Hello Everyone,

I have a problem that I could use any suggestions to help. I have 2 min. Schnauzers that I've had for 4 years. My son just moved in with a year old pit bull/rotweiller(sp?) She is a good dog but my little dogs are having huge issues. we almost had a dead schnauszer tonight when he tried to get his bone back from the Pit...
How do i introduce these dogs to each other? My son's dog is not aggressive at all and is actually the kind one compared to my little ones. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

This segment of tonight's episode was so very close to what I want to accomplish with my husky mix. The main difference is...she has taken over our neighbor's vacation mountain cabin as hers! Julyan is the only one of my pack of six who has expanded her territory as to what she should protect. She camps out under a truck permanently parked at the neighbor's and won't let them enter their own front door (they visit infrequently). She charges them and is scary, but has yet to bite. Neighbor throws firecrackers at her, which incenses her (and me). Help!

HELP!
My husband and I are the very proud owners of a 5-month old Havaton (1/2 Havanese & 1/2 Coton de Tulear) puppy.
She is absolutely adorable, except for one MAJOR issue.
"Zashi" is having very, very difficult separation anxiety especially when Mommy leaves for work. She cries and cries, throws up her food, and has on one occasion, urinated in her crate.
I am at my wits' end! I have been trying to center my own attitude, because I believe she may be "picking up" on my own fears. But sadly, it does not seem to be working...
My heart is SO heavy at work, because I know how sad she is that no one is there for her.

WHAT CAN I DO????
Thank you so much for any help you can give us.
Very sincerely,
Dorrie Costa
Hagerstown, Maryland

Good afternoon everyone, I have a slight problem that I hope does not get any bigger. I have two mix breeds, (1) an Akita/Chow named Whiskey who is 11 yrs old and (2) a Husky/Lab named Blue who is 8 yrs old. Within the past 6 months Whiskey has been getting very aggressive with Blue and the three cats who are 9, 7 and 3 yrs old. Sometimes if any of them walk by her she'll just get up and attack. Blue is now afraid to walk by her bed to go outside if she's in it. Some of the fights get very scary. My husband has to pull Whiskey off of
Blue because she has him pinned down. This only happens in to house, when they out they are like a united force against everything else. Some people say that Whiskey is just getting old, but I know that is not the only reason. If anyone has any ideas I would greatly appreciate it.

Happy Halloween Dorrie!

I have no idea what your morning routine is like for "Zashi." A general rule for dogs is "a tired dog is a good dog."

Some questions for you:
When do you awaken in the morning?
Do you or your husband take Zashi for a walk in the morning and again in the evening? For how long? A few minutes? A half hour?
Do you walk out the door calmly when you leave your home?

A puppy has a lot of energy to burn off. If you get a copy of Cesar's book, "Cesar's Way," and read pages 157-158 regarding separation anxiety, you will find suggestions that can help.

Here are some suggestions:

1) Take your puppy out for a long walk in the morning. Really tire her out.
2) After puppy is tired out from her walk, it's feeding time.

I think you will find that a puppy who has been out for a long walk and fed will be much calmer about your coming and going, especially if you do not make an issue out of coming and going.

Good luck!

DazzledAboutDogs

We bought a brother and sister pair of Pomeranians four years ago when they were 9 weeks old. They are both altered. The male is very territorial, does not like other dogs, and is a barker. The female is the opposite. The family they came from has a large pack of Poms. But my male still seems to be unsocialized. The female is very social. What can I do or not do to help this male be a better all round dog? I walk them together twice a day. And I play catch for about 20-30 minutes at lunch time. I may need some one else to walk the male to give him more exercise? His sister needs the exercise, too, though. I can only go so fast because of my health but I do try to give them a workout. Help. I did read Cesars book, "Cesars Way", so I know he needs lots of excercise and I try to act like Barbara Stanwyck when I walk because that actress makes me feel like a leader. What am I doing wrong?

Ken, I couldn't agree more! Even BC (before Cesar) I always walked my dogs for at least an hour a day, usually two. Dogs need to walk. And so do humans. It's what both species were designed to do by nature.

I am a single mom to a house full of girls. Two daughters, two dogs, a cat and we like to think our hermit crab is a girl too. My dogs(who BC I called my babies)are great...NOW. I have a 2 yr old Mini Schnauzer/Chinese Crested combo(Tinka)and a 1 yr old Cocker Spaniel/Terrier(we think)combo(Chanel) born on the same day! Before learning of Cesar, I rarely, if ever walked my dogs...it was such a hassle, they would get tangled up and basically walk me. I then had 2 major neck surgeries and was unable to have them walk me, simply because of the pain. I was home 3 months with my dogs and of course laid up they had all my attention, but I was very grateful that I had them during that time! I then went back to work and Armaggedon hit my house. Nothing was off limits (or so they thought)to these dogs. Shoes, underwear, books (a dictionary), art projects, toys (other than their own)...well I'm sure you have the idea, were completely shredded. I would scold, they would pee. So I got on the internet...and found our salvation, Cesar Millan. Like he says he teaches people, and I learned. The walks began morning and night...it is the highlight of my dogs life! They actually wake me right before the alarm, I let them out in the morning to do their business and as soon as I let them in(after their treat), they are by the garage door, knowing that the walk is next. After work it's the park! I implemented the techniques I watched (during a Saturday marathon and shows since)and now I am the pack leader! My daughters were shocked! I even use that little noise that he makes and snap my fingers to correct their behavior. It's absolutely amazing! They still are unfortunately, currently kenneled. Our goal is to continue their rehabilitation to where we can leave them out again one day soon! We love our dogs and I am so thrilled to have found this show. I owe everything to Cesar Millan. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Tammy, Tinka & Chanel

This was the worst episode of the Dog Whisperer I have ever seen. Here you have a family that is absolutely NOT fulfilling their dog in any way and Cesar does nothing to address this. Instead he only shows the owners how to bully the dog into submission using a tennis racquet.

Buster is a high energy working-class dog that was being subjected to living outdoors on his own, ignored and unfulfilled. So with no job to do and no outlet for his energy, of course he resorts to aggressive guarding. What else is he going to do? But still Cesar's makes NO mention of exercise or walks or herding or anything that would give the dog fulfillment. In nearly every episode he stress how important exercise is for an unbalanced dog, but here in a case where it's more important than ever there is no mention at all. Furthermore, Cesar makes no mention of a dog's innate desire to be part of a pack, instead you have a dog that is living as an ignored part of the owner's property. The owners basically admit they don't want a dog, they simply want something to protect their property. They're even nervous about having Cesar come to meet them because they don't want their dog to stop being a guard dog. Finally, Cesar makes no mention of Boundaries or Discipline. This dog is free to make up it's own rules, wander off wherever it wants (kept off leash by a busy highway, no less!), and do whatever it wants. You have the perfect recipe for an unstable dog and Cesar doesn't address any of it!

In ever other episode of the Dog Whisperer program Cesar emphasis the need for Exercise and Discipline, but in this episode both of those items are not mentioned a single time. The dog is unfulfilled and unbalanced, and Cesar did nothing to correct that in this episode. The only thing Cesar tells them is how to not back down from a dog that is being aggressive. That's great for helping the people that have to walk past the dog to get to the house, but it does nothing to help the dog become balanced and fulfilled.

After such an amazing opening first episode in season 3, where the story of Banjo was so uplifting and hopeful, this second episode was extremely disappointing.

Hi,my name is Alberto Soria,I am 12 yrs old.My dog bit me on my head and my hand a little bit. He is a rottwieler. He is very very playful. Every time someone goes into the backyard he gets really happy and jumps on them. He doesn't let anyone go in the back to pet him with out hurting them or ripping their clothes. When I take him out for a walk he jumps at the cars driving by or walkers walking by. I would hate for him to bite someone else or to get hit by a car he snapped at. I don't go out much to play with him because I don't want to get hurt.My little sister is very afraid to go outside or even pet him. She is only 9. When he stands on his hind legs he is about 3in. taller than her, almost as tall as me. This time it was me, but what if next time it is her. I'm very concerned about this. I don't want my sister to be seriosly injured worse than I was because she is not fast to get away, strong enough to fight him off,and not good with pain at all. Please come and help my dog, I really don't want him to leave, my dad all ready said he might surrender the dog. Please write back Mr. Millan and I'll give you my address.
Thank You Very Much,
Aberto Soria

I would like to know how to offer my dog to Ceaser as a tough case to help. I have a two year old german shepherd and an eight year old four pound poodle. My shepherd is my worry. I know it is fear aggression or at least I think it is. I rescued him from an old man who had him in an crate the first six months of his life, I mean no out to eat, play, releive himself or human contact. So I feel he was not socialized and I have not been able to accomplish that. He wants to eat everyone except for three people. He goes bolistic when someone comes into the house. The neighbors are afraid of him because of his size and so when I walk him people yell get that dog in the house and make false complaints to management of the mobile park I live in, I then don't walk him to avoid trouble. The children next door and their father tease him, they threw things at him, yelled at him, shook things at him. He attacks the fence when he goes out to do his duty and is not very nice about it. I love my dog and will not get rid of him as my sister has advised me to do, I just want him to be a normal happy dog. Ceaser PLEASE HELP ME. tHANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME IF YOU EVEN GET WIND OF MY TURMOIL AND WANT TO HELP.

Plase help me my dog dosent listen to me he like to run so if he gets a chance he will jump it shok colars dont work and we wlould love for him to come to the frount yard and not run alway we have paid lots of money because we like to try to get him out frount thats why and he likes we freands come over because he will jump on them and their get hurt or he will give lots of cuts but he realy is a nice dog so if you would help we would be thankful . from jeff

hellow I need help with my dog he loves to meet poeple when he dose he jump on people and they get scard of him and we would like to stop so they dont get scard. I would like for him to be able to go out frount he would run if we took him out shock collars dont work on him he will just keep runing it dosent work.he would like to have him sit stay and all the rest but he just wont listen if you say sit he lays down and he just cant get him to even sit down at all and he is 2 he is a great
pyrenees and we need help to get him to be better at doing stuff so he can come out side and play with me and my kids can play more with him out frount . It would be greatif we could have him not pole us on the leashes I would like if my kids could walk sparky our dog but we cant because he will pull us all over the place and we need help so if he sees a bunny or something elase and not pull us across the ground and is sometimes hurt one of my kids said this one day after a walk so it would be great to make that stop but we would like him to still pull us on a sled . if you can please help us we would be so thank full so please help us thanks. So please help

We have two daschunds that are 1 and a half years old. They have a doggie door, so they are inside/outside dogs. We have neighbors with dogs, and a possum that sits on the fence in the evening, so our dogs do bark. However, we came home last night to a nasty note on the door, from a neighbor complaining of our male's barking. We feel bad because it is true! The male barks at everything and sometimes till he makes himself hoarse. We crate them at night and don't let them out till after 8:00 in the morning to accomdate the neighbors, but between that time he goes nuts. It is actually getting on our nerves and we love him! We are afraid the neighborhood association is going to make us move or give up the dog, if he doesn't stop. What can we do?

To Kerri:

If you have a furnished basement that's not too cold, you could keep them there for the night. They wouldn't be locked up in a crate and therefore more comfortable. If they do bark, the neighbors probably won't hear it. I'm not the biggest dog expert though, so it may not work. It's just a suggestion.

I was really disappointed not to see Cesar discuss the fact that Buster's family treated him like a feral animal, and not family, and then didn't like it when he acted wild. I think they neglect Buster, and clearly that crate they had does not over him good shelter or protection. Yet their two "cutsie" dogs get to live inside on th sofa. For me these are the worst kinds of people, and I cannot understand why no one in their community has never reported them to the SPCA.

I have been fostering a 7-year-old Shetland Sheepdog mix. I believe he was mixed with Pomeranian, although, I am not sure. This guy was abused in the past but I do not know in what way or how severely. Neither I nor the woman at the Sheltie Rescue was given much information about his past. He's a fantastic dog. I'm a huge fan of the Dog Whisperer and I have been taking his teachings to heart. CJ, the dog, has a problem with barking. The other night, someone tried to break into my house and CJ barked and scared him off. Of course, I was VERY pleased with this, but once the man was gone, I told CJ to stop. In that respect, I want him to bark. I want him to keep watch. However, he barks TOO much at everything else. He barks at the telephone, the neighbors, and he barks at seemingly nothing. It's nonstop and driving me up the wall! When I walk up to him and snap my fingers at him (I use energy instead of words like "No!"), he submits immediately and rolls over and he shuts up for a few minutes, but he starts back up again. How can I get him to keep gaurd when I want him to and relax when I don't need him on guard? His barking is relentless!!! I've already adopted him and he's officially my dog now, not a foster. He's way too intelligent and the most awesome personality... minus this. Please, train me to teach my dog how to shut his yap! :) Any suggestions are welcome.

My four year old jack russel terrier is exhibiting paranoid behavior. He jumps at every little noise and has a strage new habit of staring at the ceiling. Also he never seems to be completly relaxed. Ever since we moved to Japan he has become more aggressive. My five year old son let his friend come in the house with him without my knowing and my JRT attacked him. Do you have any advice on how to help him?

Hi, my name is laurie hernandez and I live in lawton,Oklahoma. Im writing you because I need help with my germansheperd.My germansheperd likes to bite and growel at my american pit terrior,minitor pincher and minitor pincher rat terrior but not my colie.My american pit terrior and germansheperd got in a fight mounths ago my husband had to break a stick on them. After that we half to keep them apart.We do not know what to do and I dont want to give away my germanshepard. So please help us.thank you for reaing this. Laurie Hernandez

I have a 5 month old yorkie and she is really hard to train. I have been working with her and I find she won't listen to me. I use food to help and she even growls at me when she has a treat. she get on the table like a cat. she eats everything on the grund when she goes for a walk. I am thinking of taking her to puppy classes and see if that will help. I have had other dogs in the past and they learned pretty fast. Any information will help. Thank you.

My pit bull has a weird habit of sitting in the corner in the living room and just staring at the ceiling. When I try to call him he starts getting excited and growling at the ceiling like he thinks my voice is coming from the ceiling and I was sitting in front of him. Is this a symptom of a disease?

Hello.
I am 11 years old, and my name Is Chayla.
I doubt you'll do this but...can you somehow tell me how to fix my dog's problem via email?
Anyways, my dog tries to attack other dogs.
She has actually attacked a dog before! I was walking and there was this beagle that trotted up to us (she had no collar or leash on, but my dog did) and my dog threw herself at the dog and the leash cut me and I dropped it. So the beagle and my dog took their fight out into the middle of the street, then someone came and yelled at her dog, and the beagle ran off in the other direction, My dog came obediently back to me once it was gone.
And this morning, my dog attacked my brother's friend! His friend walked into my room, and was like, "Hey there! What are you doing?" And she walked over to my dog and was like, "Hey there." And my dog lunged at her, teeth snapping in a big frenzy. And it was out of no where, too. My dog gave no warning to not come near or anything. This is the first time my dog has tried to hurt a human.
And when I am walking her, she tries to get the dogs behind the fences. It is really really annoying, it really is!
I hate it when I am taking a walk with my dog and I see how good all the other dogs do on a leash, even when my dog is trying to attack them.
PLEASE OH PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME! I am still trying to get my dog to walk properly on a leash. She slightly tugs on the leash, but it is better than before.
My dog is a 1 1/2 year old Australian Cattle Dog, so she isn't all that big, but she sorta is....