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On this episode of
The Dog Whisperer.
Linda: He'd just
focus in on that dog,
and just sort of obsessed,
just sort of stare.
Cesar: Everything
was a target.
Well, his reactions
were excited-dominant,
and to me that
is a red flag.
Daniela: Once
she sees a ball,
she can't take her
focus off of it.
Cesar: Caper is really obsessed.
Brendan: Julius is
afraid of everything.
Sharon: We have to drag
him out the front door.
And he panics, and he
pees, and he vomits.
Cesar: This is a
low self esteem guy.
It doesn't get worse than this.
Narrator: When
good dogs go bad,
there's one man who's
their best friend.
Cesar Millan.
Cesar: No dog is too
much for me to handle.
I rehabilitate dogs.
I train people.
I am the Dog Whisperer.
Narrator: In June of
2002 television director
and producer, Bob Weide
was surprised to discover
a fresh new face.
Bob: I went to the S.P.C.A.
not looking for a dog,
but actually to drop off
some cat toys that we had.
Little did I know that, ah,
there'd be this dog in
a cage who would just,
who sat up when I walked
in and looked at me.
Wagged his tail and he
had these great eyes.
We call them Rudolph
Valentino eyes.
Linda: He calls
me and he says,
"I think that there's some
one down here you should meet."
Bob: And then 10 minutes
later, she walked in the door
and she said, "Where? Where?"
And I pointed and she looked
at him and started to cry
and I thought, "Sold!"
Narrator: A Shepherd-Lab
mix quickly became
a superstar in the
Weide household.
Unfortunately, just like
a pampered celebrity,
Jake started to
spin out of control.
Linda: It was approaching
his second birthday.
It started when I was walking
him and we'd see another dog.
He would start prancing a
little bit and his hair
would go up on his back
and he'd just focus in on
that dog and just sort of
obsessed, just sort of stare.
Bob: But with the same
sort of intensity that he
focuses on a tennis
ball or a basketball,
he's got that same kind
of intensity when he sees
another dog.
Linda: And that quickly turned
into barking and lunging.
This finger was bruised,
almost broken, we thought
it was broken.
Bob: Jake!
Linda: Whoa!
Bob: It just got to be
embarrassing because other
people would walk their
dogs on a leash and Jake
would be on a leash and he
start to lunge and you,
we always find ourselves
making excuses.
"No, he's friendly.
He doesn't mean any harm."
It just got to be too much,
we stopped walking him.
Linda: I'm really starting to
think that this is not behavior,
this is who he is and I'm
not convinced that
anything can be done.
There's no hope.
Narrator: Action hero
and Dog Behaviorist,
Cesar Millan hopes to play a
key role in this production
and to see if he can help
create a happy ending.
Cesar's first task is to
understand everyone's
role in this scenario.
Cesar: So, how can
I help you guys?
Linda: Jake is dog
aggressive on leash.
Off the leash he's fine,
but when I'm walking him
on the leash
he acts like he's going to
kill and eat the other dog.
Bob: He very sociable.
He plays at the dog park,
off leash with other dogs.
Runs around, has
a great time,
but there's something about
that leash that just
makes him so frustrated.
He is an unusually good guard
dog with regard to the house.
So it's nice that
he's territorial in
regards to the house
because occasionally
somebody will come to the
house that we don't really
want to come around.
Of course, we can't
make a distinction about
who we want to
come to the house
and, and who
we don't want,
so we've just sort of
allowed this behavior.
Cesar: Ah, the leash have to do
with frustration, you see it?
This tool, leash,
choke chain
for him represents
something negative.
Which is that's what
we have to rehabilitate
out of his mind.
When the leash is an
uncomfortable experience
and then everything
around is a suspect.
Eventually, they realize
that it was not just dogs
it was pretty much
anything that came to
his surroundings so
everything was a target.
Bob: When I walk Jake, it's
almost like a military thing.
And I let him know
I'm in charge.
So, he's either on a heel
or if he's on a free time,
it's because I've given
him a free time so
I always make certain that he
knows that I'm in charge.
And one of the things I've
said about Linda is that
Linda kind of walks him,
just for the
joy of walking him.
Linda: When I walk him,
I don't let him pull me.
He has to walk
on my left side.
But, and I do occasionally
put him in a heel, but as
long as he's not pulling me and
he's walking on the left side,
I kind of just let him.
Cesar: And the reason is?
Linda: Because there isn't a
reason for him to be on a heel.
Cesar: Sure, it is a
reason to do it and the
reason is because he
needs a structure.
A dog that is aggressive,
frustrated or dominant on
the outside world must be
walked with structure.
See it?
This is
the only way he's gonna go back
to a different state of mind,
which is the state of
mind he shares when he
goes to the dog park.
When he goes to the dog
park he is a submissive type,
that's why he
can mingle with dogs.
Bob: I actually have a
sense that when I walk
Jake in this more
sort of regimented,
structured mentality that
he seems to really like
to be told what to do.
Cesar: Let me share
why he likes it.
They don't
follow lovable leader and they
don't follow spiritual leader.
They follow dominant leader.
Bob was doing it right,
but the same time when
Jake goes to Linda and
then she will wash
everything out of it and
then empower Jake to
become the dominant one,
the frustrated one,
the spoiled brat one.
The inconsistency
was harming Jake.
So, it, they created
confusion in his world and
he's a natural born
follower, which is a plus.
Narrator: When we continue.
Cesar: I want them to show
me where they have the
worst case scenario where
Jake become just ballistic.
Narrator: Linda and Bob
Weide are unhappy players
in a drama with Jake,
their Shepard-Lab-Mix.
Dog Behaviorist Cesar
Millan is about to provide
a new direction.
Cesar: The best way we can
fulfill their life is by
giving them exercise with
leadership, then affection.
Exercise leadership gives you
calm, submissive state of mind.
Once they're in that zone
then you come and love 'em.
Then you intensify
the state of mind.
Linda: Ohhhh!
Cesar: They don't
rationalize they just react
to what you're sharing.
Linda: So where ever
you're giving affection,
you're going to
intensify that state of mind.
Cesar: That's right.
Controlling a dog on a walk
is 90 percent of the
connection between human-dog.
I know it sounds very simple,
because it is simple.
If you bring a
dog into a house,
you don't achieve
leadership that way.
Linda: Alright Jakey.
Come on in.
Narrator: Cesar asks Bob
and Linda to show him how
they get Jake ready for a walk.
Linda: He's not
gonna try anything.
Cesar: Right
Linda: Already, okay.
Hold it, hold it.
Now I do, wait,
wait, wait, alright.
Cesar: And this is how
normally things happen, right?
This is normal walk.
This is how
you begin the walk.
Linda: Yes.
Narrator: Cesar critiques
the performance.
Cesar: So, right when we came
from the kitchen, you know,
he was excited.
That's excited.
And then he pass by the
window, he did that.
And nobody say
nothing to him.
He was doing alert
behavior, right?
So, because you
didn't say anything,
you agreed with the
behavior, okay?
Now the only time you told
him to do something for
you was at the door when
you say, "Wait, wait, wait."
Linda: Wait!
Wait!
Cesar: But after that you send
him right back into excitement.
All right?
So he got out of the
house leading you to
the outside world.
This is what is
happening to his mind.
I want you to see it
from his point of view.
Now we are here, right
here in front of your
house and what
he's doing is,
he's looking
for alert mode.
From that point on I show
her how to get out of the
house which Bob was
already doing it that way.
Right there.
He's ready to
travel with me.
Travel with me, not
just walk with me.
I make the first move.
Send him back to waiting mode so
I can close door comfortably.
He is waiting.
Can you see it?
And he's not
complaining about it.
Linda: He looks
pretty happy.
Cesar: Right.
Well, he's attentive.
Right.
And then right away you
show him out the option,
because you want to tell
him what's gonna happen
when you, when
you close the door.
So, what I'm
telling him that,
was is going happen is
he's going to follow me.
From this point on
we made the decision which
way we should go.
So at the moment, see,
this is a good state of mind.
Ears back is healthy.
Watch when I make
the correction.
And as you see for right now
is no tension on the leash.
So, I'm just barely
holding the leash.
Right there.
Right when he was about to.
See it?
Bob: And that was the end of it.
Cesar: Jake tried to react
to a certain level which I
catch him on time.
Timing is very important
for behaviors like this.
Narrator: Next, Cesar
wants to see if Jake can
handle a co-star.
Cesar: I brought one of my
dogs, her name is Nelly.
A Pomeranian-mixed
Chihuahua.
For her to assist me to
help Jake to understand
how walk by dog
on the leash.
I wanted them to show me
where they have the
worst case scenario.
Where Jake becomes
just ballistic,
where he loses
it completely.
Linda: Now with me, even
when there's no dog
there for some reason,
he goes berserk just
walking past this area.
Cesar: Instead of it going
away from the situation,
move into the situation.
Rehabilitate the problem
by fighting the situation.
Narrator: Cesar gives
Jake several quick,
but stern corrections
with the leash until the
dog finally settles down.
Once Cesar shows Linda how
she is supposed to act,
it's her turn.
Linda: This is great!
Facing the problem, instead of
running away from the problem.
All right.
Sit.
Sit.
Okay, there's
no problem here.
Narrator: Linda's performance
isn't award worthy yet.
Cesar: She
realize that when she was using
the leash, her hands went up.
Which, that's an insecure
way to approach.
Her body language was
speaking for her,
she didn't realize that she
was holding the leash afraid.
Linda: That looks scared.
Cesar: Until she
saw me doing it and then
she realize that her behavior
is not an assertive behavior.
And then I invite
her to do it again.
This is your therapy.
Linda: This is
my therapy, too.
Alright.
Cesar: Good.
Much better.
Linda: Oh, good.
Cesar: Right there.
Linda: Ah! Leave it!
That's a good leave it!
Cesar: After that she took
control of that situation,
she put Jake on to a
sitting position at the
moment Jake tried
to put ears forward she
give a little correction.
She felt great.
Linda: Honestly, I did
not think that anyone would be
able to change Jake's behavior.
I thought that this
was just who he is.
Cesar: Is a wonderful experience
to see people really getting it.
So it just makes
me feel good.
It makes me feel great.
You know, just
the fact that oh,
people are going to
practice simplicity.
Are you happy?
Linda: Ah, yes, I'm happy!
I'm gonna go look
for dogs now.
Cesar has changed my life.
I can't wait to walk with
Jake at any time now.
I can't wait to implement
what he's taught me
and it's a whole new day.
Narrator: It's another
successful production by
Cesar Millan including
a happy Hollywood
ending for the Weide's.
There's another fresh
new face in Hollywood
that needs Cesar's help.
Ten year old
Chantel Valdivieso,
a young actress with
a bright future.
Chantel: I recently
finished doing a movie called,
"the Polar Express"
with Tom Hanks.
He was just a great
guy to work with.
Narrator: Two years ago,
Chantel's mom, Teresa,
decided to surprise her
daughter with a special gift,
a Rottweiler pup named King.
Chantel:
He was in the car for my
birthday and I was like, "Mom!
You bought me a dog?
Oh, my gosh!"
So, he's been my big
brother, King, ever since.
Teresa: Chantel will,
you know, want the attention and
then King wants the attention.
It's almost like having
two siblings together
in the same house.
Narrator: And King
often acts like a big brother,
with the emphasis on "Big."
In fact, King weighs
twice as much as Chantel.
Chantel: The problem is,
that I can't walk him.
That's the really
big problem.
Over here.
Teresa: He is very strong.
He weighs probably around
140 to 150 pounds.
Chantel weighs 70 pounds
so it's pretty hard for
her to control a hundred
and fifty pound dog.
Chantel: He just keeps
going and going.
Teresa: I actually do not
let Chantel go out and
walk King by herself.
Chantel: I hope that Cesar
can help me to stop him
from pulling and kinda be
a little bit, you know,
less excited.
Narrator: When the Dog
Whisperer continues.
Cesar: He's really bad, I
mean, way, way too powerful.
Even I was overpowered
by his size.
Narrator: Ten year old
actress Chantel Valdivieso
and her mother Teresa
can't control their lovable,
but powerful
Rottweiller, King.
This one-hundred and fifty
pound canine can even
become a daunting challenge for
dog behaviorist Cesar Millan.
Cesar has worked
with more than one hundred
Rottweilers over the years.
He has a special affinity
for this powerful breed.
Cesar readily agrees to
help Chantel and Teresa
cope with the powerful King.
Teresa/Chantel: Hey!
Cesar: Hey!
How are you?
Chantel: Good.
Cesar: Cesar Millan.
So, ladies, how
can I help you?
Chantel: Well, my dog, King,
he loves to pull me a lot
and that's our biggest problem.
He just sees another
dog and he'll just go
the way he wants to go.
Teresa: He basically is
taking her for a walk
instead of her taking
him for a walk.
Cesar: So can you take me
back to your birthday time
where he was
six months old?
Any behavior that you
didn't like at that moment?
Chantel: Well,
it seems like,
through like all the time
that I've had him he just
gets so excited when
he sees somebody else.
I treat him just
like a big brother.
He has his own chair.
He sleeps on
the bed with me.
I play with him but most
of the time when I'm
playing by myself he'll
like knock my toys down.
Cesar: Like a big brother.
Chantel: Yes.
We jump on the beds,
jump on the couches.
Cesar: She needed to bring
a little bit more of the
assertive side of her, which
is there, is very obvious.
She just don't
use it with King.
Because King
is her brother.
The reality is from birth
to eight months, childhood.
From eight months to
three years adolescent stage,
from three years eight,
adult stage.
He is an adult,
your big brother.
Here is this, you know,
two ladies trying to
control a hundred and
fifteen pound Rottweiler
out of love and
it's not gonna work.
So he went from destructing
behavior to exciting behavior.
Now he's into a
pulling behavior.
Teresa: Very much so.
Cesar: We have to go all
the way to the bottom,
because this is where this
pulling behavior come from.
Cause we didn't do
anything in the beginning
and then it escalated
into something else.
Now when he sees a dog is he
like aggressive or he's excited?
Chantel: He's excited.
He just wants to go and
say "hi" to the dog.
Cesar: Has he ever
been into a fight?
Chantel: Actually,
once he did.
We were in the front yard
and there was two dogs
over in the park across
the street and these dogs
were barking at us and he ran
across the street and he said,
"Hello, hi," but they got all
mad at him for some reason.
And then he was like saying,
like, "I'm just saying, Hello".
And then he got
kinda into a fight.
Mom went over there but
then she got him back.
Cesar: How bad
was the fight?
Teresa: Once he got over
to the park, he was,
"Okay, this is neutral
ground, everything's fine."
And then the other two
dogs jumped on him.
So basically, he was
trying to get away from
them at that point and
they were jumping on him.
Cesar: A lot of times
when this happens,
they don't really
try to bite,
they just trying to
dominate each other.
But it's a lot of,
you know, stuff like.
Nobody's bleeding,
nobody's wounded.
And your interpretation
is, "Hi, how are you?"
See, that never happened.
He charged them first
and then when he realized
that he was not longer
next to you girls and his
house, his power calm down.
Then the other
dogs sense that he was in
a weaker state of mind,
then they went after him.
Chantel: Oh!
Cesar: If he were
to stay like this,
it would of be an eye
contact contest and they
will all circle around.
Can you see it?
But he went
this way first.
Like a Rottweiler.
Teresa: Right.
Cesar: Right.
And then, opps!
I'm by myself.
And that's when they
pick up on his vibration
and went after him.
It's great that we
have rottweilers,
it's great that we have
German Shepherds and it's
great to own powerful
breed but we have to be
able to control the power.
If we really condition Chantel
to understand that King
is also dog and that King
deserves to be treated
like a dog before King
is treated as a human
and then Chantel will be
able to control all this
massive amount of power.
Narrator: Cesar decides
that Chantel and Teresa
need to handle King in
an entirely new way.
Cesar: There we go.
And don't let him
lean against you because
that's just claiming you.
See, a lot of dogs is go
and sit down on people
just to own them.
Teresa: Well, he'll
actually set on Chantel.
Chantel: King!
Cesar: Now we
gonna use a choke chain all the
ones have just like dog shows.
The reason is cause this is the
most sensitive part of the neck.
The message here is we
gonna walk with the leash,
but you have to be
calm, submissive.
Submission is not bad.
Submission is when
the mind is open,
when the mind is open you allow
other people to tell you things.
So we're going out.
Narrator: Cesar demonstrates
how he wants them to act when
they leave the house for a walk.
Cesar: First, I test King and
see how bad he was on the leash.
Well, he's really bad.
I mean, way too powerful.
Even I was overpowered
by his size.
I wanted to test
him around dogs,
about scenarios,
about things that,
and unexpected things that
will happen in the street.
You never know
what's gonna happen.
I wanna see what
was his reaction.
Shhh!
But his reactions were
excited, dominant.
And to me that
is a red flag.
He didn't growl,
he didn't bark,
he didn't, you know,
became a little bit
more excited about it.
But they just the
signs, you know.
And since we are catching
him in that state of mind
I think it's a
good time to block that and
make that become more calm,
submissive state of mind.
You know, the protection is
just the dominant behavior.
You know, and a lot of
times they solve problems
just with eye contact
just by turning around
and giving body language.
But he wanna lunge.
So after I walk with him
and run with him a little bit
I was able to send into
a better state of mind
so Chantel can come
and influence him and for
her to learn how
to control King.
So she needs somebody who
can drain the energy of King
before she comes and
practice leadership with King.
Which is just the
manipulation of a human
grabbing a leash and
telling animal what to do.
When to go and
relieve himself,
all this things have
to be controlled by us.
We have
to control this dog otherwise we
are not responsible to society.
When I pass you the leash.
Narrator:
Cesar wants Chantel to use
her acting skills with King.
Cesar: I want to empower
you with a different
way of seeing it.
So, I suggest to her to practice
some kind of superhero.
So she's chose Catwoman.
Chantel: Yeah, she's
pretty powerful.
Cesar: So I suggest to her
to really start believing
this is who she is.
This is how
powerful she is.
You're gonna grab
the leash and go.
Chantel: Okay.
Cesar: And if you
start pulling, shh!
I'm gonna be right
here with you.
Okay?
Don't think about
it, just grab.
Powerful.
Catwoman.
Catwoman time.
Catwoman time.
You losing Catwoman.
You went back to Chantel.
Okay, so Catwoman time.
Okay, let's get
in the zone.
You got it.
And eventually with time
she started using that
more and more and she started
controlling King more and more.
And then this assertive
side of her came in.
I'm giving them at
least two months,
just for them to control
the dog on the leash.
Two months.
Narrator: King is not
going to have an
overnight transformation.
Cesar: Keep going.
Keep going in front.
Keep going.
That's right.
See the exercise part
without that he becomes
hyperactive
and those layers of energy
will stay within his body.
And then by him controlling
all the time makes him a very
excited, dominant guy.
So when those two areas combine,
becomes aggression.
This is not what
we have right now.
But if we allow him to keep
living in this state of mind
we can have a
very aggressive King.
Chantel: He was
just terrific.
Cesar helped us so good.
He gave us good tips.
Now I know not to let King
go to the bathroom on
every bush or every
tree that he sees.
I learned that the biggest
thing is that I'm the
person and King's a dog.
And I have to make sure
that he knows that I'm
in control and that
he's not in control.
I'm walking him, not him
walking me like it was before.
Chad: I think the moment
we took her home is when
we noticed the
behavioral problems.
We took her off the leash
and she just went running.
Yelling after her and calling
her name and she would not come.
Daniela: Caper, no!
Bad girl!
Caper can't
walk on a leash,
she's completely
not disciplined.
She pulls, she walks sideways.
Chad: And when she knows
she's getting to the beach,
she'll start to
hop on her hind legs.
It's very amusing, very
funny and everyone stops
and looks and turns around
like it's a circus dog.
Daniela: She has these two
little chicken back legs
and it's funny.
But you know, it's probably not
the best behavior to encourage.
Narrator: Even
though two year old Caper's
whacky antics are
occasionally amusing,
Daniela and Chad are
concerned that this
Miniature Pinscher may
have big problems.
Daniela: I think she has
some form of ADD or obsessive
compulsive disorder.
When I first met her
in the cage where she was
living at the foundation,
she had a toy that she would
take and bury under her pillow.
And at the time I thought
it was really cute.
And what it turned out
to be later, six months,
a year later was
an obsession.
Basically it turned
into a ball obsession.
Once she sees a ball,
she's gonna want to control
the ball and possess the ball.
It doesn't matter what's
going on around her.
You could give her a steak
and nothing else matters
to her except that ball
and where it's going.
I worry about her because
she's so small and it's
easy for her to run out in
the street and not be seen.
Or jump out of a car
window which she's done.
Chad: I like to walk her
without the leash and I
like her to walk around
me with out takin' off
on a half a mile jaunt.
We just want the dog to be
more, I guess, dog like.
Just be around us without
being so obsessive.
Daniela: It would make me
more confident in the fact
that my little companion
is chilled out.
Cesar: Let's go!
Narrator: Dog Behaviorist,
Cesar Milan uses balls,
sticks and other toys to
help his pack work off energy.
Is Caper's ball playing
just harmless fun,
or has her fanatical obsession
created a mini monster.
Daniela: Hi.
Cesar: How are you guys?
Daniela: Good, how are you?
Cesar: When I arrived
to the consultation,
the first impression I got
from Daniela and Chad is,
they were a little confused,
a little stressed out.
Daniela: It's been
making me crazy.
I mean, having to deal with, I'm
going left, she's going right.
Opposite directions,
doing her own thing.
Cesar: Right.
Chad: Normally, she wants
to walk ahead of us.
Cesar: Which, that makes
her the pack leader.
The moment she's in front
of you, she's your leader.
Chad: Gotcha.
We've been walking.
Daniela:
She's always the leader.
Chad: She's in
front of us, always.
Cesar: So when
they do that, they do excitement
domination because the mind is.
You guys are just the
maids and the butler.
You're not the pack leader.
Daniela:
We're servants of Caper.
Cesar: That's right.
So share more, share more
about the obsession part.
Chad: It's all about the balls.
Daniela: It's her religion,
her drug of choice.
Chad: It's all
about the ball.
She takes off the beach
toward the volleyball players
and she'll start
to attack the volleyball.
But her biggest obsession
is the green ball.
She just loves
green tennis balls.
Ultimately, when she gets
a hold of a tennis ball
she'll start ripping up
the ball in a pretty
serious act of
aggression towards it.
Daniela: She puts her two
front paws on it and just
gets really into it and just
rips and rips and rips until,
I think the ball is
pretty much destroyed.
Cesar: The way Caper is
practicing this exercise is
like reeeally obsessed.
Throw the ball!
Come on, throw the ball!
So, it's not a healthy
way of playing.
Now the first thing we
have to achieve before we
go into anything
else is walk.
You guys have to
master the walk.
You're going to be amazed
how fast animals let go.
Whoever goes to that dog
first is the dominant one.
At least that's
how they see it.
See you and I can say, "Well,
I'll, I'll meet you outside."
They don't put it that way.
This is the invisible line.
Eventually, she, eventually,
what we gonna do is we
gonna drop leash on the floor
and the brain stays that way.
Shh!
If she passes, you can
step on and then, move on.
That's the steps of
eventually going to the off
leash mode that you want.
Chad: I see.
Daniela: She never
walks like this.
Cesar: Let's go.
Now, you can't say
come on Caper.
Just say, just go.
Let's go.
Move.
That's right.
You gotta get into a
more bossy energy.
Narrator: But, Chad
and Daniela aren't comfortable
acting like Caper's boss.
Chad: We don't really
discipline the dog, per se.
Daniela: I don't like it.
You know, to have
to yell at a dog.
Caper!
No!
It just makes me unhappy,
it's not a fun thing to do.
Cesar: So you want freedom
without working for it?
Daniela: Probably.
When I go out, people
say, "Oh, she's so sweet.
The dog is so nice
and so loving and that's
reflective of the owner."
So there's a flip
side to that.
When she doesn't
listen or obey,
maybe I don't
listen all the time.
That could be
the artist in me.
You know,
I do a lot of paintings of
dogs and I love animals,
so perhaps that could
be the wild streak in me.
Transferred into the dog.
Cesar: You're talking
to guys who are very
in tuned to your energy.
So it's never we have
to use a lot of force.
Cause I'm holding with,
you know, Oh, there you go!
Perfect!
Let's do it!
That's right, great!
Doesn't she look great?
Chad: Big difference.
Cesar: See, this
time much better.
Isn't it?
You feel better?
You look great.
Daniela: I'm thinking
she's gonna do good.
I'm gonna do good.
Narrator: When we continue.
Cesar: Challenge number
two is to control obsession.
What I'm doing is I'm
claiming the ball.
She can look at the ball
but she can't touch the ball.
We controlling the highest
level of hunting ability.
Narrator: Caper, a hyper
active Miniature Pinscher has
already improved dramatically
under Cesar's tutelage.
But her obsession with balls
may prove a tougher challenge.
Cesar: Challenge number
two is for me to show them
how to control obsession.
So instead of using
choke chains and leashes and all
that stuff, we using our hand.
My hand becomes a, a mouth
and my fingertips the teeth.
I'm biting.
Every time I'm touching,
she's getting this feeling.
And so what I'm doing is
I'm claiming the ball.
She can look at the ball,
but she can't touch the ball.
See it?
I am claiming the ball.
And it's a message
right there.
As you see, she's
not afraid of me.
She got the point.
I want this ball!
All right, let's move the ball.
Shh!
Now we gonna use
a little bit of sound just
to keep her right there.
This is,
we controlling the highest
level of hunting ability.
See she's not
into ball anymore.
She redirect her attention
from the ball to us now.
Once she achieves calm,
submission then I'm gonna
throw the ball.
We started
holding the dog,
throwing the ball making
sure the dog achieved a
relaxed state of mind.
Then she came back,
bring the ball again,
I hold her again,
throw the ball.
Shh!
I didn't send her, when she
was, you know, very anxious.
I send her when she went in
to a better relaxed mode.
And then I let her go.
So she's getting the
picture now that the only way
she's gonna go get the ball
is she practice calm,
submission again.
Shh!
She already practice calm,
submission in the walk,
so she's already
familiar with this.
I'm just transferring this state
of mind to another challenge.
In a
matter of five minutes we create
three different style of games.
Where they all involve
calm submission and where
they all are being
controlled by the coach.
It's your turn now.
If she comes and jumps.
Chad: She comes closer.
Cesar: Shh!
See it?
It's about her
learning to be patient.
Chad: Sit!
Cesar: This is better
than what you normally.
Chad: Oh, this
is a lot better!
Right!
Cesar: There we go.
Good timing.
This is an exercise that
you guys can practice in
the street when you
guys are walking, okay?
So here!
You're gonna throw the
ball right in front of us
and my job is just to stop
her from going after it.
So she experience the balls
outside can not be chased.
All right?
So we have to do that
on the leash first, cause
otherwise, she takes off.
Right?
Okay?
Walk with me.
And she's gonna get like that.
Daniela: Like
a loose follow, just..
Cesar: Like that, there we, shh!
It's gonna be challenging
for her so we have
to keep moving forward.
Until,
after like the fifth ball,
she doesn't do it anymore.
Let's do it again.
This is gonna be the
hardest challenge for her.
Narrator: There's one more
situation where Daniela
and Chad need
to take control.
Daniela: We have
a begging problem.
Caper likes to eat dinner with
us, practically on our lap.
Cesar: Shh!
Daniela: That's
usually what happens.
That she's exactly
right here.
Or she'll step up, you
know and touch your leg.
And everyone
lets her do it.
Cesar: The message that
Chad and Daniela needed to
give Caper is at that moment,
pack leaders are eating.
At the moment she
cross the line.
Shh!
That's as far as
she's gonna go.
If we study dogs in
their natural habitat,
when pack leaders
are eating,
there's no followers
around that food.
If they bring that
into their life,
Caper will be able to
understand why she can't
get near to the food.
And it will make total
sense for Caper.
She will not
take it personal.
So, how you feel?
Daniela: Good!
Cesar: Yeah!
Daniela: I feel like
it's a different dog.
And it's made vast
improvements and it taught us
that we're as much a part of
this dog's behavior as the dog.
Cesar: That's correct, yeah.
Chad: It's not the leash,
it's not the collar,
it isn't anything like that.
It's, it's the way that
you act is all that it is.
It's your behavior
that presses upon them.
Brendan: Julius is
afraid of everything.
He's extremely nervous.
Spooked all the time.
Sharon: If I put down a
coffee cup to hard, he bolts.
If there are leaves and
they rustle, he bolts.
The fellas come to cut the
grass on Mondays and he
panics and he pees
and he vomits.
He was abandoned, he was
about five weeks old.
All he knew was hardship.
I think that his attitude
towards everything is
that it's gonna hurt him.
In the car he is a terror.
He's extremely aggressive.
And it's not just barking,
it's snarling and drooling
and Maw, maw, aww.
He goes into kill mode.
Julius' problem he's
afraid of everything.
We had a Pit Bull named
Bernard who was the angel
of my heart and he got
lymphoma and we lost him.
Brendan: Initially, Sharon
did not want to get
another dog right away
because of the trauma of
the separation from
Bernard was so great.
Sharon: But the woman
from the rescue organization
called me and said,
"I think I have the
perfect dog for you."
Brendan: I didn't want any
dogs in the first place,
but my wife's from Texas
so I do what she says.
Sharon: I thought
this was possibly the ugliest
dog I had ever seen in my life.
Nobody wanted him.
I thought, "he needs a mom."
So, of course, we're gonna
keep him cause he needs us.
Narrator: That was
three years ago,
before Sharon realized the
extent of Julius' problems.
Sharon: We got him here
and he'd never been in a
house before so he
spooked at the house.
He would pee,
poop and vomit.
And he must've vomited 10 times
a day for about three weeks.
To see Julius
frightened upsets me.
I hope that Cesar can give
Julius a little comfort,
make him perceive the world
as a less frightening place.
Brendan: I don't think Cesar
can do anything with Julius.
If he can do
something with Julius,
he truly is a
special person.
Narrator: When
dog behaviorist, Cesar Millan
gets calls about Pit Bulls,
the problems are almost
always about aggression.
Today, he encounters
a four year old,
Pit Bull Mix who seems to be
in a constant state of terror.
Cesar: When I hear
people tell me,
I will be extraordinary
if I'm able to do something
to the dog, it worries me.
Because, in their mind it's
the dog, in my mind, it's
always the human.
So, how can I
help you guys?
Brendan: Our dog, Julius,
is a mix between a Pit Bull
and a Dalmatian.
And Dalmatian's, as
you may well know,
are extremely nervous dogs
and it seems that Julius
has gotten that trait,
that Dalmatian trait.
He's extremely
nervous all the time,
the only place where
he's calm is here inside the
house, this is his sanctuary.
Cesar: But this is has
nothing to with the Dalmatian.
Brendan: Okay.
Cesar: It's not the breed
that has created this problem,
it's whatever happened
to him in the beginning,
the animal is traumatized.
This is a low self-esteem guy,
it doesn't get worse than this.
Okay?
Peeing, pooping, throwing up,
I mean, that's the worst.
What is in pain right now is
the animal inside Julius.
See we have to see
him as who they are.
Brendan: How?
How do we do that?
Cesar: Well, we have to
go back to basics, yeah,
I mean, I really want to
see the way you guys walk.
Sharon: The strip
between our house and the park
is what we call "No Man's Land,"
because he's frightened
the whole time.
He has his ears back and
his tail is tucked between
his legs and he walks in
a crouched position as though,
he's always ready to run.
When we come back from a
walk he runs to get back
in the house as
fast as he can.
He jumps up and throws
himself bodily against
the door to get back in.
Cesar: Sounds like dogs
become humans in your life.
Sharon: Oh, yes, they do.
Brendan: Sometimes I think so.
Sharon: Yes.
Cesar: So you never had a
problem with the kids
control mom or dad?
Cause you do have a problem
with dogs control mom and dad.
You, you see it?
Brendan: Apparently.
Cesar: You're saying
Bernard was dominant.
Sharon: Yeah, but not
dominant with us.
Cesar: But, just
the fact that they do whatever
they want, that's dominant.
Sharon: Bernard didn't.
Cesar: Bernard
was possessive.
Sharon: He was protective.
Cesar: Which is a
dominant behavior.
Sharon: Yes.
Cesar: Can you see that?
That history pattern.
Sharon: I'm not, I'm not going
with you just yet, Cesar.
Just keep talking.
I'm not, I'm not along with
you yet, keep on going.
Cesar: Okay.
Narrator: When The Dog
Whisperer continues.
Sharon: Julius does not
like to leave the house.
Cesar: This is
hard for him.
Love is not going to
rehabilitate his
psychological problem.
I want you to
play Cleopatra.
Beautiful and dominant.
Sharon: Oh, yes, well.
Cesar: There you go.
Narrator: Julius is a
rescued Pit Bull mix with
an overpowering
fear of everything.
Can Cesar help him
overcome his phobias?
Cesar: All right,
so you ready?
Brendan: Yep.
Sharon: Uhm, huh.
Cesar: You ready?
Brendan: Ready.
Cesar: Love is not going to
rehabilitate a
psychological problem.
They don't
follow lovable leaders and they
don't follow emotional leaders.
This is extremely,
extremely important for you
to see it and actually
put yourself in their shoes.
Can you see it?
Brendan: I think the
training is not for Julius.
It's for us.
Narrator: Cesar begins the
training by confronting
Julius' greatest fear.
Sharon: Julius does not
like to leave the house.
When we take him out for a
walk we have to drag him
out the front door
to get him out.
Narrator: Sharon and Brendan
have been using a halty,
a collar that fits around
his mouth and makes him
easier to control.
He's calm and perfectly
comfortable wearing it
in the house,
but once he realizes he's going
outdoors it's another story.
Cesar: This is hard for him.
That was not a good
experience for him.
Can I just go back
again and do it again?
Narrator: Cesar tries
again with a choke chain,
a collar
that does not have any negative
associations for Julius.
Cesar: See, it's easy
with the choke chain.
It's a, it's a much
better reaction.
I'm gonna do it again.
Hold on, one more time.
There we go.
See, much more
pleasant this time.
Not so hard for him.
Narrator: Until Julius'
owners prove to him that
they're strong leaders he
will never trust them enough
to let go of his fears.
Cesar begins
by teaching them the basics
of the calm, assertive walk.
Cesar: So,
any kind of reaction that he do
with like all this nervousness,
zigzagging and all of that
will go away if you stay
calm and assertive.
He have to learn to deal with
things just because he has to.
Now us controlling
the situation,
stopping whenever we want,
make us the pack leader.
Make us the one who's in
control of that activity.
Brendan: And we do
that by leading.
Cesar: By leading, yeah.
By not sharing affection
at the wrong time.
And bring him to an environment
that really makes him afraid.
You have to learn
to deal with it.
The more you move to different
places the better
for the rehabilitation
because it's a challenge.
Lead the dog, then,
love the dog.
Leader before lover.
Otherwise they
become your leader.
Sharon: Oh, don't tell him that!
Brendan: Are you
listening to that?
Narrator: To help Sharon
take the role of leader,
Cesar asks her to draw
on the skills from her career.
Cesar: She is an actress,
so Sharon have to play the
roll where she is the
dominant one which is not
just the loving
person that she is,
which is very lovely, it's
very obvious, you know.
I'm going to
be your director.
Sharon: All right.
Cesar: I'm going
to be your coach.
I want you
to play Cleopatra.
Sharon: All right.
Cesar: Can you do it?
Sharon: Sure.
Cesar: You know, Cleopatra
was a dominant woman.
Sharon: I know that.
Cesar: Beautiful and dominant.
Sharon: Oh, yes, well.
Cesar: There
you go, you fit.
Let's go Cleopatra.
Relax.
Shoulders up.
That's right.
Remember, you
are Cleopatra.
Sharon: I'm going, That's right.
I'm, I'm going for a walk.
Cesar: Cleopatra never walked
with the shoulders low.
She was always as
beautiful as she can be.
Sharon: Wrists held high.
Cesar: That's right.
Julius
is going to get a lot of benefit
just by them mastering the walk.
When I say
mastering the walk,
is Julius has to be calm,
submissive all the way.
So he's able to go
through challenge,
kids rollerblading
or anything.
Any kind of sound, he have
to be able to just go
through without
him panicking.
Sharon: He's nervous now because
Brendan's too far behind us.
Cesar: He's a
little concerned,
but you have to be able to
control situation no
matter if he's behind.
You have to bring all his
attention towards you.
Right now we can't feel
bad about him even though
his tail is between the
legs because by us feeling
bad about him we'll
become a weak energy.
He needs a strong
energy to follow.
It's going to
be some test.
Sharon: Yes, I'm sure.
Cesar: Because you have not been
Cleopatra for a long time.
Sharon: That's right.
Cesar: Sir, take over.
You didn't set
yourself to win, Sir.
Hold on.
Look, this is
what you did.
You grabbed
and you didn't set yourself
to be in a comfortable position.
You just grabbed
and took off.
Grab, get comfortable.
That's right, right here.
There you go.
That's right!
It's a briefcase.
You feel proud!
You have the most expensive
brief case in the world.
And not only that.
That brief case loves you!
Brendan: Okay, I'm gonna
go out and buy one.
Cesar: You got one,
right there, you know.
Brendan: I got one.
Narrator: Sharon and
Brendan will need to grow
into their new
roles before Julius can
release all his fears.
But today, they've taken
an important first step
toward becoming
true pack leaders.
Brendan: Normally, what
would be happening is he
would just be dragging
us hither and thither.
Sharon: Yeah, it's usually.
Brendan: This is a lot better.
Sharon: It's usually an ordeal.
Brendan: I am very surprised.
I didn't recognize that
giving Julius affection
when he's apprehensive
reinforces the
apprehensive behavior.
Sharon: Yeah, we've been
treating him the way we
would treat a real, a
person, child, forgetting
that he's a dog.
Brendan:
The walk was the best walk
that we've ever had with him,
so I have to thank you.
Sharon: Yeah.
Cesar: How do you feel
being Cleopatra now?
Sharon: I feel great.