I've never watched Victoria Stillwell, but I've seen many Dog Whisperer episodes and I've seen him alpha roll, I don't know, once?
Caesar Milan is unique in that he has so much confidence and such a commanding presence that dogs automatically know that and don't mess with him. Not very many people have that much confidence, and not very many people can keep up that confidence. There was an episode where these people got an imported german shepherd from germany as a guard dog that seemed really aggressive to everyone, and Caesar just waltzed right into the dog's kennel. He did the same with two large aggressive great danes with a bite history. That's kind of nuts.
I like his methods. He doesn't take crap from any dog. I think what he's trying to teach is not that you have to dominate the dog all the time, but you should never, ever be dominated by the dog. If a dog starts learning, "Hey, I can get away with being bad and nothing happens to me!" you create a problem dog.
Btw, has anyone here seen the show At The End of My Leash with Brad Pattison? Boy is that guy ever pissed off.
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