Please don't use Caesar Milan's methods. He has a variety of lawsuits against him right now for hurting people's dogs with his methods. His training is fear based and from what you said about your dog it seems like he is fearful enough already. It also sounds like he is full of anxiety.
My first mode of action would be to take him to the vet and get a blood screen to make sure that is normal.
You should get a book on positive reinforcement training. Dominating a dog like Caesar does is not the way to go.
Just adding my two cents on this (and of course, it's really one opinion against another).
As far as I know, Cesar Millan has faced two lawsuits; one surrounding an alleged breach of contract with someone he employed several years ago; the other, alsoa few years ago (and now settled) involved a case where one of his employee's dogs suffered an injury at his dog psychology center, when a friend of an employee was handling the dog on a treadmill...and from what I've read, Cesar wasn't present when it occured.
I will still heartily advocate Cesar's methods, even though they may not be for everyone - as he states himself, his way is not 'the only way'. However, I do not believe that his methods are fear-based in any way; I've yet to see any evidence of that on his show. He teaches owners to be the leader with their dog, to set the boundaries and rules, just as the leader will do in a dog pack. Never does he strike, hit, orkick a dog (as has been accused of him, his method of tapping a dog with his foot has been turned into *abusively kicking dogs* by those who do not advocate his training methods). He bases his methods on dog behavior, and his track record for rehabilitating the toughest of cases, dogs with extreme aggression - notthrough force, butthrough dominance (there is a huge difference) - stands on its own, simply in the number of lives he's saved, and in the number of people who have had their dogs seen by him. Many of the tougher cases of aggression that he's seen were fear-based, and using gentle methods of dominance, and discovering what the dog is afraid of, the aggression has been successfully treated.
However, as I said, his methods are not the only method, nor are they everyone's method of choice.It's all a matter of researching different dog trainers and finding one best suited for your own personality.
(Again, I just posted to stand up forCesar Millan, as it seems there is a misconception heis instilling fear in dogs, orhas multiple lawsuits ongoing, or is abusive toward dogs. I just don't see it, and of all the trainers and behaviorists I've seen (or read their books) over the years, in my opinion he is at the top of the list in both methods and results. And that's how I see it...
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