Chipper

Just because you can't make it to Los Angeles to visit my Dog Psychology Center doesn't mean you can't adapt our methods to help your dog become balanced. Your house and your neighborhood can become your own dog psychology center if you apply rules, boundaries, and limitations; employ helpful tools like a treadmill, backpack, or rollerblades, or call on the services of other balanced dogs to create a pack. From a dog's point of view, every day, every moment, and every place they are is an opportunity to return to a balanced state. It's our responsibility to keep our animals balanced and stable for the benefit of our society and for the benefit of the animal, so use what you have available and start today!
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I got the new Cesar's Way Journal that just came out last April to do an assessment of where my gaps are in creating my own Dog Psychology Center. I really love how it was broken down into three parts. First to take a really good look at how "Knowing my self, helps e to know my dog" (and actually it works the other way too!

The second section talked me through how to "Put Cesar's Formula into Practice" The exercise about how to do I work with power really brought some insights that are helping me in my work life too! I REALLY benefited from understanding better how my now "good dogs" were helping me teach "new dogs" how to be good dogs...just like Daddy does! I foster dogs short term and this has been so helpful because every single dog is different! Feeding time and coming how from work time is no longer the nightmare it used to be!

The Third second for th references and records have helped me to get organized, but more importantly help me to remember what information source was where - I so much of the time want to look something up but cant remember where I saw it!

I read the book Cesar's Way and I watch the show whenever I have the time. Cesar's techniques really work and I can't express enough gratitude. My lab/chow mix has changed dramatically in the past year, and this positive change is directly related to our new knowledge on dog psychology. We can walk him off leash past other dogs, people, cars and as long as we stay calm and consistent, he will keep walking right behind us and respects us as his leaders. We've learned that every little behavior means something in the dog world - we don't let him climb on us anymore unless we make him sit and calm down first to earn it. He knows so many commands (not just sit-lay-shake-rollover-speak), but he comes, he heels, and he knows "get back!" if he ever walks in front of us. He is a very dominant boy and is constantly testing us, but we constantly are winning the battles and he is becoming more and more well behaved each day. We hike him and our other dog (Rat Terrier) every day for at least 5 miles, and everything in their life is structured now. In order to come into the house they both have to sit and calm down, and the same rule applies to car rides. They both sleep in the car. I have been helped so much by Cesar's books and show that I decided to lend my "Cesar's Way" book to one of my good friends. Spread the word! His techniques really work, you just have to remain consistent and calm!

I've been trying to hard to follow the principles I've seen - I've even been working a local behaviorist that uses some of Cesar's methods. I just get so discouraged because I am NO GOOD AT IT! I try and try and feel like such a failure. I just want to take walk without worrying about every other human and dog in the neighborhood, and I want our 7 month old puppy to stop the biting!

Does he have a video out? My husband won't take the time to read a book, but he'll watch the tube. We just adopted two 1-year-old female Weimaraners from a rescue group. They've been abused and are doing well now, but their behavior can be downright wild. We're looking into taking an obedience class at a major pet supply chain store, but it's $100 for just the first half and I don't know that both would be covered. A cousin suggested I check here for a video (DVD).

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