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There has been quite a hubub this week over Alan Titchmarsh’s handling of his interview with TV star Cesar Milan.

The Alan Titchmarsh show apparently received an unprecedented number of complaints about their proposal to have the American dog trainer on the show as a guest, due to Milan’s controversial training techniques

Some viewers felt Titchmarsh was unduly combative and rude towards the surprised Mr Milan,  others were delighted to see the dog trainer put on the spot.

Whilst not a fan of Cesar Milan’s methods,  I thought he did quite well to remain composed and smiling under such pressure,  and I was astonished to see Alan Titchmarsh display the sort of dogged determination we would normally only expect from Jeremy Paxman.

If you are interested in dogs or dog training,  it is well worth watching the clip

Total Recall beats Cesar’s Way!

Meanwhile today,   on Amazon,  my own Total Recall has beaten a couple of Cesar’s books to take fifth place in Amazon’s best sellers list for Dogs

Don’t worry Cesar fans,  I know it’s probably only a temporary blip, and Cesar will be back.

Still,   great fun for me for to see my book right there,  even if it’s only for an hour or two!

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  1. I see his tickets for his upcoming shows went on sale at the end of October. With all the strong feeling against his methods I wonder if CM will be allowed onstage here next Springtime.

  2. Yes there will always be people who differ in their methods and feel strongly one way or the other, as I have stated I think it will be interesting to see how CM gets on here next year.

    I have always seen and sometimes pondered with no real conclusion the irony behind the US producing trainers to give us the hands off methods and yet on the other hand still producing some of the harshest trainers.

    • Whether or not the use of pain in dog training is right or wrong, is a matter of opinion, rather than a matter of fact. My own opinion differs from Caesars as I expect you may have gathered. 🙂

  6. I’m an American trainer who has been struggling for years now against those who’ve seen Caesar’s tv show and think his methods are fabulous and that he truly understands dogs. I even saw an advertisement in my town recently for a dog trainer claiming to use “Caeser Milan’s Methods”! As a trainer I have been highly troubled by his methods and the complete lack of correct scientific evidence of success. However, what troubles me most is that, as a behaviorist who’s since done more research in psychology and dog behavior specifically, I can now go back to watch his old videos and see the emotional and psychological trauma he is often causing to his canine clients. It troubles me that he still has such a huge following and I am really glad to hear that trainers like you are gaining a little more attention. I hope that soon we will be able to truly expose the problems with those types of techinques and make a real change towards caring, smarter training.

  7. Hi Heather, I couldn’t agree more I used to watch all of Caesar’s programmes before I bought my puppy. I am a novice but thought these techniques seem wrong to me. I Started looking around on the Internet and found Pippa’s articles and thought that’s more like it. The Happy Puppy is my bible at the moment. My darling little chocolate lab, Mabel is 10 weeks old. Also love Rachels journey. So helpful.

  8. Hi Pippa,

    Almost a year ago I adopted a Springer x(?) Spaniel from a Rescue Centre, all they could tell me about her was that she was from Wales and between 4/5 yrs old. She has been a challenge but is so quiet at home and is totally different when out walking. I have read many of the comments and she seems to behave very much like the rest. Recall is a problem and I wonder whether your book Total Recall would help?

    Sheila