by Tim Rosanelli

Created on: April 30, 2009

Cesar Millan, AKA the dog whisperer, uses his skills to rehabilitate dogs by training humans. His method of training dogs follows the pattern of exercise, discipline (rules, boundaries, and limitations), and affection. Also, his philosophy requires the dog owner to maintain a calm, assertive energy when working with his dog. The energy is a natural leadership state that dogs tend to follow.

The Dog Whisperer's philosophy of handling dogs begs the question. Does the Dog Whisperer teachings of calm, assertive energy and the pattern of exercise, discipline, and affection work on children?

I became interested in the Dog Whisperer because I owned a German shepherd that showed signs of red zone territorial aggression. I had huge problems controlling my dog on walks. After reading his books, watching his show, and applying the attitude of calm assertive energy, I made huge stride in handling my dog and she no longer displays the red zone aggression. Now, I have four dogs that I am easily able to walk together without problems. I even impress my vet with the level of control that I effortlessly maintain over my dogs.

Being a martial arts instructor, I started experimenting with the concept of calm assertive energy within my karate classes. Using calm assertive energy, I found it greatly increases your span of control I can control a group of 18 - 24 kids effectively instead of 6 to 8 kid. It appears to almost triple your span of control.

How to use the Dog Whisperer's advice to tame your kids

Remain positive Maintaining a calm assertive attitude is all about keeping your mind on positive outcomes. People, children included, and naturally follow leaders with a positive and enthusiastic mindset. To get the best out of your children, you must remain positive.

Visualize your outcome As a parent, you must be able to see your child's potential and positive behavior clearly in your mind. This clear image in your mind is the birth of these positive outcomes in your child. If you can see it and believe it, your world will begin to form around your vision.

Convey your message with body language My dogs' behavior improved dramatically when I began to convey my messages through body language instead of using commands. This is true with children too. Many times, we say "no" to our children but our body language conveys a message of "maybe". I remember growing up my mom giving us look that would stop my brother and me in our tracks. I would call it the mom look. Without words, she could

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