Cesar Millan Quotes

Most owners are at length able to teach themselves to obey their dog.

With a dog, people are not disciplined. They think that by spoiling a dog the dog is going to love them more. But the dog misbehaves more because they give affection at the wrong time.

If you would wish the dog to follow you, feed him

Dogs like to obey. It gives them security.

People say I train dogs, but in many ways I train people.

You have to train a dog to think.

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.

Sit, Phantom!" Ivy cooed. "On your bottom!" "Oh, for goodness' sake!" Gabriel put down his book and pointed a longer finger at Phantom. "Sit," he commanded in a deep voice. Phantom looked sheepish and sank straight to the floor. Ivy scowled in frustration. "I've been trying to get him to do that all day! What is it with dogs and male authority?

When I'm training a dog, I develop a relationship with that dog. He's my buddy, and I want to make training fun.

Many dogs grow up without rules or boundaries. They need exercise, discipline and affection in that order.

Though each trainer believes his or her method is best, I don't think it matters which method the pet owner adopts so long as that owner finds a capable mentor and sticks with the training. Eventually you will learn to see your dog, and when that happens, the richness of your and your dog's lives will tell you what to do next.

I love my dogs and I give them affection all the time but it has to be at the right time or they get confused.

Where are the dogs?" I asked. "At training," he said. "I have a friend who's an expert dog trainer, and he's giving them some stealth lessons. He used to work for a local K-9 unit." I didn't think it was in the Chihuahua genetic code to ever be stealthy.

Beat a dog once and you only have to show him the whip.

Get a good dog. We have not picked up food in the kitchen in 15 years.

The dog won't bite if you beat Him with a bone

I got a dog and named him 'Stay'. Now, I go 'Come here, Stay!' After a while, the dog went insane and wouldn't move at all.

Dogs seek attention from you. But by paying them that attention when they want it, you're reinforcing the bad or hyperactive or anxious behavior that you're trying to avoid. Practice - no touch, no talk, no eye contact - and see how you fare. You might be surprised at how quickly the dog settles down and looks to you as his pack leader for direction.

Discipline isn't about showing a dog who's boss; it's about taking responsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world.

Mine is a very matter-of-fact approach to the problem. If you can select a population and they're educated and they're properly brought up, then you don't have to use too much of the stick because they would already have been trained. It's like with dogs. You train it in a proper way from small. It will know that it's got to leave, go outside to pee and to defecate. No, we are not that kind of society. We had to train adult dogs who even today deliberately urinate in the lifts.

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion.

You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.

I wish my kid would act like my dog sometimes. My dog listens to me and does what I tell him to do.

Owners lavish love on their pets, which is why so many go from non-aggressive pups to being out of control when they're older. People just don't realise their dog must respect them as leader of the pack.

I believe a calm dog is a happy, obedient dog that won't get into trouble.