How to Raise the Perfect Dog Quotes

“All dogs are predators, but over thousands of generations, we’ve created sporting breeds to be exceptionally focused predators. All dogs like to dig and chase small prey, but terriers are superdriven to dig and find rodents. All dogs love to run, but greyhounds can run up to forty miles an hour, and huskies can run for hours and hours on end. All dogs have the natural ability to fight or wrestle with one another, but the bully breeds have been genetically engineered to fight to the death. The more pure the bloodline, the more that genetic “boost” will probably play a part in your dog’s behavior. That’s why some owners claim that their “mutts” make mellower pets, because, they theorize, their DNA has been somewhat diluted, and their breed-related drives diffused as a result.”
― Cesar Millan, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

“As humans, the strongest scents we project come from our genital areas and from our mouths. We’ve all had the experience of a less-than-well-mannered dog sniffing our crotch areas—though within the dog world, sniffing genitals is considered good manners! Puppies”
― Cesar Millan, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

“After choosing Mr. Green, I asked Brooke if she could find me a towel or cloth that carried the scent of his canine family of origin, to help ease his transition from his first pack into my pack. Brooke did much more than that.”
― Cesar Millan, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

“ENFORCING THE RULES These are the basic skills everyone in the family needs to master in order to manage a puppy’s behavior:
1. Have a picture in your mind of the behavior you desire. 2. Clearly and consistently communicate that desired behavior. In this communication, energy, intention, and body language are more important (and more easily comprehended by your puppy) than verbal commands. 3. Ignore very mild misbehaviors using the no-touch, no-talk, no-eye-contact rule (they usually correct themselves when they aren’t reinforced). 4. Immediately and consistently give corrections to more obvious misbehaviors. 5. Always apply corrections with calm-assertive energy—never take your puppy’s misbehavior personally! 6. Always give your puppy an alternative acceptable behavior every time you correct an unwanted one. 7. Reward good behaviors—with affection, treats, praise—or simply your silent joy and approval, which your puppy immediately senses and understands.”
― Cesar Millan, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

“As we discussed in the last chapter, your puppy may still be in the “cautious” phase that marks the end of her early socialization period. So don’t force the puppy inside if she is “putting the brakes on.” Remember my formula: nose-eyes-ears.”
― Cesar Millan, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

“But petting a fretful puppy can actually create exactly the outcome you don’t want—a puppy that always gets upset whenever she is inside a car or her kennel.”
― Cesar Millan, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

“Once the ears are open and they can hear a little bit, we do a lot of handling, picking them up, touching them, but we also start playing sound tapes. We do that at three weeks. We have realistic tapes of the sounds of firecrackers, vacuum cleaners, kids screaming, cars honking,”
― Cesar Millan, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

“Discourage rough games such as wrestling, tug-of-war, keep-away, and play biting, and encourage your children to master the walk and to engage in challenging activities such as fetch, swimming, and agility games. Teach children that all games with a puppy need to have a beginning and an end.”
― Cesar Millan, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

“Teach children how to greet a dog properly, by using the no touch, no talk, no eye contact rule until the dog signals that it wants to have more interaction. When the puppy first arrives, make sure the children limit their engagement with it for the first few days, and that they always interact in a calm, quiet manner. Educate your kids about leadership, and show them how to block a puppy’s excitement if he begins to play too rough. It may seem cute in a tiny puppy, but it could become dangerous as the dog grows up. Don’t ever let a child tease a puppy.”
― Cesar Millan, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

“Don’t introduce an excited child to a puppy. Teach your kids early about the concept of calm-assertive energy.”
― Cesar Millan, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

“When the puppy arrives, children should not be crowding around it to pet and play with it. Instead, they should quietly allow the puppy to smell them, then let the primary caretaker put the puppy in its safe place or crate.”
― Cesar Millan, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond

“I am a big believer in the theory that the mental health and environmental stresses placed on a mother (of any species) play a role in the issues her offspring inherit.”
― Cesar Millan, How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond