record with abuse cases, sick dogs and aggressive cases. Of the one case, I do not believe that Millan (there are two L's in Millan, by the way the other is an Italian city), would succeed where R has "failed" and we are both of the firm opinion that Millan's practices would, if used on this dog, result in someone getting severely hurt and cause irrepairable harm to the dog."

That is impressive, and clearly you have more experience on this matter. That was never in question. I have an opinion based on what I have seen with my own eyes and some of his stuff is unquestionably brilliant. To deny that is completely ridiculous and a little suspicious, hence asking you if it bothered you. I have no idea why the official organisations cannot recognise a lot of the good he has done/does for dogs and work with him in some way. Again, clearly I do not know enough about the politics of the dog training/rehabilitating world. Incidentally, I never professed to. I simply expressed an opinion.

I stand by thinking it mildly curious that as humans we think it useful to train dogs, a completely different species living in a completely different world in terms of its senses, with cheese and DOG chocolate (exasperated). Not really that controversial. I understand that some situations have been stressful with the dogs he has worked with, but in the end, he does it for the dogs.

I'd also like to add that the transformation in some of the dogs he rehabilitates, particularly when they go and stay with him in his centre, is nothing short of remarkable. To fail to acknowledge that is just stoopid.

RubyBuckleberry · 21/12/2010 21:44

oh and picking up on lazy spelling errors when i don't really proofread anything is just a bit lame

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midori1999 · 21/12/2010 21:50

"I stand by thinking it mildly curious that as humans we think it useful to train dogs, a completely different species living in a completely different world in terms of its senses, with cheese and DOG chocolate (exasperated)"

I would say the reason you find it 'curious' is because you know little about dogs or training them, as you yourself have admitted in this thread. (as an aside, people don't reall use even dog chocolate, as it too is poisonous to dogs in large amounts ans there are much better training treats to use for dogs) The reason we use treats such as cheese for training is that we know and it has been proven to give good results. The best results in fact and it is precisely because we know about dogs that we do this.

ILoveItWhenYouCallMeBoo · 21/12/2010 21:51

ruby i don't know why you are bleating on about all this good work he does and then follow up by saying you really no nothing about dogs anyway.

can't you see how silly that sounds?

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