A Member of the Family: The Ultimate Guide to Living with a Happy, Healthy Dog

Cesar Millan · Melissa Jo Peltier

Oct 2008 · Sold by Crown Archetype

About this ebook

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cesar’s Way and Be the Pack Leader comes the ultimate guide for living together with a healthy, happy dog.

In A Member of the Family, Cesar Millan coaches you on everything you need to know about raising a dog–from the moment you first think about getting a dog–including information on:

• Selecting the right breed for your family’s lifestyle
• Establishing–and enforcing– household rules from day one
• What to look for in a veterinarian
• Proper nutrition
• Familiarizing a dog with another pet in the family
• Setting up exercise, discipline, and affection plans for your family and your dog
• Introducing your dog to a new significant other or baby

Packed with practical tips and techniques–plus advice from the unique perspectives of Cesar’s wife and sons–A Member of the Family addresses the most common issues and questions for dog owners.

Ratings and reviews

It is in this book that we really come to learn how we can apply Cesar techniques to the human-human elements of our lives. It is here that we get to see dog in the role of teacher, healer and mirrors for what is really going on in our lives, the stressors, frustractions, angers... as well as the places we are in alignment with our selves and transitions. When one takes responsibility for one's life, you can then make different choices without the soap opera and drama one frequently feels impelled to go through.

For all those anti-Cesar people... I'd love for you to come to my rescue and work with some of our hard cases... You can say whatever you like, but when it comes down to it, Cesar prooves himself in his work.

About the author

Founder of the Dog Psychology Center in Los Angeles, CESAR MILLAN is the star of Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan on the National Geographic Channel. In addition to his educational seminars and work with unstable dogs, he and his wife have founded the Cesar and Ilusion Millan Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing financial support and rehabilitation expertise to shelters. A native of Culican, Mexico, Cesar lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their two sons, Andre and Calvin.

MELISSA JO PELTIER, an executive producer and writer of Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, has been honored for her film and television writing and directing with an Emmy, a Peabody, and more than fifty other awards. She lives in Nyack, New York, with her husband, writer-director John Gray, and stepdaughter, Caitlin.