After reading this article title: The Science of Cesar Millan's Dog Training: Good Timing and Hard Kicks in the Stomach by this lady: Anna Jane Grossman, I totally felt sick!
Am sorry, probably am being bias or too brain wash by Cesar Millan, but I dun quite agree with the nonsense that this lady says...
1st of all, i dun see a "HARD KICKS IN THE STOMACH"! Please... as u self-proclaim as a dog trainer, i believe u should noe dogs are animals which will yell when its in pain! they ain't fish or shrimp which u hear no sound at all when u chop off the fish head alive! so if its a HARD KICK, u probably hear a loud yelp from the doggy! But I had so far never seen any in his show and no dog is reported dead after been receiving training from Cesar! and his own dog, daddy live to old age which i believe is around 14 human years, if his way is so torturing and so traumatizing, I doubt the dog can live up to that age!
and ur word of "Cesar Millan terrorizes dogs until they've been given emotional lobotomies and, zombielike, will do whatever he wants"... the zombielike, i believe it suppose to be like in total shock and dumbfound! but please, so far, I had never seen any that like in total shock or shiver in total fear, and how u claim it terrorize the dog? did any of the dog lost appetite and die of shock after cesar millan visited their house? so far in records, there isn't of reports of such!
Science of punishment, maybe to the westener its alien! but to us Asians, it part of growing up. In the olden days, or at least my generation, mothers will bring a cane to school and passed it to the teacher, asking the teacher to cane their kids if they are mischevious or not taking instructions! Thou am too disagree with the physical punishment but no doubt, it taught me to be a better person. The right amount of discipline is definitely essential for a upbring of a human as well as dogs.
By carrying out punishment is a way to reinforce good behaviour! Most importantly, punishment is to be given at the right time. I myself have a dog, he is an obedient boy, he too receive the right amount of discipline from my mum. When we visit the vet, the vet commented that this boy is a very happy boy and whenever we are outside, he never be aggressive or growl at anyone, not at all! and he is not shivering or in fear, so what makes u think that science of punishment is something to be critisize on?!
The statement [He says things such as "Be assertive" or "Do not bring the past into the future." It's like commanding someone, "Stop being depressed!"]. well, do u expect someone to tell u: DWELL... DWELL in what u have done before and don't ever move on! Be depressed, be very depressed, filled yourself with guilt and just go and die! HELLO~! This statement is totally ridiculous! Putting words nicely to ask someone not to be depressed or dwell in the past is something bad?! I don't feel so... Probably u had missed out some of his details, he had ask people to be calm and assertive and not to get frustrated or angry! isn't that great for a person's well-being?
Well Said - [I'm a Positive Reinforcement dog trainer. Positive Reinforcement practitioners are good at encouraging the behaviors we want and ignoring behaviors we don't.] ok... go watch Season 2 episode 1 of dog whisperer on the chihuahua, name Bandit! tell me... encouraging behaviors we want and ignoring behaviors we don't... ok for the lady owner, her dog bit her son, and she didn't stop the dog, no discipline as the owner feel that the dog is so small, and if he bite a human, the human can just move away. and ya.. so when the dog bite the son, the owner should just ignore the dog?! I don't know should I be laughing or should I be crying... if so than u are not a dog owner but the dog is the human owner! he own the human! so... when ur mom give birth to u, u discipline ur mom instead of the other way round?! That's a total joke! your thinking is senseless...! I do agree with Cesar in disciplining and understand by changing urself in order to make the dog recognise you as a leader is not as easy task, but it all down to how much u want ur dog to change! To me, my boy is a shih Tzu breed, he don't recognise me as his 100% leader but at least he's isn't growling or barking at me as and when he like, and am fine with his current behavior, I choose to remain as who I am instead of changing myself totally. But of cos, if you are having a powerful breed like pit bull, rott, I believe the change is a must, if not, don't get this kinda breed! Please can this Anna go read up Cesar's book, he mentioned : To get a dog that his energy can match yours! I think this is very important! its like if you are a size large, you can never squeeze into a size S! how can you squeeze yourself into a Size S and expect the clothing not to be torn! Get what I mean?
Lastly, on the timing! at least u agreed to one thing, which is the timing but too, Cesar is a human being, he is not a magician nor a wizard, he too did punishment at the wrong timing, please refer to season 1, additional episode which shows that cesar ever did it wrong before.
Cesar is not a saint! He is just someone who spend time and effort to observe, to understand and to create his own way to handle dogs. Be it u agree or disagree with him, no one is obligate to follow him blindly! You have a choice to do it your way but Please! Don't critisize when someone did all these not just for fame, but he did set up foundation to help the abused dogs, he did help alot of people to deal with their dogs, he did saved alot of dogs from been given up due to the owner disability in handling it, he did of course have some logic in his way of training! As a dog trainer, please respect others and their way of training. Its not ideal to gain reputation by insulting other reputable people! If its not for this article that is wrote to critisize cesar millan, I would not have ever know who the hell is Anna Jane GROSSman! Only you yourself know what's up your selves! Please respect other as other will respect you the way you did!
Thank you.
p.s. And yes, I have too help to push you up to another exposure, more people who read this get to know who is Anna Jane Grossman! Probably that is your motive behind all these!