> My husband brought home the book Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan.
>
> Do you not have leash laws in California? In the first chapter he says
> he goes jogging every day on a public trail with 35 loose German
> Shepherds, Pitbulls, and Rotweillers - yikes! I understand the alpha
> dog mentality, but I don't think that anyone can predict what a dog (or
> a horse) will do 100% of the time.
>
> The rest of the book seems like common sense advice...
>
> -Kristen in MI
Hi;
Yes, there are leash laws in most places in California. I don't know where
he is running his dogs that he gets away with that!
Also it is a good idea to take the whole "alpha dog" mentality and look at
it carefully. Merely deciding to be "alpha" and trying to do what Cesar
does can get people in a lot of trouble with their dogs. Remember that a
couple of people (at least two) have been bitten on his show. I'd question
any training that allowed that to happen. I wish that TV showed some
trainers that used more up-to-date training methods that applied current
learning theory to dog training - but that is not very exciting and doesn't
make good TV.
Penny
