Reviews for How to Help Your Puppy Grow up to Be a Wonderful Dog

The average rating for How to Help Your Puppy Grow up to Be a Wonderful Dog based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-13 00:00:00 Robert Bayham One of my favorite parts of this book is the advice Cesar's wife Ilusion gives on being a strong woman. She says, "Women are the pack leaders of the world...women are the ones who are driven by our natures to fight to the death to hold the pack together...This determination to fight for the pack is our strength, but it can also be our weakness...you can't love a person...our of their problem or out of their issues. You have to find...the calm-assertive energy within yourself first. You need to love yourself enough to create boundaries and limits for yourself, because if you can't do it for yourself, how can you create them in a relationship that will help you flourish? Relationships are supposed to make us stronger and happier, but we can't become happier by loving someone who's not stable. "Certain loving emotions that we share with our dogs can be perceived by them as "soft energy" or weakness. What happens then is the dogs feel they have to compensate and take care of us. They actually have to overextend who they are as a dog, to try to make sense of what they perceive as imbalance. I've seen on so many occasions how dogs end up taking the place of a leader when they really don't want to lead. "To be fully present for my pack, I learned that I must set my own rules, boundaries, and limitations and hold firm to my own personal power. I'm no good to anyone--husband, kids, or dogs--when I let it go.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-02-11 00:00:00 Don Aanonson I am revising my earlier, below review to downgrade my rating to 1-star. Mr. Millan, a charismatic, self-styled "Dog Psychologist" who has no formal background in dog training, animal behavior or psychology, relies on dominance and fear-based techniques that are both disregarded within the larger dog-training community () and even considered detrimental by some. So, while I can thank Mr. Millan for introducing me to the concepts of training and behavioral modification, as well as hours of entertainment (NuNu The Demon Chihuahua will be permanently branded into my memories. What a riot!), further reading, discussions with vets, and work with trainers have convinced me that the core to his approach is outdated, damaging to the human-dog bond, and potentially harmful. ______ Written in an anecdotal, easy-to-read style, and using examples from Cesar Millan's show, A Member of the Family, guides readers through the process of incorporating dogs into their families. Cesar gives tips on how to interact with dogs, communicating pack leadership and good dog manners, and what to look for from the beginning, prior to adoption. He also provides instruction on how to begin healthy pack life with your new dog before ever entering the front door for the first time, helping to get your new family configuration off to a good start. He gives further guidance on vet care, traveling with your dog, minimizing the impact of changing family dynamics on your dog, and letting your dog go when it's time.