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A Member Of The Family[Cesar Millan's Guide To A Lifetime Of Fulfillment With Your Dog] (2008)

by Cesar Millan(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1415960925 (ISBN13: 9781415960929)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Books on Tape

review 1: Fabulous. If you've evver watched The Dog Whisperer then you already know how amazing Cesar's advice is for the pack leader or pack leader wannabe. I read t his book out of order, but it didn't seem to matter. I went away with so many tips for the dog that we are planning on adop[ting, but also for the dog we already have. Our dog, Pete, is a great dog, but this book offerred suggestions to make our relationship even better. Must read if you are planning on getting a dog or already have one. I'm heading to the library tomorrow to get his first two books
review 2: One of my favorite parts of this book is the advice Cesar's wife Ilusion gives on being a strong woman. She says, "Women are the pack leaders of the world...women are the ones who are driven by ... moreour natures to fight to the death to hold the pack together...This determination to fight for the pack is our strength, but it can also be our weakness...you can't love a person...our of their problem or out of their issues. You have to find...the calm-assertive energy within yourself first. You need to love yourself enough to create boundaries and limits for yourself, because if you can't do it for yourself, how can you create them in a relationship that will help you flourish? Relationships are supposed to make us stronger and happier, but we can't become happier by loving someone who's not stable."Certain loving emotions that we share with our dogs can be perceived by them as "soft energy" or weakness. What happens then is the dogs feel they have to compensate and take care of us. They actually have to overextend who they are as a dog, to try to make sense of what they perceive as imbalance. I've seen on so many occasions how dogs end up taking the place of a leader when they really don't want to lead. "To be fully present for my pack, I learned that I must set my own rules, boundaries, and limitations and hold firm to my own personal power. I'm no good to anyone--husband, kids, or dogs--when I let it go. less

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