Actually Jackson, Cesar is the first to say to use the softest "positive" energy possible to teach the dog, and for people with good dogs - there are alot of them out there, that is a wonderful solution for people who will take the time to do this the right way the first time.
There are also many people who agree with you and is why tens of thousands of dogs are destroyed every year in the US alone. There are even groups of people who want dogs destroyed just because they are the "wrong breed" with the appearance of dangerous behavior and so they destroy them all, like they have with the over 1100 dogs in Denver, CO who were ripped out of their homes having done nothing wrong other then being the wrong breed to be euthanized:
Pit Bull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia the reference for the statistics is half way down the page (do a control +F they type in "1100" and also is referenced here:
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USATODAY.com - Critics assail Denver's pit bull ban (may need to copy and paste link/remove spaces.
It is terribly unfortunate that there are so many people who do not know how to do this and so the dog's behavior escalates to the point that when the dog is abandoned to shelter or turned out on the streets, that the shelters do not have this luxery of time to rehabilitate them and so they are euthanized to make room for the "good dogs".
All these problem dogs are preventable of course. So I will simply and respectfully, agree to disagree with your position that these dogs cannot be saved, rehabbed without pain and suffering and placed in good homes to live out the rest of their lives. I work with thousands of others who also feel this way, not that that makes my position have more value then yours!
For the thousands of us who chose to work with these lost souls, to not give up on them, Cesar's way offers solutions that are long term, humane and can be done in safety, (although there are many who will push the safety edge because they do not have enough knowledge or skill - but the alternative is that without stepping up and trying, the dog WILL be ethanized because there IS no one else to help locally).
Jackson, Cesar is completely clear in both DVD's his books and shows. If what is done harms the dog, it is NOT Cesar's way, no matter what anyone says.
I hate to correct anyone, but the statement you made about him killing a dog is completely wrong and you will not be able to produce a document from a vet, an animal clinic or an emergency animal hospital from any owner who has been helped by Cesar directly, documenting that his efforts has physically or psychologically harmed a dog.
I have already in another post addressed the mis-information that is constantly put out by people looking to destroy Cesar Millan's efforts to help problem dogs, about the ONE lawsuit brought by a television producter to a Trainer who borrowed Cesar's facility while Cesar was out of town and that person, who was NOT an employee of CMI was responsible for the damage to the dog.
By the way, treadmilling dogs are completely safe when done correctly. I have converted ALL my rescue problem dogs to "leashless treadmill dogs" within minutes to help them with exercise at an intensity and speed that my 54 year old body cannot provide. You can see pictures of many of them at my youtube site
YouTube - cjanderson's Channel. I then use my time with the now calm dogs to work with their disapline such as therapy dog training or obedience.
There are also follow up stories going back from the earliest episodes four years ago about the long term successes of the hundreds of dogs who were helped on Cesar's Dg Whisperer epsisodes that anyone can read in the Dog Whisperer Season 1-3 Episode Guide!
Perhaps the coolest out come of many stories, is that when some of the family members realized that they would not sustain the solutions put in place by Cesar during the epsiode, that the dog would be re-homed into a home and lifestyle with people who WOULD follow through with the needed solutions, and so the dogs who would have bee abandoned or actively euthanized, are still alive, healthy, well cared for and loved today. (Actually a couple have died from health complications like cancer).
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Originally Posted by jackson
To be honest, I think better a dog PTS than be too scared to behave like a normal dog. That is the only reason his methods work. He frightens dogs into submission and bullies them. Having said that, how do you know the dogs would have been PTS? A more knowledgable, kinder behaviorist/trainer could have still got good results fromt he same dogs.
I would NEVER Allow anyone to trap my dog cowering in a corner, or yank it along by it's lead. WHY do so when there is a kinder way of getting the same result? Or worse, kill it on a treadmill? (he has done this!)
As I said, anyone who is very knowldegable is dog behaviour shuns his methods. If you undertsad dog body language, watch one of his videos (plenty there) on You Tube witt he sound off, then with it on. What he says the dog is doing is very different to what it is actually doing. 
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