Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan

Author:Cesar Millan [Millan, Cesar]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Non-Fiction, Self Help, Memoir, Biography, Autobiography, C429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 9780307337979
Google: e8ZUY8JKW4YC
Amazon: 0307337979
Goodreads: 7546
Publisher: Harmony
Published: 2006-04-03T23:00:00+00:00

Pepper On “Her” Couch.

This clearly wasn’t the kind of behavior that could be tolerated. It wasn’t harmless—Pepper had torn the hem off someone’s pant leg once, and if she kept on threatening Chris and Scott’s clients, it could be very damaging to their business. Chris was afraid he’d have to get rid of her—for many dogs whose owners can’t find substitute homes for them (and how many people will take on a dog that they know has problems?), this means being given back to a shelter.

Unfortunately, 56 percent of dogs who go to shelters—especially dogs who’ve been returned multiple times—end up being euthanized, simply because they can’t find a human who can get along with them27.

Chris called me in as a last resort. He was seriously thinking about giving Pepper away. In talking with him and Scott, it was clear to me that the two of them were giving Pepper no leadership whatsoever in the studio. From the moment she walked in, the place was hers—no rules, boundaries, or limitations. Chris would walk in the door and immediately start concentrating on his work, and Pepper would be left to fend for herself. Since neither Chris nor Scott was acting like the “leader” in the environment of the studio—at least, not in dog terms—Pepper assumed that it was all up to her. She was the queen, and she neurotically protected her territory in the only ways she knew how.

It was in the course of our conversation that I found out that Chris had been perfectly successful in walking Pepper out in the street—even off-leash. It’s much more difficult to get a dog to obey you in the great outdoors, with all its distractions, than it is inside the boundaries of home. I have many more cases of dogs that are compliant in the house but that misbehave on walks than the other way around, so I found this case intriguing. I asked Chris to demonstrate for me how he walked to work with Pepper, and I saw a completely different animal. I also saw a completely different Chris! He was focused, in control, and clearly looking out for Pepper, and they seemed to be emotionally in tune with each other. Why was the situation so radically different in the studio?

Basically when Chris came to work, he shifted into a different mind-set. All the great discipline that he had instilled in Pepper went out the window the minute the two of them came through the studio door. Chris had reneged on his leadership obligations, partly out of lack of information about dog psychology, but also partly because being a leader is hard work. It does take a certain amount of energy and concentration to be one all the time, and Chris was often so busy and harried at work that he couldn’t be bothered with setting proper rules for Pepper. Once they left work, he redirected his energy to being her leader again, and everything was fine. But now, because the situation

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