Cesar Millan

Bake a cake to celebrate the Dog Whisperer’s 150th episode and you could win a call from Cesar Millan

January 31, 2012 By Joanne Brokaw 3 Comments

OK, Cesar Millan fans, enemies and cake bakers extraordinaire: What I am about to say is either going to make you very happy or make you so mad you’ll throw darts at my picture just because I shared this news*: Nat Geo Wild, the channel from National Geographic that is home to Cesar Millan’s the [...]

Filed Under: Animal behavior, Animals and entertainment, Celebrities, Dogs Tagged With: Cesar Millan, contests, dog training, Dogs, holidays, Nat Geo Wild, pets, The Dog Whisperer, tv 3 Comments

If dogs think and feel, do aversive training techniques cause harm?

January 25, 2012 By Joanne Brokaw 34 Comments

“It’s better to be hurt by someone you know, accidentally, than by a stranger, on purpose.” – Dwight K Schrute, “The Office” Oh boy. Dog trainers are butting heads again over a post on Ruth Crisler’s blog, called “Undo Temperance.” Butting heads figuratively, of course. Because we don’t want to ever butt heads literally. That [...]

Filed Under: Animal behavior, Animals in the news, Dogs Tagged With: animals, Cesar Millan, dog training, Dogs, Ruth Crisler, Suzanne Clothier 34 Comments

Review: Cesar Millan’s The Pack Leader Tour

January 16, 2012 By Joanne Brokaw 166 Comments

Last night I attended the Rochester, NY appearance of America’s most famous dog trainer, Cesar Millan, in town for his “The Pack Leader” tour. In the interest of full disclosure, until that point my exposure to Millan was limited. I’d never seen his show, never seen him train a dog or talk about training a [...]