C.J.,
It's so good to hear how much you care, so many times, as you know, people give up as soon as there is any problem & expect the dogs to come with good "people manners" built in. I am doing well with my dogs, my daughter has a border collie & it is here with us most of the time. she just got spayed last wed. so she takes it with her overnite, so it won't run around with our in the morning, as the stitches haven't heald yet. I feel bad for her that i can't take her with us to the dog park, she loves to run, but i don't show that i feel bad for her.at first, she would go wild/jump on me when i got home from work, but the last few days she looks at me & wags her tail, think maby she sees me a pack leader? when she sees her mamma (my daughter) she jumps all over her. I love progress. I want another dog, but i don't, i like having only 2,(we used to have 5), so i don't know if we'll get one, but if we do, we want another rottweiler, great dogs (in general)

I checked the TV Schedule link, and the new one isn't scheduled to be shown until Dec 11th :(

Cesar, I have your season 1 pkg. I watched the episode with the rottie that wanted to attack the white shep. I know for a fact that Rotties have a thing for white dogs. I raise Samoyeds and ask any samoyed person at a show and they will tell you that the highest number of attacks on a samoyed comes from a rottie. I have a friend that has rotties and 4 of 5 of them want to eat my samoyeds, be it a pup, or a dog. Just thought you would like to have that information. P.S. I also raise dobermans and they don't seem to have this affliction.?????

thank you for the new episode info, i will pass it on to my DW fan friends.today at the dog park, there was a city worker working on some of the trees, one of my dogs realy barked at him like she was going to attack him, any thoughts on this? on the second time around, i put her leash on, took her to him & made her be calm, it would have worked better if he would have gotten out of his truck, when he drove away, my dog chased the truck barking.

We have three dogs (2 male, 1 female) that get along wonderfully. We used to walk them a few times a week and other times just let them out in the big fence. But after watching your show, I realized how extremely important it is to keep them moving every day! Seeing through their eyes and knowing how they are just made to walk, smell and look around gave me a whole new perspective. Now, they go for an hour walk each day and are more well behaved than ever! Thanks!!

I am fostering an abused rescue basset. She weighs all of 28 lbs. She hates men and is very aggrissive toward them. The person who did the abusing was a man and he also shot her with BBs that are still under her skin. I have tried everything I know to rehabilitate this little dog. She has bonded with me and I can do anything with her and take anything from her. With men that sit on the floor with her she is fine, but once they stand up the growling and posturering starts and then if I don't get between her and her target she launches an attack. I am her only hope. I don't know what to do next. I've done the No talk,touch or look directly in the eyes and that keeps the confrontation to a minimum but hasn't sloved the real problem. Does anyone else have a tactic for this kind of agression. She is only 2 years old so the first part of her life was spent being abused.Personally, I'm not sure I hold out much hope I've had her three months and there is no difference in her attitude whatsoever.I fear I've failed her and it will cost her her life.

We have two female Golden Retrievers ages 8 and 10 years and recently we introduced a lively 18 month old male. He is very large and intimidates the females. And, too, he drew a little blood on the older female the first night in our home. We want to keep him, but we want our ladies to be safe too. Since the bite, which wasn't severe, everything has been a little more peaceful, however the females seem to avoid him because he is so powerful. How do we get him to be a little more gentle with the older dogs? Eva

Help!!
My oldest dog Max (age 12) has had issues with aggression toward a puppy rescue brought home about a year ago. We've tried Cesar's tips about energy and igoring them,They finally seemed to play and the puppy learned when to back off. I do try to run the pup and release energy every day. Often times when I come in the door, they are all wanting my attention. It's hard not to greet them individually. When I give one attention (I have 3 total) Max fights. I think its jealousy.
He is a large mixed breed and was an only dog for about 8 years.
Last night max started attacking and my husband immediately disciplined him and took him in the next room. Max then severly bit him and attacked my husband. It was awful. Now he says we must put him down. He is frightened of his aggressive behavior. I don't want to make this decision. He is older and somewhat arthritic but has no other ailing health issues. I don;t want to give up on him. I know he's been aggressive in the past and this has been an ongoing issue. Please anyone post some advice. I'm desperate and don;t want to lose my companion, but of course safety of my family comes first

Boy, I really feel for both Lisa and Denise. I have a problem like this between my 9 year old Dobie and 4 year old AmBull. I have rescued dogs for years, used to breed and show Ch. Great Danes, the fewest dogs I've had is 5 and am currently at 13 in my "pack." I have never had any fighting problems before, so feel like I have let these dogs down in some way. Ceaser and Patch were best buds for over two years after rescuing Patch at 6 months, then one day Patch looked at C and attacked him, and it's been 0 tolerance since then. I keep them totally separate now, unless Patch is kenneled in C's presence, when any aggression can be reprimanded without having to drag apart a 128 lb. Doberman and a 110 lb. AmBull. Oddly, in this circumstance or with a fence between them they ignore each other. They had 3 fights before I gave up on them being together, but after the first made sure collars were secure and put thick (non tangling) 2 foot ropes (horse lead ropes cut off) so that they could be pulled apart without getting in the middle of them. But what bothers me about Max and Truman is showing aggression toward humans. If my dogs were ever going to bite me it would have been after that first fight - trust me when I say I was NOT calm/assertive, I was alpha bitch all the way! Wish I had known about Cesar's way before, maybe things would be different, but am reassured that I have been on the right track otherwise with my horses, dogs and kids...I have always told people that they're the same, you must first be respected, be consistant and fair and calm in discipline, and make sure they know they are loved. Cesar's certainly right when he says he needs to see the interaction, as between Denise's husband and Max, and Lisa's husband and Truman. Sounds like maybe Lisa needs to be pack leader over Truman so he doesn't act possessive?? The take I get from watching Cesar's shows anyhow. Maybe Truman could be crated at night or when not supervised? I sadly had to euthanize a 13 year old Jack Russell who became so unstable as he got older, he would snap and eventually bite other dogs and then humans other than me, as he became arthritic and was losing his eyesight. When he changed from the crabby occasional snap to a serious attack on the AmBull and got badly hurt I said enough is enough. Too bad we can't all be Cesar Millan. But at least those are the only fighting issues I've had in the last 25 years (since we stopped raising and terrier trialing Jacks, and even then we didn't have many problems, and Lord knows, they're in a class by themselves when it comes to being scrappy!). Right now I have 2 Dobermans (red dog, only non rescue, blue bitch, hardest rehab I've ever had) 2 Boxer bitches, AmBull dog, Bloodhoud bitch, Brittany Spaniel bitch, Beagle bitch, Yorkie dog, Jack Russell dog (lastest rescue, recently neutered, not allowed around the Dobie or AmBull) BorderCollie/AustralianShepherdX bitch, and BorderCollie/ChowX dog, and a Norwich Terrier bitch.
All housedogs except for the Border Collie crosses who live at the barn with the horses. All interact kindly with the exceptions noted, so guess I will count my blessings.
Well, didn't mean for this to turn into a novel. Best of luck to you, and really study Cesar's methods and the psychology of the whole thing and perhaps it will work out.

This is my first time on here. I have some concerns with my dogs that I am really needing some input with. I have 3 shephard/chow mix pups that we rescued when they were,according to the vet, hours old. We bottle-fed them and have had the joy of watching them grow. They are all females and are now 10 months old. The problem is this, for the last 2 months, they have become aggressive with each other. We started feeding them seprately to cut down on any chances of a fight breaking out. They used to always want to eat from the same bowl. Sometimes the fights start over a toy, sometimes we can't even figure out what started it. The last couple of brawls drew blood from 2 of the dogs. Usually the two larger ones get into a tangle and the smaller one(she was the "runt" of the litter) jumps into the midst, we think she might be trying to defend someone. Today while trying to separate a fight, my son (18yrs old) got bitten. I don't want to have to give any of them away, I don't want any family member hurt, but we have to find some way to resolve this battle. Would spaying them help with the aggression problem? Any advice would be appreciated greatly.

My family has three boy dogs,not fixed. cody DJ buford, when we let them out to run and play DJ trys to star a fit with cody, it look's like it is over buford. what can i do to help fix my dog problem.

Pleas help me Nicole. :o)

I just wanted to tell you that your show has become our "family show". My husband & two sons, ages 7 & 3 watch it religously.
It has taught us a lot about our own 2 year old Boxer.
It has also been instrumental helping our oldest son cope with his fear of other people's dogs. (Still working on it - but we are making progress!)
Thank you for all you do to help us less pet educated families understand our 4 legged friends!

Similar to Mary T only I don't have a dog with me, however I was brought up around dogs...what to do when neighbourhood dogs are roaming (separately) and tend to be aggressive with no owner in sight? 18mths ago I loved dogs and would watch for a wagging tail if one was barking at me knowing normally I would be ok and the dog was just showing off. Unfortunately a yellow lab 3 properties down is overly territorial. One day her owners left their gate open and she rushed me in the most aggressive manner - the closest I've felt to being attacked and it was only that I reminded myself to look away that I think helped me. But now I walk the neighbourhood very wary of loose dogs, there are regular ones I am familiar with so its ok but I can't seem to get rid of this "fear energy" when I see a new, unfamiliar dog. BTW I have spoken to the golden lab owners but I still see their gates open occasionally and have seen it trying to attack passing cars (its a small quiet street) and they never walk the dog (it's a 5 acre property)...as a "walker" on my own is there body language/other suggestions I can adopt to avoid confrontations with stray dogs?
Thanks
Sian

Hello Cesar,

I have a 4 yrs yellow lab retriever, every time my dog see a another dog she want to bite it. We have a dog park no far from my house and all my friends bring their dogs, run and played together. I would like to bring my dog too. How can i introduce my dog with other dogs? My dog understand a another language is it a issue?

Thank you,

Serge

Help!!!!!!!!I have a friend of ours that we are living with right now and we have a dog (a female boxer mix I believe-Paprika) that isn't agressive at all towards people or other dogs. The woman (friend) we are staying with temporarily has two Pointers ( Leila and Jackson). One of the female pointers (Leila) is very agressive toward other dogs. She has killed one of their other dogs in the past and has also injured numerous others. She just attacked my dog the other day and injured her badly and would not let go till we forced her off of her. Leila had my dog by the throat and put a puncture wound in her neck and badly injured a back leg. I spoke with the owner and she never does any training with the dogs of any kind and refuses to put the dog down. They roam loose with a wireless link chain fence and then are put in their cages for the night in the shed. She doesn't think Leila will ever turn on a child or person because she only shows aggression towards dogs. They have a lot of room to run outside and get out their energy. However, Leila still hates other dogs except for the other male pointer she is with. What do I do?! I don't want to tell my friend to put her dog down, but I also don't want my dog to be killed or worse yet one of the kids that stays there to be injured or killed. She has 13 kids there at any given time ( at least 4 or 5 of them are little children including my 6 year old son).Help!!!!!!

Our Pack has been together, all together, for about 5 years. Kaley, German Sheperd mix, was adopted in 2000 (Current ages: 6+yrs.old). Peanut, Rhodesian Ridgeback, was adopted in 2002(5 yrs.old). Duchess, American Staffordshire Terrior, was adopted in 2002(5 1/2 yrs.old). Jackie, a silky birddog, was adopted in 2002(5 1/2 yrs.old). They have all slept together, eaten together, walked together, played together, and just in general been the perfect pack community. I was always the pack leader and my wife was a little more emotional and lackadaisical in her interaction with the pack. I was the disciplinarian, teacher, leader, and the one who also spoiled them, only if they were in line with pack rules. My wife just provided love and spoiling almost unconditionally. We never had any anger/fight issues between the dogs in the pack in all the years they had been together. They lay in one room and shared freshly cooked bones together. In this exercise, they would get tired of their assigned bones and switch off by taking the other dog's bone without so much as a tooth being shown. They would switch bones just like kids swtitching toys. Of course, each dog would have several bones so no one was left empty handed. Each dog also had their favorite person that they felt more attached to and wanted to be in between the person and other dogs in the pack, but not to the point of anger type jealousy. Just favoritism. Recently, we had a neighbor's bad dog (Bella)break through our 6' fence and start a brawl between all our dogs and that dog. My dogs were trying to protect my wife who was out with them early that morning and it turned into a free for all, with everyone fighting each other because of some unknown reason. I always thought they would just go after the stranger dog. Ever since the break-in, Kaley and Duchess have been out for blood with each other. We kept them seperated for about 30 days and then under close supervison for another while. We let our guard down and a neighbor walked up to a chain link fence area to say hello to my wife and Kaley and Duchess ran to warn him or protect my wife in their minds and ended uo in a fight to the death. We were able to seperate them, but not before they had seriously injured each other. We went back to complete seperation and closely guarding them. I let my guard down one time at night and they were accidentally both outside at the same time when a fight started again. This time Kaley was so severely injured that after three days of intensive care we had to let her go. I was wrecked, spent 3 weeks in isolation just to cope, and still haven't gotten passed the horror I witnessed. It was so difficult losing a pet, but to lose a pet to another pet in your pack is devastating!! There have been no other incidents, no seperation from the other dogs, no hint of disagreements between the remaining 3. How do we know this won't happen again? How can I trust Duchess? What if we have to adopt another abandoned or abused pet, will Duchess kill that one too? Kaley was here the longest, partially the leader, and even a playmate for Duchess. We take animals in when we have to, to save their lives. How can we continue to save animals with Duchess here? We have 3 cats that were saved during our recent hurricane years and they dogs have never bothered them. The dogs have never bothered each other until that dog Bella broke through and caused the brawl. What happened and could I have prevented the outcome after the initial fight? How could I have predicted that dogs that had never fought, then fought when another dog broke through, and then that event somehow changed the dynamics in the pack and caused this "killer hatred" in just 2 of the dogs that had grown up together and played together for at least 5 years with NOT ONE PROBLEM? I know its my fault that Kaley is passed and I still have to love Duchess, but I need to understand what happened, so it will never happen again. I can't medically afford 3 weeks of isolation and losing 25-30 pounds if this happens again. Has anyone got any ideas or suggestions? There is no way to deal with the guilt, but I have to protect the rest of my herd/ack. Duchess has been meek and mild all her life and is still that way today. She had these two break down moments that were caused by God knows what and I am left to pick up the pieces and pay the outrageous ER bills.

Hi Eli, I thought I would reply to your post, not because I think I am an expert, but because I have a nearly-three-year-old basset hound who behaved a lot like yours when we got him a year ago from an animal rescue place. The first four months I had him, I had no idea what to do, and probably made things a lot worse. Then I started watching The Dog Whisperer, and slowly began to understand some of the things that Cesar does. First of all--it is hard work! Every time my basset jumped on the counter, I was there to tell him no (actually, I don't use the word "no", I snap my fingers and make a sort of "eh" sound) and then I would stand between him and the counter. The same with anything he chews (socks are still a problem, but I won't give up!) Every time he bolted into the house ahead of me, I would make him come back out, sit down, wait for me go in, and then come when I called. It was hard, but I did it every single time we went in or out a doorway, even an inside doorway. I try not to yell (I admit I have lost it occasionally, but I'm only human.) I don't know about the "staring contest." I just wouldn't get into a contest like that in the first place. Sounds like a good time not to make eye contact. Anyway, my point is, you have to be consistent and calm and never give up. Oh, and standing up very straight with your head up, and also I find that putting my hands on my hips with my elbows out seems to help, maybe because I'm a small person and it makes me look or feel bigger. He usually gives a sigh and lays down if I do that. He's such a character, and well worth all the hard work. Good luck!

Hello,

Just have what I hope is a general. We just had our first litter of westies. We have been holding them alot! and we noticed that they like to be held and once feed by mom will not go back to sleep unless we hold them for a little while until they fall asleep. Are they spolied by us? and are we pulling them away from mom? THey are two weeks old to the day. Please advise. Thanx!