Cesar's Rules: Your Way to Train a Well-Behaved Dog Author: Visit Amazon's Cesar Millan Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0307716864 | Format: EPUB
Cesar's Rules: Your Way to Train a Well-Behaved Dog Description
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“Millan’s wizardlike facility with dogs—the calm he brings to them, the confident way he handles them—is mind-blowing.”
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Newsweek “[Millan] arrives amid canine chaos and leaves behind peace.”
—Malcolm Gladwell,
The New YorkerAbout the Author
Founder of the Dog Psychology Center in Los Angeles, CESAR MILLAN is the #1
New York Times bestselling author of
Cesar’s Way, Be the Pack Leader,
A Member of the Family, and
How to Raise the Perfect Dog. He is the star of
Dog Whispererwith Cesar Millan, National Geographic Channel’s top-rated show. In addition to his educational seminars and work with unstable dogs, Cesar has founded the Millan Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping shelters and rescue groups.
MELISSA JO PELTIER, an executive producer and writer of
Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, has been honored for her film and television writing and directing with an Emmy, a Peabody, and more than fifty other awards. She lives in Nyack, New York, with her husband, writer-director John Gray, and stepdaughter, Caitlin.
- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Harmony; 1St Edition edition (October 5, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0307716864
- ISBN-13: 978-0307716866
- Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
With "Cesar's Rules", Cesar Millan has provided a ton of information to dog owners about the history of dog training, various approaches to dog training, and how dogs have contributed to humans as working animals. Oh, and there's some dog training info, too!
The book starts off with some background on Cesar. It quickly moves into background and thoughts from many other trainers. This is probably my favorite part of the book (as a professional animal trainer) as I love reading about the other trainers' backgrounds and methods. I also love that Cesar reaches out to many styles of trainers, including those who may disagree with his methods. Throughout the book, Cesar is highly respectful of each trainer's methods, even when he points out that he chooses another method. I also have to admit (and this is my scientific background coming out) that I am thrilled that Bob Bailey was interviewed for this book. So much of modern training comes from the decades of data and thousands of animals that Bob and the Brelands (graduate students of BF Skinner himself) worked with, and yet I meet so many trainers who have never heard of them. Bias aside, I think the variety and quality of trainers interviewed is top-notch, which bodes well for later chapters.
I think Cesar gives a very excellent and fair presentation on the use of rewards and punishments in training, allowing each person to have their say. Even when he presents his position, he seems to simply present it as his method, and not The One True Way. Very professional, and I admire him for that.
There are a few chapters that give dog owners some broad ideas for training, and then one final chapter which gives information for training a few behaviors.
Cesar's Rules represents a departure from Cesar Millan's earlier books: Cesar's Way, Be the Pack Leader, A Member of the Family, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond. In this book, Cesar's first on dog training rather than dog rehabilitation, Cesar discusses his methods in context with those of other trainers -- and highlights those other trainers in dedicated chapters or when referring to their specialties. In his book he speaks with Dr. Ian and Kelly Gorham Dunbar, flagship representatives of the positive reinforcement school of training; Mark Harden, Hollywood animal trainer (including the two dogs who play the part of Sam in HBO's hit series "True Blood"); Robert Bailey, specialist in clicker training and long-distance or remote training in many kinds of animals; Bonnie Brown-Cali, trainer in community group obedience classes, service dogs, search-and-rescue, etc.; Joel Silverman, host of Animal Planet's "Good Dog U" and author of What Color Is Your Dog; Martin Deeley, one of the founders of IACP (International Association of Canine Professionals)and the author of Working Gundogs and other experts.
Cesar's calm, assertive energy is the star of this book. His willingness to listen as well as teach speaks volumes about the possibility of cooperation among different schools of dog training. The emphasis is on what's good for the dog, how to find it and how to implement it in your life, often with the help of a professional trainer.
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