Hopefully I can get some help with my puppy.
We recently got a 6 week old Rottweiler pup for Christmas. I had a male and female Rottweiler years ago and they had pups together so I have been around this breed a while. While I am no trainer, these dogs were very gentle, great with the kids and respected me.
This new puppy has a mind of her own!! I have tried “no”, growling, biting ears, shaking a can with the penny in it. I’ve tried the gentle pull up on the leash, holding her down…..everything I have been advised to do.
She is very good with dogs, cats and children but tries to push her way around me. She is a pup but when I do say no to biting and healing me she growls and bites. She really gets wound up when she is tired. I then put her in her room and she is asleep in seconds.
What else can I do to achieve the dominant role?
I am really tired of growling. Does Cesar have a puppy training books? I really want to curb these bad habits before they become dangerous.
Kelly

My wife and I absolutely love your show Cesar. We discovered it about a year ago, shortly after we were given an English Springer Spaniel puppy for Christmas by a relative. Sounds like a bad start, but it actually was welcome.

We had been training the dog, and he learned very quickly, you know, the basics; sit, come, stay, down. After he mastered those, we started on a few other things. And boy is he smart! He knows so many words that we now have to spell them when he is nearby. It's like having a toddler.

Luckily, we found the show while he was a puppy, and we were able to correct some of the things we were doing wrong, like we were giving him affection before discipline and excercise.

Just as we give our children boundaries and rules, we give our pets rules to. I grew up with dogs that had the run of the house, and I didn't like it. I never liked dogs on the furniture/beds (nor does my wife), and we stand firm on that. Once you set the rules, even if it's just one rule, you establish yourself as the alpha member of the pack. Once that is established, everything else is easier. I have even "bitten" my dog on the neck, and occasionally do so now, when he needs reminding who is the boss. We even taught him that he is below the cat!

We have learned alot from you, Cesar, and we will continue to watch your show, to help reinforce our training techniques so that our dog is happy and balanced.

Now, the only question remains is do you have any advice about cats?

what is the best method of introducing a second dog (same breed-same sex) into home//////////

I have a new puppy coming home on Saturday. I have Cesar's DVD, which is great! But I do have one question.

I plan to paper train this puppy, an Italian Greyhound. If I do plan on doing this, should I, or CAN I also take her out to go to the bathroom?

My reasoning for the paper is so that if I am working late, or out with friends, she can be comfortable.

Thanks a lot!

Well I hope everyone is correct...I have lived with dogs all my life now I am married and my wife wants to have kids. She has been teasing me latley saying Our kids will be the first to sit-stay and come when called.

I am happy for Cesar Millan shows, I have seen them all and still watching the new ones on Friday nights. I haven't have a dog since I was a teen, I am a mom of four and 2 of my kids are gone for good to college and work, and I have 2 still at home but they dont need my attention since they are teen adults.,,,, I am so ready to have a dog again, it is been a long time, and I want a puppy, a small breed, I hope that all that I have learned from Cesar Millan be applied to when I finally get a puppy, wsh me luck.

Several of Cesar's articles can be found here for those of you that would like to have something in writing to study or print for quick referencing.

Sean,

You're welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful!

we got a st. bernard puppy about two weeks ago and she is now about ten weeks old.all she wants to do is bite us our ears our clothes... we have watched a video that says to stop all play for ten seconds and then resume to show that it is not acceptable...however this does not seem to be working! all she does is go off and find another toy or bark until we turn bac around...im so lost as to what to do! HELP! one more thing...she doesnt like to walk on a leash and no matter how hard we try she just wont walk beside me! how do i break her and get her to do what i want?! please help me!

Hi Richard-I have had 3 German Shepherds over the years, and to correct unwanted behavior when they are that young, you start by firmly grabbing the scruff of the neck and shaking them at the same time firmly tell them "no", their mothers do this naturally (well not the saying "no" part) obviously) when she wants to correct their behavior, I"m not saying shake the dog like you hear about when women and baby sitters shake babies too hard-just a quick firm side to side motion.
Just keep in mind GSD dogs are very tough and stubborn-mostly because of their high intelligence, but I still use this practice on my dogs now who are 5 years old and 3 years old and it still works.

We have a puppy that will not stop chewing on our eldest dogs ears. How can we make her stop chewing on his ears? Please help.Thank you

well, after 2 weeks I got a puppy, she is a pug, tan color, and named her Moly, she is almost 5 months and she has shown stuburness as a good pug, well, I have been practicing alredy boundaries and limitations, like the shhhhhhh and pointing finger, and she responded to submission, like she follows me everywhere, to close that I can trip, so I did the shhhhh, and indicated and claimed my space,,, and now she understands by keeping her distance from me,,, pretty cool, huh? I saw her a few times spinning around chasing her tale, and I shhhhhh to her and snapped her out of it,,, she literally stopped it,,,,, or saw her grabbing shoes in the mouth to play with them and did another shhhh and she dropped it, the shhhh works well, is a sound that gets her attention inmediatly,,, and I tell you when I raised my kids back 18 years ago, I shhhhh my kids when they were putting a tantrum, and they stopped it. the sound is powreful, hahahaha..... I have been practicing putting my fingers in her bowl when she eats and she doesnt do anything, meaning she is not agressive, obsviously she is a new puppy, no issues, I hope never, well the only thing is she whines when she is confined in the kitchen, I leave her 4 hours alone during the day, and there's nothing I can do about it, I guess she will get use to it. so far so good, and all thanks to ceasar millan my hero. god bless you ceasar! many many years of Dog whisper, my favorite show ever!!!!

Ceasar, I am a huge fan of the show! My parents who live in southern cali, have a big problem with their english springer spanal. She has a problems being around kids and other dogs. They need guidence on how to be great pack leaders. If somehow you could help them they wouldn't have lock her up everytime there grand childeren come over. I never miss a show and I think you are great, and I hope I can meet you... excersise, disipline, and effection
Joel

I have a 13 year old Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso mix.
He is very aggressive. Lately, he has started peeing on everything. There is no excuse for it, because he has
always gone on pee pads when we are not at home to let him out. He can be very mean. He has slept on the bed with us
for several years. My husband goes to bed earlier that I do
and the dog goes with him. When I go to get in bed, he growls at me and shows his teeth and snaps at me. I'm actually very much afraid of him and he knows it. He barks at me all the time. He has been banned by most groomers. I have found one girl to groom him but he is
quite a challenge for her. He has to muzzle him and put a hood (lamp shade) on him. Do you have any suggestions.

As Kelly noted above I found a pit bull puppy in the Bronx, NY and rescued him. The first thing I did is take him staight to the Vet and get him checked out, thank God he's fine, but he is a loony. He is now about 5 months old I found him a month ago, I got him neutered, but he is out of control. I've grown up with all types of dogs from Pomeranians - Rottweilers and this dog has no manners. When I try some of your techniques with the hand to push him away he sometimes comes at me at barks and growls. But as soon as I stand up he runs to his area and just wags his tail. I am trying my best with him and I will not give up but he is giving me more grey hairs than I need. He's also very aggressive with other dogs, he thinks its playing but the other dogs get mad and I had to pull another pit bull off of him several weeks ago and as soon as I did that he went right back after that dog. He's got an attitude that will end up getting him killed.

I started watching this show and I feel has helped alot with my method of training. Iam VERY curious to know and people have scolded me for doing so, why shouldn't you correct a dog for growling. People "seem" to think you are teaching the dog to avoid warning signs when you do this. I feel this is very untrue and Cesar seems to correct them on the show by a simple poke with his fingers. I correct my dogs but word has seem to got out that it is wrong and you should "never" do it. So what....we wait for an attack and then correct?? I feel a dogs growl bring tense energy to human and dog. Doesn't this grow to aggresion and an attack?

B Riley you need to get those puppy training pad to go pee on. You also need to teach him or her when they have to go pee they have to sit by the door and whine to let you know they have to go potty.Also if you hear them whining & looking for a place to go takie them out side right away. I hope this helps you out for now B bye for now Danessa :)

I have four horses and a small farm. I just got a 12-week old Golden Retriever puppy and my greatest fear was how to teach her that she needed to stay out of the horses personal space without her getting hurt. After watching the episode with the Potbellied pig and hearing Cesar verbalize the communication between the pig and the dog, I realized that I should observe...and let my horses teach the puppy. I had to trust them because I couldn't watch her every second. I kept the puppy on a leash around them for the first two weeks teaching her stay back and no if she got close to the horse's legs. I set clear limits for her. After two weeks I let her go. She decided the barn was a great place to run around until the dominant horse in my herd gave her a little bite when she ran by his stall. Another horse did the same. She stopped running in the barn. She tried to grab the tail on another horse. He stomped his foot at her, she dashed away and didn't try that again. The horses seem to understand that she is a baby as well. She wasn't paying attention in the pasture and dashed headlong into the back leg of the herd leader. He swished his tail and gave her a look. The puppy lowered her head and slunk off. My horses have been together for over 5 years as a group. They have a clearly established herd structure and watching them allow the puppy become part of the herd has been amazing. She also loves finding and chewing sticks and will sit near the horses and chew her stick while they eat their hay. A horse will walk up and due to its proximity the puppy believes the stick is being claimed by the horse. She drops it and dashes off, sits a distance away and whines. What still amazes me the most is that when dogs show submission they will lie down and expose their belly. But horses show submission by moving away from the dominant horse. My puppy has learned to be submissive to the horses in the way they want her to, by moving away. I thought that I would have to be the one to teach the puppy how to behave around the horses but actually the horses have taught her how to be one of them.

Hi,my name is reba m.Iam 13 years old I had a rottweiler named "PEPSI" and I had 2 give her 2 sevrel of my family members well the last person in my family who got her they had 3 kids that had 2 go 2 school thier parents had 2 go 2 work they kept my dog outside.My dog was very heathy so I will get back on track this guy named guy lived with them he was on "Drugs" he was shooting up my dog was in the back yard this guy put a needle with drugs in it in my dogs neck. my dog was pregnet at the time well she died.I was going over there the guy was still there

I have a new puppy and my older dog is now not eating. He does not want to be around her and grawle at her all the time. I don't blame him. She jumps at him and nips at him wanting to play. They bark at each other. I heed help!

Hello i hope you could help me.. We are a family of 6. My husband, myself a 10 year old, 8 year old and two 3 year old twins. We had just bought a little puppy to join our family. She is a lapso apso x shih tzu and is 11 weeks old. Since we got her a week ago she has been really good with the kids and she always follows me around the house and i find she is very close to me, for when i leave the room she cries when she can not find me. Anyways today i went outside for a minute and my little 3 year old boy opened the window in the living room so that he could talk to me when i was outside and the puppy (Zoe) was at the window with him and was crying cause i was outside and she was inside. When my little guy bent down at the window she turned and bit him in the face. So i told my older son to put her in her kennel until i got in the house and when he picked her up she started to growl at him...I have not seen her like that... she is very loving...so i dont know what to do..I told her she was bad for bitting and then kept her in her kennel for awhile...So i guess what im trying to say is...Is she going to become mean to the kids because she is so close to me and how can i stop that from happening again????

I live in Slat Lake City Utah. I was thanking about doing what you do when I grow up. Is it hrand to do what you do.

What is the best way to housebreak an older dog or puppy?

I just found your show this evening. I just got a new puppy thats 2 months old. Its part Pit part rottweiler. Jet is his name, the question is how to best go about potty training him. He uses the rest room outside most of the time, however he goes in the house some times. How can I get him to come get me when he needs to use the restroom.

A great way to deal with teething is to give them frozen vegetables (carrots are excellent for dogs). But you should really consult your vet, if your dog is not eating. Ceasar is the best at what he does, however, having a good relationship with your vet is the best thing you can do to keep a healthy dog.

Dear Cesar,
My husband and I jus tbought a 8week old American Bull dog hes huge and beatuiful.We want him as a inside dog.We have 3 kids 10,8,and 5.The puppy(Sir Maximum) started growling at the kids when they tried to pick him up to play with him please help me to correct this matter.We have owned a St.Bernard for 12 years now and never ever has our dog growled at the children or eve bitten anyone.Please tekk me how o correct this the puupy makes me lteraly drag him on the leash and refuses to listen help help help!!

Hi Cesar,

I was recently "given" a 5 month old pug...my niece who is in college owns him but is unable to take good care of him. I am very excited and want him to be happy in his new home. I have started training him to sit, laydown, "leave it" and also potty train him. However, I work about 45 minutes away from the house and am away for 8 a day five days a week. Recently I have noticed when I get home that he is fine for the first half hour, but later becomes aggressive by pulling hair and biting non-stop. I have tried being firm and saying "no biting, putting him on his back, ignoring him for a few minutes and praising him when he is calm. I've read so many things about positive dog training....what am I doing wrong???? I know its me, but i'm not sure what it is?

This is for Henry about his puppy nibbling and nawing on the hands and feet. Try to break the habit of this now if you can becasue right now I'm having a problem with my Springer nipping and running because I really didn't stop her from doing this when she was a puppy. She thinks that it is a game, but my arms are marked up from it. Tell the puppy no bite and give him or her something that you want him or her to have. Don't ever hit you pup with your hands no matter what people tell you because they will become hand shy. I have found that nylon bones are the best for mine to chew on. I have heard stories about "Greenies" not being good so I don't give them to her. I hope that this helps you out and enjoy your puppy.

My 9 year old daughter got a 6 week old female Bichon Shih Tzuz puppy for Christmas. Her name is Honey. Honey pees everywhere. On the bed, couch, wood floors, ect.... We put her in crate at night and during the day now. She goes in the crate. The other day she was out and I let her in and in 3 min. she went. I tried the puppy pads. Sometimes she goes on them and other times not. My husbands want to get give the away. It would break my daughtes heart. Can someone please help me.

I love the show! The dogs are very lucky Cesar's out there rehabilitating us mere humans.

I have an eleven month old minature poodle albeit he's a large mini. My question has to do with his incessant barking. Our walks are 1-1 1/2 hrs. long. He walks. I ride an electric scooter. He barks at people, dogs, inanimate objects. I live on a very busy street and I've tried sitting outside with him. When people etc. pass by I tell him "quiet" and if he's quiet I praise and give him a treat. That's not working. Any help is greatly appreciated

I just found a website for Westies that explained a lot. I guess his hyperactivity is common with this terrier breed and mouthiness is just one of their common puppy behaviors. Who knew? Otherwise, he is doing great on his housetraining and he is very intelligent and loving. This was just a case of the owner not understanding breed. I love the show, watch it every week, it has taught me so much. It is so inspiring that it makes you want to learn more.

To Gloria Mesa, I was wondering, is your Chihuahua allowed unsupervised free roam of the house at night? If so, this could be the problem with her having accidents at night. Your little one should be confined to a bedspace at night, it usually will not foul its own bedspace, wherever that may be. Just a suggestion. We gave just the opposite problem, an accident once in a while in the daytime, but never at night because he is confined to his bedspace. Hope this helps you.

I've been around puppies and dogs all my life, but I have never come up against such a challenge my 10 month old Jack Russell Terrier Mix has gien me! I've tried every method to house train him that I could think of! Crate training, walks, scedules, showing him the mess and saying bad dog, i even changed his diet. What am I doing wrong? He knows when he's bad too, because when he sees that I've found the mess, he'll lay on his back and raise his paws to his face.. why does he do that? I don't want him to be afrais of me! Please Help!

Animal Cruelty Heartline of El Paso is aimed at rescuing, rehabiliting and finding loving homes for animals (pets) that suffered from animal cruelty or neglect. Just recently ACHE rescued an emaciated pitbull from somebody's backyard and is now in a loving home enjoying the comfort of owner's that properly care for him. In just 2 months he has gained over 30 pounds and is a healthy - loving animal. ACHE received an abundance of media coverage from this one incident and continues to get it with every case it encounters. Sad to say it is a constant scene in our community. ACHE has successfully gained the support of the Police Department, District Attorney's Office, and other local departments in the mission to STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY AND NEGLECT in El Paso, Texas.

ACHE is still waiting on the non-profit status to be able to get more donations for this mission - all vet bills are being paid by the founder of the organization - which is a huge strain in her budget, one that she does not have. That just shows the commitment and love for these animals!

We are organizing a fundraiser this year and would love for Cesar Milan to be a part of it. There are many animals that need this training, but more than anything the OWNERS are the ones that need the lecture. Please let us know if this would be something that can be arranged - thank you for all that you do!

ACHE

I have a one year old yorkie. I have worked very hard on his training and I'm very happy with him...except for one thing. He will eat the cats poo! Right from the box! I have it gated most of the time...but is there any way to train him not to eat it!!! It really grosses me out! Please help!!!!

Sincerly,
Poo eater!(not me the dog)
Samantha

Dear, Mr. Millan
My dalmation has turned aggresive and last night he kiled my cat. He is extremly hyper and I was wondering if I could do anything to help him not be so aggresive with others animals and children. thank you Jackie

Your site is very cognitive. I think you will have good future.:)

Hi, I have a 7 mth old puppy that I rescued when he was just over a month. He is my second dog. I am having some concerns with him and I am not sure what to do. At first I thought he was having "night mares" but it turned out he was anemic. So we have that problem solved. But he is now chewing on parts of his body till it bleeds. He is leaving horrible scabs all over his legs mainly. I am not sure what to do. The vet suggested oral medication but I am not comfortable with that. We go for a walk at least once a day. He does a major amout of swimming once we are there. I think he is very stressed out and I am not too sure why yet. But if I do notice he has exessive energy I will even take them both back to the off leash park for another walk. I just keep thinking there has to be a logical explanation for his behavior. But I don't know how to correct it? Do you have any advice for me without drugging my dog?
thanks.

For me, the rules are NOT the same with puppies. My 10-week-old spaniel puppy bites. Bites a lot and really really hard, too. So I tried Cesar's techniques that he uses on other biting dogs, but they didn't work. I wondered why, then I thought, "The rules must not be the same for puppies". But then I thought harder, and I think that the reason that puppies bite is because their gums hurt because their baby teeth are coming in. So my spaniel puppy and I lived happily together until he began to attack people. Now what am I going to do????

Ceasar, I watched your show for the first time last night. I believe you could really be a miracle worker on my dog Nirah.
( red nose pittbull )
I have Nirah & Rajah, both females and Nirah attacks Rajah any time she comes in contact with her or even any other animal. Dp to the attacks I have been bitten and so has my boyfriend. I love both of my dogs with all my heart and I just wish they could be friends again. We actually have to keep them seperate at all times and cover Nirah in her kennel when we let Rajah out. Nirah has busted the kennel door down and attacked Rajah.
I am just curious if you have any advice, or if you could help?
Please!!! Thank you
aimee

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I have two Westies, Beau and Baxter. Beau is two, and Baxter is one years old. Im going to get right to the point. beau is sweet but agessive, he will try to put Baxter in his place by attacking him. He also barks at the TV when he see's an animal or anything really. I love him so much that I would hate to see him gone fron me, when there is someone who can do something for him, what should I do?

Samantha.

hi,
my name is patty and i have a 2 yr. old male akita he has a cuple of really bad problems so any way the first one is that he is very agresive to other dogs smaller( and cats) than him and that he does not know..two he has been starting to be really toy agresive too even when we(the people his owner the hand that feeds him) trys to take the toy a way from him....three he has started to grawl at us when we try to take the toy, seperat him from the other dog or dogs, pretty much any thing we do now......and we have just so u kno 3 other dogs and 2 cats we have a american pitt bull terrier the female thst is a great dog and a cocker spanle who is a really stuper dog but mines and a golden who was just like the akita but is fine now after workin with him. we have tryed to do the same with the akita (phill) and every thing we have tryed seams to be makeing him worst and WE do NOT want to get RIDE of him or put him to sleep cause then we are not helping the problem we are just simply geting ride of the problem. well i guess i am just trying to find a way to help him and make him happyer than i know he is....i just really care about my pets and i really need help and so does my dog!!!!!
well thanks i hope you can help!!!

thanks, patty