Quotes from Cesar Millan

In choosing a dog to share your life, you have an incredible opportunity to form a powerful bond with a member of another species.

As humans, the strongest scents we project come from our genital areas and from our mouths. We've all had the experience of a less-than-well-mannered dog sniffing our crotch areas—though within the dog world, sniffing genitals is considered good manners! Puppies

As we discussed in the last chapter, your puppy may still be in the "cautious" phase that marks the end of her early socialization period. So don't force the puppy inside if she is "putting the brakes on." Remember my formula: nose-eyes-ears.

You see, animals don't follow unstable pack leaders; only humans promote, follow, and praise instability.

First of all, if your dog is jumping on you, that's an act of dominance. Don't allow it.

Another piece of advice is not to make a big deal out of coming and going. If you share excited energy when you come and go, it only feeds an anxious mind.

In nature, a dog's life is very simple. Because dog's realities are formed primarily by the senses, they live moment by moment, and everything is focused on what they need to survive [...] Dogs do not worry about the future or dwell on the past. They exist in the moment, which can be something very difficult for humans to understand, especially with the stresses of modern life.

It's a natural thing for a human to feel sympathy for another animal who's in distress, but dogs don't need our sympathy. They need our leadership.

Unlike humans, who have the power (or curse) of denial to keep them in an abusive situation, animals will always move toward balance. Automatically, the brain says, "Hey, finally I get a rest." They are relieved to be out of that state of constant tension.

Siz kendinizi kontrol edebilene kadar, köpeÄŸinizi kontrol edemezsiniz.

When the puppy arrives, children should not be crowding around it to pet and play with it. Instead, they should quietly allow the puppy to smell them, then let the primary caretaker put the puppy in its safe place or crate.

Don't introduce an excited child to a puppy. Teach your kids early about the concept of calm-assertive energy.

Discourage rough games such as wrestling, tug-of-war, keep-away, and play biting, and encourage your children to master the walk and to engage in challenging activities such as fetch, swimming, and agility games. Teach children that all games with a puppy need to have a beginning and an end.

I am a big believer in the theory that the mental health and environmental stresses placed on a mother (of any species) play a role in the issues her offspring inherit.

Once the ears are open and they can hear a little bit, we do a lot of handling, picking them up, touching them, but we also start playing sound tapes. We do that at three weeks. We have realistic tapes of the sounds of firecrackers, vacuum cleaners, kids screaming, cars honking

The key, I told Chris, was in correcting Pepper before her mind got caught up in its excited, aggressive state.

leader is a leader around the clock. No matter how tired you are, no matter whether you want to concentrate on a ball game or your magazine, you still send her the same calm-assertive leadership energy.

But petting a fretful puppy can actually create exactly the outcome you don't want—a puppy that always gets upset whenever she is inside a car or her kennel.

If anyone ever says to you that people in the United States don't have kindness in their hearts anymore, don't believe them. I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for the unselfish help and trust of so many people who reached out to me. In this country, those two beautiful ladies in San Diego were the very first, but they wouldn't be the last.

Believe me, not a day goes by that I don't remember how truly blessed I've been with the people who've been put in my path.

Humans are the only species on earth that will follow a totally unbalanced, unstable leader. Animals, however—though I believe they possess an emotional and spiritual side—will only follow instinctual leaders.

As the Pack Leader, you should fill your dog with confidence and calm, submissive energy when you return home. Your dog may not look as happy, but trust me—a dog that sits quietly and looks at you when you come home is much, much happier than a dog that is bouncing off the walls.

Exercise, Discipline, then Affection.

Nose, eyes, ears