a.) People misinterpret things all the time. Especially when not having every piece of information. Have all these people at your dog park *personally* worked with Cesar Milan in their homes? If not, then they’re just working off of their own perspective/perception/opinion on the limited amount of information they see *in the show.*” The show does not include the full explanation or show all the time and work that went into the results. It can’t; it has time limits. “People error in trying to ‘be’ Cesar based on the TV show.” Do people realize these things? KWolf

b.) “And the dogs still won’t won’t come to them.” Dogs (and indeed, most living creatures with a self-preservation instinct or any love of self) need *incentive* to come to a person. And that incentive needs to be perceived by the dog as positive. Would *you* be willing to “come to” your friend/parent/spouse/et cetera if he or she had previously been “pulling…[you]…around” or “jerking [your] neck” or “choking…[you] off the ground”?

Again, I reiterate that these tactics are not things I have seen Cesar do.

c.) Darcie is right about alpha roles. But again, this is something people misinterpret. Many people think that the “alpha dog” is the biggest, toughest, strictest, whatever. But a true alpha – a true leader for a pack – is one who protects (that’s where the strength – and *wisdom* – comes from), one who provides, and *one who sets and enforces rules* (in a loving/caring way). Alpha wolves may appear to fight to establish order and enforce rules but we’re a different species and can and must achieve the same results in different ways.

[Dear KWolf, Exactly! This is exactly my point in writing about this show for all of these years. It's the perception of the show that it's a dog training show that gets so many people into trouble with their dogs. Cesar does a lot of pulling dogs around, 'alpha rolls', and in this last show hung a dog on the end of the leash. He admits it and often says it's necessary to gain control. I disagree with him on that. Thanks! Darcie]