Product Description

Bestselling author Cesar Millan takes his principles of dog psychology a step further, showing you how to develop the calm-assertive energy of a successful pack leader and use it to improve your dog's life - and your own.

Filled with practical tips and techniques as well as success stories from his fans, clients (including the Grogan family), and his popular television show Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, Cesar helps you understand and read your dog's energy as well as your own so that you can move beyond just correcting behavioural issues and take your connection with your dog to the next level.

The principles of calm-assertive energy will help you become a better pack leader in every area of your life, improving your relationships with friends, family and co-workers.

In addition, Cesar addresses several important issues for the first time, including what you need to know about the major dog behaviour tools available and the difference between 'personality' and 'instability'.

What emerges from BE THE PACK LEADER are both happier dogs and happier, more centred owners. (20091129)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #289 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Review
'Icon to dog owners all over the world... The man is a dog wizard, a genius' (Anne Shooter, Daily Mail )

'[Millan is] serene and mesmerizing . . . He deserves a cape and mask'. (New York Times )

'[Cesar] arrives amid canine chaos and leaves behind peace.' (Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker )

About the Author
Founder of the Dog Psychology Center in Los Angeles, CESAR MILLAN is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and star of Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, the National Geographic Channel's top-rated show. In addition to his educational seminars and work with unstable dogs, Cesar and his wife have founded the Cesar and Ilusion Millan Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to helping shelters and rescue groups.
www.cesarmillaninc.com

Cesar Millan - achieving balance between people and dogs

Customer Reviews

The Ultimate Dog Training Book
"Be The Pack Leader" is a very different book to Cesar's first book "Cesars Way". As a professional dog trainer I know though experience that the system which Cesar outlines in this book needs to form the base of any effective dog training program.

Like the great martial artist Bruce Lee said we need to "Research our own experience, absorb what is useful, reject what is useless and add what is uniquely our own". Cesar's method (which is very similar to Jan Fennels) focuses on you becoming your dogs 'alpha' or 'pack leader'. In "Be The Pack Leader" he offers powerful guidance as to how to create the leadership skills you need to create a balanced and happy dog.

Once this foundation is built, then and ONLY then are other methods (clicker training, obedience work) likely to have any real effect. Bruce Lee also counselled us to have "No way as way and no limitation as limitation". Cesars methods allow us to be creative and innovative with the way we work with our canine friends.

"Be The Pack Leader" is a book which I have found very useful in my work and I recommend it VERY highly to all those who wish to work with their dogs and to create trust and respect!

Cesar Millan is the BEST
I have been following closely and studying Cesar Millans methods. After spending years trying to search out someone who truley understands dogs and why they behave as they do, and how to correct problem behaviour in a non cruel and non aggressive manner, along comes Cesar Millan. He outshines any other so called dog behaviourist. To me he is the ultimate when it comes to understanding dogs. No one comes close to being so in tune with dogs and reading all they are trying to tell us in body language and behaviour. He is a very deep spiritual human being who has a way with dogs that goes beyond anyone we have ever read or seen before in this field. If you only ever buy one book to help with your dogs behaviour buy this one. I also highly recommend you watch him on national geographic to see what a special, gifted individual Cesar Millan really is.

Good for understanding dogs with poblems but don't buy if you are wanting a step by step training manual
THIS BOOK IS NOT A HOW TO TRAINING MANUAL. As Cesar himself says he is not a dog trainer. Please don't buy it if you are wanting to find out how to train your new puppy or teach your dogs to sit, give a paw etc.

Ok that out of the way this book is a good read even if your dog does not have behavioural problems. It helps you understand how dogs think and does give some info on how to become the leader of your dog, the pack leader.

I have to admit that I was hoping for a bit more detail on how to on this - kind of like number 1 do this, number 2 do this etc.

There are tips in the back for certain situations but I think I was looking more for a training manual. My 3 month old Chihuahua is getting a little bit too nibbly with my son and I wanted to learn how to stop that. Although this book did show me how to use a touch (claw like - NO pain) to correct him when he does this as other dogs would and so far it is kind of working.