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Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems | 
 enlarge | Author: Cesar Millan
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  699 reviews
Sales Rank: 5949186
Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0340933178
EAN: 9780340933176
ASIN: 0340933178
Publication Date: February 22, 2007
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 Surprisingly Weak Book Filled with Gaping Holes and Inadequate Explanations January 9, 2009
For a man who comes across as a strong, tough trainer this is a surprisingly weak book. It's a combination of his life stories and anecdotes about dogs he has encountered. Throughout there is a pseudo-spiritual New Age philosophy that tries to connect dog behavior with the human spirit. But none of it is ever very successful in communicating the stories adequately.
Millan also skips over details of his life and his training techniques. If you're looking to find out more about how he came to America you won't find it here--he says "something" told him to leave home on a December 23, wait a couple weeks before crossing the border illegally, then live a month "on the streets" before finding a job in San Diego. But it's filled with contradictions--he claims he gave all his money to the guy to take him over the border yet suddenly he has a few dollars in his pocket and he never explains how he lives for a month with no money. He claims he knew no English yet he "managed to put the words together" in English to ask some women for a job. He is taken in by two women and works for them (he never says for how long) but he claims he can't remember their names! Then over a couple of pages he summarizes the next 5 or 6 years of his life--jumping from foreign-speaking hick to dog-trainer to the stars without any sense of how he accomplished it.
Namely, his stories lack credibility because he doesn't give you enough detail and contradicts himself. And there's something fishy about how he fails to go into details--are these stories not true or is he just hiding something?
Then there's the writing style of the book. He obviously didn't "write" it (he just learned English a decade ago!) and enlisted a co-author. It is too properly written for a man who claims to not know English well!
Some of the dog stories are okay--but again he doesn't give enough detail to really explain what he did to change the dogs. He just keeps going back to the "pack leader" mentality and he claims to have some mental connection with the animals. He never gives much detail about his training technique--just claims to have miracle after miracle happen because of who he is. At times it's all a little hard to swallow.
It's only for people who already admire him and are interested in reading minimal stories about the types of things he does on TV. But be prepared to see that the point of this book isn't how to deal with troubled dogs--it's how bad owners are at handling dogs. He uses much of the book to condemn dog owners, often rightfully so, for pampering pets and not enforcing enough discipline.
 It works! December 31, 2008
His methods have worked very well for our pit bull terrier where positive reward training has failed. In response to those who wrote reviews on his outdated wolf psychology and his harsh tactics, I believe you don't actually know his methods. He never physically harms the dogs and is quite gentle and uses his experience with ferral dog psychology. I would recommend this book to those who want their dogs to truly obey rather than have a pocket full of treats their entire life or hurting their dogs, both methods that in my opinion are sure to fail in the end.
Book Review December 31, 2008
I think this is a good informative book but won't necessarily teach Fido to sit or anything like that. To me it's more about getting inside a dogs head and understanding the canine phyche which I think is worth the read. It is an easy read and all in all a good book.
Cesar's Way December 30, 2008
A must read for any dog or animal lover. And it is an valuable dog owner's reference book. And a must for Cesar Millan fans.
Amazing! December 28, 2008
This book provides great insite to Cesar himself.. from the very beginning! I am fascinated by him and how he helps so many dogs. It must be a wonderful way to live your life and still be able to make a living with it! I loved this book and I have bought his other books to date as well. He is so sincere and honest about his passion for dogs and I believe that his methods have completely changed my dogs' behavior. Everyone is happier in my household thanks to Cesar!
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