The “dog whisperer” César Millán believes that people should learn from the loyalty, “healthy” leadership, love and the “simple and natural” way of living of dogs, who deep down have a very very way of relating. similar to that of the human being.
“The dog does not seek fame, money or power,” the dog trainer tells EFE, who today celebrates his 20 years on television and the new season of his program “Better Human, at the historic Empire State Building in New York.” Best Dog,” which will air on the National Geographic Channel on April 12.
When Millán talks about people, he tends to use terms specific to animals, and specifically, dogs, which share more similarities with humans than can be seen at first glance.
“We look for the family, the herd. Before I was a follower of my grandfather and my father, and now, as a father, I am a leader. It is a beautiful tradition that the animals have, they simply do not create problems, we do,” explains the tamer.
Two decades of prolific career
To honor his two decades of success on television, the iconic Empire State Building commissioned the Mexican to illuminate the building, which was dyed orange, yellow and blue to celebrate his professional career.
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The dog trainer celebrated his 20 years of experience while the song “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra played on the speakers, accompanied by a chorus of barking harmonized by two of his dogs, who attended the event.
Millán, a native of Culiacán (Mexico), emigrated to Los Angeles at the age of 21 in search of a better life, and he found it: “My life has been incredible since I arrived in America,” he tells the press before the lighting of the building. .
And he attributes the success in his career, which has led him to obtain three Emmy nominations, to his connection with the public: “I don’t train dogs, I train humans. Many people when they see me tell me ‘I don’t have a dog but I learn a lot from humans,'” he says.
“When you are going to raise a child or a dog, your energy is going to be reflected in it, that is why I focus on the human. Training dogs is easy, but to gain trust and respect you need something else,” he adds.
Millán has learned to “work with humans” and “adapt” to his own species: “Depending on where you live in the world, your culture and traditions make you see different things,” while, with a dog, there are no barriers. sociocultural or linguistic.
“I can go to Russia and talk to a dog without knowing Russian,” he explains.
New season, new challenges
In the fourth installment of the program, which takes place at Millán’s Dog Psychological Center in Santa Clarita (California), the trainer faces new obstacles, such as trying to tame a very aggressive dog that is also blind and deaf: ” The challenge is how I can gain their trust when they don’t have those senses,” he explains.
In addition, the public will see a new facet of the trainer, who in this season becomes a “matchmaker” or pimp between program participants and dogs: “I choose three dogs for you to interact with and I tell you which one benefits you,” Explain.
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