CESAR MILLAN DIVORCE!
Cesar Millan from hit TV show, The Dog Whisperer on National Geographic, was sued after television producer, Flody Suarez's dog, Gator, was injured while under Millan's veterinary clinic's care. Read more below...
Viewers Want to Know… Is Millan’s
Controversial Training Method Cruel?
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- Suarez claims there was $25,000 in vet bills for Gator.
- Millan claims Suarez’s personal dog trainer was with Gator at the center, the entire time.
- Millan says, that as a favor to the trainer, the Dog Psychology facilities were used for free.
- Suarez and Millan reached a settlement on March 29, 2007.
- Terms of their agreement were not disclosed.
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Here’s what happened…
Cesar Millan, from National Geographic’s Dog Whisperer, was sued by Flody Suarez, producer of Book of Daniel and 8 Simple Rules. According to the lawsuit, Suarez claims his Labrador-retriever, Gator, was injured after having been left at Millan’s dog training facility, Dog Psychology Center on February 27, 2006.
Suarez stated that several hours after dropping Gator off at the facility, he received a phone call from a worker who said the dog had been taken to a veterinarian. Suarez arrived at the veterinary clinic to find that his dog was wearing an oxygen tent while gasping for air, after having been bleeding from his mouth and nose. The cause of his injury, according to Suarez, is from being forced to run on a treadmill, exhausted, while attached with a choke chain collar.
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Flody Suarez
Fan’s of the show have seen images of dogs running on treadmills, being jerked back in an aggressive fashion while on walks, and other training methods imposed by and preached by Millan. Critics of Millan claim that his methods are impractical and teach fear rather than corrected behavior.
“Millan’s methods are based on flooding and punishment,” said Dr. Nicholas Dodman, Professor and Head, Section of Animal Behavior, Director of Behavior Clinic, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
“My concerns are based on his inappropriateness, inaccurate statements, and complete fabrications of explanations for dog behavior,” said Dr. Suzanne Hetts, Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist and Co-owner of Animal Behavior Associates, Inc., Littleton, CO. “His ideas, especially those about “dominance”, are completely disconnected from the sciences of ethology and animal learning, which are our best hope for understanding and training our dogs and meeting their behavioral needs.”
Jean Donaldson, The San Francisco SPCA Director of the Academy for Dog Trainers, remarked, “practices such as physically confronting aggressive dogs and using of choke collars for fearful dogs are outrageous by even the most diluted dog training standards.” Donaldson continued to say, “A profession that has been making steady gains in its professionalism, technical sophistication and humane standards has been greatly set back.”
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There are some comments that scream attacks and perhaps jealousy. Nonetheless, thats what makes our country great. We have choices and are free to voice our opinions.
With regards to Cesar, I believe he has an effective style that works for many owners with
behavior issues. He admits he often has to train owners. This is what a behaviorist does.
The dog techniques themselves are very simple: Consistent, Persistent, Assertive, and
most importantly with a goal to achieve some balance with regard to the dog’s behavior.
I’m a fan Cesar. I love dogs. I dont approve of all owners. Stop hating!
Every time I see one of these responses about how cruel Cesar is and how outdated and worthless his methods are, all I get from it is how insanely jealous the author is. The insane part is these trainers want to badmouth Cesar, because they want DEPENDENT clients! Traditional Republican thinking. Just like the pharmaceutical companies who keep people sick because curing them would mean they couldn’t rape them by forcing them to pay out the wazoo for medication that eventually puts them into monumental debt. THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW CESAR IS THE REAL DEAL – he fixes the problem, then teaches you how to do it yourself. There’s no hundreds of dollars having to be spent on constant dog obedience classes. You fix it, it’s done. Like Wall Street, traditional dog trainers hate Cesar for showing the world it’s not that hard to have a well balanced dog. It’s nothing but pure greed to put a dog through weeks and months of training under the guise that it’s the human way to do it – that’s just keeping the dog unbalanced for a longer period of time. I’m not a dog owner, but after watching Cesar from the start I was able to fix several of my CAT’S bad habits, from crowding the feeding bowl (a big problem with my mobility) to clipping her claws!!! Cats don’t give a hoot about what you want them to do, but if you treat them like cats they will respect you! If Cesar’s ways work on cats and keep you from having to pay a bunch of money to cat professionals then you know it’s the real deal. The animal gets over it quickly and lives a happy, healthy life. If you think Cesar’s techniques aren’t working, then YOU are the problem. Learn to balance yourself first!
To NA:
So dogs are ruined because of Cesar’s methods? Meaning none of your trainers/behaviourists were able to handle them? Well then, I know someone who can help you with your hard, heavy cases!
You sound very young and naive. Like an 11-year old girl who can’t understand why someone would yank the collar of her favourite tv dog. Just the fact that you’re comparing dogs and humans proves how confused you are.
I’ve taken dogs and cats who were going straight for the needle cause their owners didn’t want them anymore. They were aggressive, terrified, very nervous. After a few days/weeks, they would feel safe and calm in their environment, and follow me everywhere. I have enough experience to determine what’s good and what works. And even though I did see Millan making a mistake on a couple of occasions, the essence of his methods is highly effective and positive.
The kid who thinks “the poor doggy is being mistreated” lacks experience. The adult who thinks the same has serious personal issues.
I love Cesar and all in which he stands for . I have also heard him say ” if you have a problem see a dog trainer in your area to get a better relationship with your dog ” so to all the people on this page who have said ” nothing is better than blah blah training or whatever , I have NEvEr heard Cesar put down another trainer or technique , and I mean really, how much harm can come from relaxing around your pooch ? NONE !! Anyone who thinks he is being to harsh is a fool ! He has never been aggressive !
Cesars techniques have worked miracles. The proof is right infront of you look at the dogs on the show, and what is this about choke chains? You can’t use a regular nylon collar for this because it will damage a dogs wind pipe. A choke chain is the resemblance to getting a correction from their mother. I have a pitbull who I’ve had since 2008 since she was 6 weeks old and thanks to Cesar I have non stop complements about how well trained my dog is. So you tell me how his methods are cruel and this science crap has nothing to do with it. It’s mother nature like Cesar Millan says NOT!!!! A test subject a part of mother nature and he’s helping us control our animals and ourselves. Maybe he should teach you a few things, and because if him I want to be a dog trainer myself. And his methods aren’t cruel. If you clearly listen to his show he says he DOESN’T use punishment only DISSAPLINE !!!! Because you are to ignorant to notice these facts and the fact that he has helped many people around the world having many successful stories. Your theory is incorrect. That is my opinion.
Whoever made the comment about Cesar using his dog psychology techniques on wolves is a moron. Wolves are not domesticated animals and have not been breed to accept humans. Lions and dolphins are pack animals too, and I don’t think anyone is claiming his techniques would work on them. Let’s see your techniques work on wolves and you make it out alive. Oh wait, you never claimed it would… Just like Cesar. Moron.
Also, Cesar never claimed to study dog psychology. Not sure why you cannot understand the English words and what they mean. You think you are superior just because you studied Dog Behavior in school, when the reality is that you are envious of someone elses proven success and who knows more than you with much less effort.
Where to start?? The methods used are based on a study, which was conducted wrongly to begin with, that are decades old and out dated. His idea of calm and submissive behavior is a dog that is confused and trying to calm itself. Anyone with basic dog body language and behavior knowledge can see this. His ideas about pack leading is also based on the same outdated study that involved wolves. Dogs are infact not wolves. That study with wolves wasn’t even a pack. Dogs aren’t pack animals (studies on feral dogs is where we should be looking to understand the nature of our canine companions should be done). There are far too many people out there watching the dog whisperer out there using Cesar’s methods, and showing others how to use them also, without considering other underlining issue such as health. They are just watching an episode with the same behavioral characteristics as their dog and trying Cesar’s way to correct their dog without thinking of other issues. Theres a reason for the disclaimer at the beginning, and throughout, the show. Dogs learn by association and to be constantly poked,flooded, and floored is just asking for trouble!!
Have any of the naysayers ever WATCHED the show? There is not one instance in which Cesar uses cruelty, or force, or “hangs” a dog, or even uses a prong collar! The only time he has ever used them is if the owner has been using it, but he eventually switches to his simple leads. I don’t know what you all are watching, but its not Cesar! He is a genious in that he is bringing to light all the problems that owners bring to themselves and their dogs, and he has saved countless animals from being euthanized by rehabilitating them. Body language? Yes, the dogs on the program become calm and submissive, not “drooling and fearful” as one post suggests! Get over yourselves, people, and listen to the man’s message of enlightenment!
The problem with some of these comments is that there is a palpable disconnect between “dog people” and non dog people. Dogs are not humans they don’t rationalize and reason the same way. A dogs behavior is dictated by generations of wild instinct. The methods of Cesar Milan are not only appropriate but necessary especially when dealing with a very dominate dog.
I have spent a great deal of time studying wolf pack behavior, and I know from this that Cesar’s methods are dead RIGHT. Cesar behaves with his dogs the way the Alpha male of a wolf pack behaves. Calm and assertive is the order of the day. The Alpha does not abuse his pack; after all, most of the members of the pack are either siblings or children.
The perfect synchronicity of the wolf pack as it hunts proves that the members of the pack are communicating with each other at all times, and that most of the communication is body language and “energy”. Something as small as the tilt of the head or the height and direction at which the tail is held “speaks” to the other members of the pack.
Assertions that Cesar’s methods are cruel are ridiculous. When he reaches behind himself with his foot and taps the dog, he is not “kicking” him. He is touching the dog to bring it out of what I call the “trance state” that over-excited or fearful dogs go into. A dog in a “trace state” cannot hear the human speaking. The touch brings the dog back to the here and now. A short jerk on the leash is used by almost all dog “trainers”. I have seen many dog “trainers” jerk a dog almost off his feet with the leash, and this is wrong, but Cesar never jerks the leash up, which can damage the dog’s throat, and he never jerks very hard. Once again, this technique, used properly, regains the dog’s attention.
I wish that all dog owners, trainers and “behaviorists” had to spend six weeks with Cesar Millan before they could be allowed to even touch a dog. This would ensure that all dogs would be treated with the dignity and respect that this magnificent species deserves.