I like Cesar because I think he has a great balance. He has NO issues allowing a human to treat a dog like a baby or a human,
as long as you treat him as a dog first, then breed, then human. He doesn't think letting dogs sleep on the bed is a problem (Victoria usually treats this as a huge no-no in episodes I've seen). His dogs clearly love him and it's very noticeable on television. Dogs don't "act" on TV and fake showing him love. He views his dogs as part of his family but he gives them structure at the same time. Just like raising kids... you should be their parent first, then friend, and they need discipline. It's no different. I think people take the term "dominate" the wrong way. The definition of dominate is exercising influence or control. Simple as that.
He generally speaking works with dogs that have some major issues, whether it be guarding, aggression, fear, etc so he's not aiming to teach the typical sit-stay-down behavior. People say he's all negative but it's just not true. Every dog is different for him and he never only uses ONE method. He never comes in and tries to dominate a dog that's terrified of everything for example. I've seen plenty of episodes where he uses food as a method to make something positive.
I, for one, have raised Jackson on a lot of Cesar's simple methods. Exercise, discipline and affection in that order. Jackson's honestly a great dog and I'm not just saying that. He hardly ever causes any trouble. He loves every dog he meets, never has growled, bit, showed his teeth, or done anything of the sorts to me or anyone because he knows better. He walks right beside me on the leash with no issues, he can walk past a dog and care less, a lot of issues I see in other dogs, he just doesn't have. He's very shy with strangers which I've been working on but if people just ignore him and follow Cesar's "no touch, no talk, no eye contact" he's absolutely fine. In general, I owe his behavior to Cesar because I started watching his show the week before I got him.
Bottom line -- I think that every single dog is going to be different and a method that works for one dog may not work for another and he knows that. Nobody is ever going to agree on how to raise a dog, or how to raise a kid, and I think the only thing we can do is
agree to disagree and do the best we can.
I don't think anybody can deny he's a good person, cares deeply for his dogs and every dog, he seems like a wonderful father and husband, and he's helped out thousands of dogs from euthanized, he's supported rescue organizations and aimed to stop puppy mills. He's done a lot for the dogs of the world and I don't think anybody can deny him that.