Who you prefer?
Dog Whisperer's Cesar Millan or It's Me or the Dog's Victoria Stillwell as trainers?
Personally, I really honestly love both. I enjoy both of their shows and learn SO much from both of them.
I think they're two different trainers yet more alike than most think. They both preach about leadership and the human owner being at the top of a food chain of sorts. No eye contact, no touch, type thing they both speak about.
I like Victoria because a lot of the stuff she teaches can easily be done in ANY one's home and owners can practice. Alot of the things Cesar teaches are hard to do without HIM because a lot of times he will bring dogs to his center full of mild, calm, submissive pack members but not everybody has the advantage to bring their dog around other calm dogs!
However, if I HAD to pick... I think I'd pick Cesar over Victoria. Cesar just seems to have more of a "way" with dogs and communicating with them. He's not about teaching them to do tricks and lay down, etc but more so about learning to become a pack leader and "communicate" with your dog. I have truly learned so much from him and since the day I brought Jackson home at 9 weeks old, I have been practicing some of his methods, especially about the calm and assertive energy. I've gotten loads of compliments on what a good dog Jackson is when I bring him out in public to other peoples houses. He's a very calm dog and I think it's due to Cesar's methods. That's something you can use in everyday life. I just think he's a very wise, intellectual man and you can use his techniques not only with your dogs but in your everyday life.
Victoria is a VERY good trainer as well and I have definitely learned a lot from her too. But sometimes she can just annoy me. I'm not sure what exactly it is. But her methods do work as well. Cesar and her are similar enough yet different enough for me to learn different ways of teaching new things so I really love both of them.
How about you?