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Interview · August 2012 · Toronto

Cesar Millan

Dog whisperer and TV Host Cesar Millan chats with Matt Schichter in Toronto.

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Episode #389 · Cesar MillanAugust 2012 · 00:06:03

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0:07So what is the biggest piece of advice you can give to people to have a dog listen? Well, number one, to understand what energy are you projecting is not what you say is how you say it. Number three is understanding, are you consistent with what you're saying? Because a lot of people say, sit, sit, he's not going to sit, then they give up on it. You know what I mean? So patience. Well patience is part of life, it shouldn't be like thinking, it should be just like your behavior. And follow through it, I think is a better word. And to wait until the dog just surrender. So everybody just focus on dog sitting and the dog is doing this. And they think that the dog is listening, but as soon as they turn around, the dog gets up. So that's very important to understand, sitting versus come submission.

0:54You know what I mean? A relaxed state. It's more important. And that is the biggest piece of the puzzle. People are not looking for knowledge because knowledge has passed to generations and generations. And the dog world, they inherit knowledge. The human, the modern human, obtain knowledge. See, he's smart, he can go to the moon, but he can walk a dog on earth. You see it? And so a person they understand, for example, computers or things like that, it doesn't mean he can relate to a dog. The human, right, has the rational part. We can actually hit a wall and eventually find help on our own. But dog needs to help from the human he lives for. So what's the plans for a new TV show? I hear there's like an apprentice idea going on. Well, the apprentice idea is something that is definitely very dear into my heart. The show that I did in Europe right now is called Leader of the Pack.

1:41So as I travel the world, I realize that in America is four to five million pets that every year, every year. So taxpayer is a hundred dollars per dog to euthanize them. So do the math, right? In the world around there were a six hundred million. So this is men's best friend, but we're killing them every year. So really contradicts the whole point of men best friend or unconditional love. Oh, we love dogs. Once we see the reality of how we behave with dogs, it's not really love. I get a puppy and because I didn't understand how to raise a dog, he becomes an adolescent, now he's a menace. So I'm getting to the next puppy. So it's a lot of bandum around the world. A lot of them are treating. I mean, you get to see the really sad part of human.

2:29Now you've brought me on a downer note, but we should be excited because the tour is coming. Yeah, the tour is coming. I mean, the tour is to bring awareness. How can you help? Leader of the pack. I mean, the beautiful part about Leader of the pack is I rescue a dog, I rehabilitate him and I find him home. Okay. Yeah, and the new show really brings three families. So you, the audience is going to see, okay, why the dog went with that family? So you get to learn compatibility. Because a lot of people go to rescue a dog at the shelter because they feel sorry for the dog or the dog is fluffy. So either or it's not going to be really healthy for the big outcome. The outcome is a dog to be well behaved. To understand compatibility is the key of adopting a dog. So we're going to save a lot of dogs. No, you're going to be happy about it. You don't have to be a dog whisperer to accomplish a change in your dog's behavior.

3:17Maybe something called five questions, five quick questions, one word answers. Okay. But these are all dog training kind of related. What is the healthiest human food we can feed a dog? Rough food. Like what? Chicken, fish? It depends because some dogs are allergic to chicken. So really you got to understand that or communicate with your vet about it. Like my dog junior, he can eat meat. He has to eat duck. Okay. Interesting. Yeah, so he eats duck and potatoes. Cool. He gets allergies. Right. And this is common in the animal world. It's common with fair skin dogs like white dogs, gray dogs, color gray or white color. Yeah, they get allergies. Okay. How many times have you been bitten? Ooh, I don't count them.

4:02Too many. Yeah, too many. Actually the last episode in dog whisperer, the last dog sent me to the hospital. Really? The only dog in my life that actually sent me to the hospital, what breed you think it was? Well, I don't want it. Well, now I'm thinking it's not going to be one of the typical ones. I'm going to say, I think I know what it is actually. So I'm not going to Labrador? Oh, yeah. Oh, you saw it. Okay. Well, I see everybody speck the road-wiler pitbull. I mean, the world is banning, you know, pit bulls. That's a sad thing. You know, that just shows how human does not understand power. You know, it's like when you ask a person to drive a certain vehicle, a person that's going to drive a semi needs certain training. So the semi is the pit bulls and the road-wilers and the Mercedes-Benz is the last absos. You see what I'm saying? It's like, it's a big difference. So even when you when you're asking somebody the control is certain power, you have to give them classes so they know how to be.

4:55You see, it's the same thing with road-wilers and pit bulls and German trippers. We need to educate ourselves. The key, the answer is education. It's not banning. It's that that's just show fear and ignorance of human world. It doesn't solve the problem. Does the dog gain anything from the TV being on while we're out of the house? Nothing. Good. Even in my own show. No, that's too bad. What's one common ingredient in regular dog foods that we should avoid? Corn. Corn. Oh, and here's one. I like this one. When a dog is bad while you're away, is it better to punish them or wait to catch them in the act so they know what you're referring to? Dogs don't rationalize, so catch them in the act. Catch them in the act. And in one word, dogs. Oish. Oish. It's good for you. Unconditional love. But see how you can. I mean, love has certain meaning to me, so I would say, can I have three? Honesty integrity loyalty.

5:45Amazing. Thank you very much, man. Thank you.

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