Why does the DS dislike Cesar Milans techniques so much?
I really don’t have an opinion either way on Cesar Millan, but one of his techniques is completely outdated and downright violent in a dog’s eyes, and that’s the “alpha roll”. I don’t know if he even uses it anymore, but I know when his show first came out it was used a lot. The alpha roll is based on a completely misinterpreted, shallow view of wolf behavior. For one thing, wolf pack structure differs in a few ways from the dog pack structure. For another, NO canine physically pushes another canine down in order to force submission. Submission is a willing behavior, a calming and appeasing gesture, not forced and not violent. A wolf or dog that physically forces another onto its back does so to expose the vital soft throat and abdomen in order to maim or kill. Alpha rolling the dog was something Cesar did in every episode I’d ever seen. It is a violent, aggressive move and a dog that is not timid or submissive by nature is quite likely to defend itself and attack, and rightfully so. S
