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Originally Posted by livingdustmops  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. |
Any show that I have seen where the people are having issues with a rescue dog, Cesar trains the people, not the dog. He tells them to stop coddling the dog over what has happened to them in the past.
It is the coddling that is causeing the big problem. It is reinforcing their unstable behavior.
He tells the people to be calm and assertive so the dog knows that it is in a stable pack and most of the issues will go away.
For the ones that are acting out, he takes them to his center to be around calm submissive dogs.
Cesar has changed a lot from his early shows, and he admits that he too has learned along the way. A teacher that thinks he knows everything cannot learn. Cesar realizes that he is still learning.