Ok, I’ve got a final opinion………
So, I’ve read and written alot about Cesar the Perro Whisperer. <Perro is dog in Spanish for those who took French and German in high school> My final conclusion is that I welcome him to the dog world. In my short time with dogs, I’ve tried and tried to get through to “pet” people about the same things Cesar deals with.
And not just about training but also about their perception of pet store puppies, puppy mills, fly by night trainers, Petsmart, PETA, Pit Bulls vs. American Pit Bulls, UKC/AKC versus APRA, and so many other things. Cesar gets THROUGH to those people. His charisma and assertiveness gets through to about 85% of the people he deals with. His simple mantra of “Exercise, Discipline, and Affection” is straightforward enought to make a dent in some noggins.
I can almost relate Cesar to Jack LaLane, the exercise guru. He is changing the way people think with enthusiasm and simplicity. Now, that simplicity is no different from the techniques that were used 20 years ago but he isn’t trying to train a dog for competition. He’s trying to make a dog “livable” so it doesn’t end up in a pound, being put down, or even worse, out on the street.
I don’t use or recommend Cesar’s techniques – but for any pet person who will believe everything they watch on the boob tube, I point them straight to National Geographic channel.