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Dont worry.

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Well, if you think he is being cruel then you obviously don't understand dogs and their language and way of being at all...

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Not sure if that part was aimed at me (ignore if wasn't) but I just wanted to clarify that I don't think the guy's methods are cruel, I just think they are a little aggresive - like dogs can be with each other, I know that. I just wouldn't like to train my dogs like that, that's all.

My husband was watching a video of Caesar Milan on the internet and it was claiming he uses shocks to control the dogs. While I don't know if that's true (and I'm not sure what the source of the video was. I'll have to ask him for it), I can say that from that one episode, I DO NOT like his methods. Maybe it's unfair to judge by one episode, but putting a dog and people in danger is NOT commendable.

There was a little dog that hated being groomed. I'm not sure if he had any other issues (probably) but this is the part I saw. So what did Caesar do? He struffed the snarling angry dog (not big deal) and kept holding him and holding him and holding him. Caesar was bit and he just let the dog continue to bite him (with the idea that if you back off, the dog learns that behavior solves the problem) and said "don't worry, it's just a puncture wound" and well, whatever, if he gets himself bit fine, that's his body. But, what REALLY p-ed me off was when he brought out the scissors. The dog is obviously terrified of them, still snarling. Caesar brings the scissors CLOSE TO THE DOG'S FACE and the dog is trying to bite still, and nearly gets stabbed in the mouth by the scissors. This is just dangerous to the dog! He starts clipping the hair around his eyes and stuff and the dog is clearly not happy..He's still scruffing the dog this whole time. Then Caesar hands over the scissors to the owner who is NOT AN EXPERT and has her do the same thing!! How dangerous is that?? The dog is still growling and snapping when it can and she starts clipping his hair and she is saying "wow, I never thought I'd be able to cut his hair!" OMFG! The dog is STILL scruffed, but by this time he is panting heavily. It's not that he's "trained" now. I do NOT agree with this. It was dangerous for everyone involved.

edit: I found the video on his facebook account. I'm not sure if linking it like this will work, but it's not on youtube or anything and I'm not sure where else to find the video

www.facebook.com/home.php?#/video/video.php?v=1160909300600&oid=20444826822&ref=nf

If he really kicked on a dog on T.V. then he would of got arrested by now. I like him. I've used some of his training methods and they have really worked for me. He seems to know the dogs way of thinking. Like the dogs he doesn't ask them to do some thing he tells them to do it.