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Originally Posted by westieboy  How many of these teachers work with dogs as aggressive as he does? Many would just say put them down.
I'm a R+ trainer and I what Cesar does is mostly just a modified version of NILIF. His connection or innate understanding of dogs can't really be quantified so it's hard for most people with PHDs to figure it out.
FWIW my Ivy league educated Vet loves Cesar. |
Vets are not trained in behavior issues but they are trained in medical issues. I would go to a vet for medical reasons and I would go to a Board Certified Behaviorists for severe issues with a dog. Many of these PHD's are very involved with dogs just not on TV.
I had many Yorkies come through rescue that had issues...Cesars methods would have sent them over the bend and I would have been bitten many times. I have watched his shows and he fixes dogs in 30 minutes? I don't believe so. Working with animals that have been abused or have serious issues is never a quick fix.
I think one of the biggest things that turned me off was in his first book and it was towards they end where it talked about excercising his dogs - all his pittbulls and I finally figured out he was running his dogs about 6 hours a day....I believe excercise is good but not in that amount for a yorkie and I am not even sure for a pittbull.
I find most people who like him have never had a problem dog nor understand what some of his methods could do to a dog that has issues.