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Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan: The Ultimate Episode Guide

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This is an enjoyable book for fans of Cesar Millan. It gives a synopsis of episodes, in some cases including a photo. A sidebar tells how the owners and dogs fared long-term, and sometimes a "Behind the Scenes" paragraph tells about what happened that you don't see in the show, such as a production assistant got bitten during the filming.

I was gratified to learn how some of my favorite pet owners turned out. The woman who was anxious about going outside her home continued to improve dramatically, for instance. Some of the owners did not fare so well, however. They were not able to carry through as firm leaders and a few eventually gave up their dogs to new homes. Many made improvements but did not reach the level of leadership that Cesar showed on the show. Others achieved their goal of having the "perfect dog."

I've watched many episodes of the Dog Whisperer and this book reinforces what Cesar demonstrates onscreen. You need to be clear on how you want the dog to act and remain calm and assertive. You should not reward a dog for being afraid by showering him with affection. Dogs are not human children.

This book is for viewers who want more information about the episodes. If you haven't seen the show and want to learn about training your dog, you probably want to start elsewhere, such as reading Cesar's book "Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life."

I am SO grateful to have this particular tool by Cesar Millan to go with the Season DVDs. "Dog Whisperer Show Season 3" DVD is supposed to be released around July 8th, 2008, I hear.

I have had a large (2600 member) Yahoo email list for over 3 years now. This list has had over 14,500 members, who have used different elements of Cesar's solutions to solve the problem behaviors of their dog successfully, as well as to understand how to prevent them in the future. One of the greatest challenges we have faced there, is remember which episodes covers what kind of problems, with what kind of dogs in what kind of conditions. The episode guide makes finding those answers so fast now!

I am not sure which elements of this book I love more. The dog breed guide so when I am looking for problems Cesar has addressed by breed so I could just refer to that list. "Two days ago, someone was asking about their non-stop braying beagle Cesar solutions and they said they watched the TV show on Nat Geo. In just minutes, I had a list of the 6 episodes from Season 1-3. I LOVE my Season DVD's also available here but am constantly frustrated that there are only two line descriptions and in the 317 episodes from just those three seasons, I CANNOT remember which episode I saw what solution!

Having the Season 1-3 Episode guide solved that because NOW I was able to not only talk about which episodes were specific to beagles "who do have some - uhhhh, unique breed challenges that most urban people are not skilled enough to solve - g" but I was able to specifically refer to my top two favorite solutions for this kind of dog, that was used in the specific episodes for them to be able to watch and SEE what they could do themselves!

I also LOVE to read or write about the follow up stories of the successes that the dog owners have had including the simple recognition of the fact that the dog requires more work then they were willing to give and the subsequent successful re-homing into a forever home with people who understand how to work with that kind of dog to simply changing the HUMAN behavior to change the dog behavior into the desired outcome!

Since I work with so many rescue dogs and dog groups, I actually bought a second book to carry with me in the car so I can look up solutions BECAUSE if you go to the video page of the National Geographic Website you can see video clips of these same episodes to go with the book so you don't even NEED to GET the Nat Geo channel!!!

This book solves the problem that comes because the video clips only show the solution/result. I you have the book you can now get the whole overview, background not even discussed in the show and behind the scenes information to get context!

Then, if you get the free software Miro, you can download these clips into your computer to look up whether you are online or not or if you have an IPOD, to download those whole episodes to watch, based on what you identify that you need to look at from the information in this book! Finally you can amble over to youtube and see other video about successful Cesar's way examples.clips, including mine (under /cjanderson, where I show ten concrete examples of how I have used Cesar's Pack Leader techniques that I learned from the episodes discussed in THIS book's pages to help rehab over 25 problem dogs who were going to be euthanized if someone didn't step forward to help, and the someone who stepped forward here with those dogs was just me, a dog lover who watched and learned from the episodes listed in this wonderful guide!

It has never been easier to show someone else the simple and often easily and safely replicatable solutions to change problem dog behaviors using this guide with the online free videos of Cesar's Dog Whisperer Shows!

I find this book very helpful to the dog owner. You can find the episode that matches your dog's behavior,which can give you tips on what to do with your dog,learning how Cesar works with the dog and the dog's owner basically learning how to interact with the dog,and doing what can keep the dog,as Cesar says,"calm and balanced". A Great book I recommend it!

Great to know what episodes deal with what problem so it is easier to find those episodes on the three seasons of the Dog Whisperer DVD.

Can find out what happened long term to the dogs and the owners success rate using Cesar's methods on using energy.

Louise

This nifty guide to National Geographic's Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan is perfect for anyone from the casual viewer to the dedicated fan/dog owner who wishes to improve his or her (pack) leadership skills.

The book contains a summary of each episode: namely, the problem(s) shared by the dog(s) and its owners, what methods Cesar uses to overcome the dog's issues and the owners' issues, how he develops the owners' leadership skills, re-unites owner with dog for a successful "re-union" where the owner demonstrates leadership mastery over the dog, and then provides a quick follow-up of what happened after Cesar left; i.e. if the owner(s) were able to continue Cesar's way with the dog(s), whether Cesar had to return, or if the dog(s) had to be given up for adoption.

The book is divided into sections classified by problems behaviors; for instance, food aggression, barking, and so forth. When searching for the exact episode to view for the solution to a specific problem, this is the ideal, and perhaps, the only approach. In this, Milio's organization is to be praised.

Overall, this is an excellent resource for all dog fanciers and owners--not merely those who are fans of Cesar Millan's show and philosophy.

Although I am a fan of the show, I was hoping that this book gave more details on how-to's rather than just brief summary of the episode. Not too useful if you are looking for solid info and tips on modifying dog behavior--you'd get more from watching the episodes.

I really like the series the Dog Whisperer and I have a lot of respect for the work Cesar does, esp. with the "red zone" cases. He saves a lot of dogs from being put down due to behavioral problems. This was a good book with a lot of cases histories and any Cesar fan will enjoy it!

Cesar is a classic with animals. All his books, and shows are educational for animal lovers. I do not always do exactly like he says, but that does not mean that I shouldn't be. I took my mother's dog after buying this book for my mother. She could not handle this little Chihuahua. He is a rescue dog and has some issues. Cesar says not to let the dog choose his path for a walk. He is correct because I have let this dog choose and he tries to boss me around now. No problem, he is small enough to handle. When he gets stubborn I always win out. Cesar is an expert and looks at dog handling professionally. I do not, I let the dog sleep with me and other things he warns against, but he is a master of his trade and I do respect his opinions.

If you have a collection of Cesar's Dog whisperer - Season's 1-3, this is a well documented guide to take you to the right episode and enjoy the video that you are looking for.

Well index based of different types of dog behavior, dog breed, and season's.

The tips highlight important facts of the episode and also cover some behind the scene conversation.

Excellent tool!.. i have reviewed this book several times, as an index to watch the exact behavior video.

Thanks to author for making this easy for us!..

We have learned so much from Cesar Millan about our dogs.
We have been putting this into practice and understand our dogs so much better!