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| Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems | 
 enlarge | Authors: Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  655 reviews
Sales Rank: 223
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1 Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0307337979
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70887
EAN: 9780307337979
ASIN: 0307337979
Publication Date: September 18, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Dull and not helpful March 1, 2008
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
With a new puppy, I don't have time to wade through page after page after page of autobiography and self-aggrandizement. I need real information, and I need it right now. After all the chapters of his bio, information isn't really broken down so that you can find it and apply it in a practical way. Even the index was unhelpful. A neighbor loaned me this book as a training aid and having never had a problem relating to animals in general, I didnt' find anything useful that would help me blend a new puppy with my lifestyle and household.
 Cesar give great advice February 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This guy tells dog owners more about themselves than he does about their dogs. A true dog psychologist, who has a good grip on the difference between a dog's behavior and a person's behavior.
Love him or hate him - it works February 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Many seem to have objection with being the pack leader; with setting boundaries for dogs and - heaven forbid - telling them NO!
I saw the first few episodes of the tv show then we moved almost 2 years ago and do not get the channel here. I'd already on the surface agreed with what I'd seen on the show - and thinking back to the farm where it was not only our dogs but the myriad of dogs people dumped "in the country" and even with a small pack there is only one case I can think of this wouldn't work - and it was two dogs who hated each other (friend's dog and mine). I'd turn mine loose, get on the horse and they'd all trail with or behind, one occasionally forging ahead. There were no fights, there wasn't aggression at food time, there wasn't excess barking or any of the problems I commonly see people post about today.
Fast forward 20 years and another 'pack' of dogs from a high energy smooth fox terrier to a German Shepherd, a couple border collies, an occasional rescue/foster dog, a few taken in to find homes...and it's a recipe for chaos. Unfortunately without a way to turn them loose and walk it means adapting, but the basics here still work. Boundaries and rules are in place, dogs get along 97% of the time (we're working on the other 3%). With the energy in the breeds and individuals I can't imagine *NOT* being pack leader.
That said, there have been dogs that have "issues" - and without exception returning to the basics in the book works.
Have done many of the things here before hearing about Cesar, however, returning to basics is always good and with animals - and humans! - w never stop learning. Whether it's your first dog or one of many, purebred or mutt, "rescue" or show dog...check out this book. The answer isn't muzzles and doggie pills and the myriad of collars and training gadgets available. It's time. Time to spend with the dog, time to understand DOG.
 He's created needed discussion February 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Cesar Millian has created needed discussion and awareness. He's worth the furor. Before him, though there were decent trainining manuals, it was the AKC that had the popular ear. And isn't it obvious that that Org is a bit nuts? C'mon! Do you really see those oddly tubby people running the circle with their overly sleeked up dogs. Fatties, every one of them.
And they wanted me to cut off my Chloe's tail! Nuts, I tell you.
Millan's common sense is needed.
But the book needs improvement. Less bio, more help. Truth is that even on TV he's not 100% lucid. You have to take the whole package in, and since it is humane and reasonably generous, you should. Valuable person, weakish book.
Blueprint for how Humans should treat each other and how to think. February 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Let me condense. Live in the moment. Look forward and not live in the past. Cultivate the good but do not punish the bad. Simple ways to use Psychology on your beloved pet or each other.
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