01x06 - Blind Faith

[bunniefuu]

CESAR [off-screen]: When I
started my journey and

people started calling
me the dog whisperer,

the only thing I wanted to
do was to teach people that

there's no such
thing as a bad dog.

WOMAN: Oh, my God!

CESAR: Give me the leash!
She's safer with me.

[growling].

CESAR [off-screen]: Today, I'm
still doing what I love, but the
pandemic has changed the world.

[chatter].

Dog adoptions have
hit a record high.

The good news is dog shelters
are empty, the bad news is
people.

Still. Need. Help.

WOMAN: He doesn't
listen to me.

WOMAN 2: Like,
the problem is me.

MAN: What do I do?

CESAR [off-screen]: Mo' pooches,
mo' problems, right?

This is why he
doesn't listen to you.

MAN: No.

CESAR: So many things
you can fix already.
Tsch!

MAN 2: Sorry, sorry!

CESAR: Ignore the excitement.
GIRL: I just don't
want you to get bit.

CESAR: Do you know who I am?

CESAR [off-screen]: Together,
with my superhero pack, our
mission is to teach the world

to honor the "pack code",
honesty, integrity, and loyalty.

Once you get this, you
gonna have everything else!

And that's how we create
better humans and better dogs,
one pack at a time.

I'm heading to Long Beach to
meet this newlywed couple
because they have a problem

with a dog who is
blind but is biting.

And things are
getting even worse.

But what we don't know is why?

Is he afraid, is he
tense, is he nervous,
is he insecure?

And this is why I need
to go to their home and
assess and evaluate.

We need to get to Long Beach
as soon as possible to fix
this problem.

MIKE: He looks a
little pooped.

MORGAN: Yeah,
he's pretty pooped.

I'm Morgan Oncley,
this is my husband.

MIKE: Mike.
MORGAN: And we have a
blind little dog named Wayne.

MIKE: Wayne got his name
from Bruce Wayne, because
he looks like a little bat!

He's got big old bat ears
and he's all black, and...

MORGAN: Yeah!

MIKE: Blind as bat now, so
the name is totally fitting.

I adopted Wayne
seven years ago.

I actually had an appointment
to meet a rescue dog and the
dog got sick so they said,

"Hey, we got Wayne
as a backup, if you
wanna meet him?"

And I said, "Yeah!"
Just look at his face,
and he's so cute.

I loved him.

MORGAN: Wayne and I had
some issues in the beginning.

And then, once we moved
in together, Wayne and I
definitely bonded.

Our other dog, Wednesday,
is technically my dog.

I don't know where the
switch happened, but today,
Wayne is very attached to me

and Wednesday is
very attached to Mike.

MIKE: Oh, yeah.

MORGAN: But unfortunately,
Wayne kind of has this, what's
it Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

MIKE: Yeah, that works.

MORGAN: He has a Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde thing where
he'll just snap.

We call him our
little time b*mb.

It's just a matter of
when he's gonna go off.

[barking].

He's been snapping at Mike and
biting him when Mike tries to
touch me or get close to me.

MIKE: Ow! Wayne! No!

It's always bad, but I
would say it's gotten worse,

because Wayne started
to lose his vision.

The more he can't see
the more he's nipped at.

MORGAN: Basically any
person who walks in our
house and tries to pet him.

MIKE: Yeah.

MORGAN: My sister, my sister's
boyfriend, or dog sitter, or
dog sitter's boyfriend.

MIKE: The guy we
used to live next to.

MORGAN: The guy we
used to live next to.

MIKE: The guy who
installed our cable.

MORGAN: Oh!
I forgot about him.
Hey.

The biggest thing I would say
at this point is that he's
gone after our niece.

It definitely makes
me nervous and scared.

At this point I feel that
we just can't move
forward with our family.

We can't have a baby yet
because I know for a fact
Wayne would attack a baby.

MIKE: Oh, yeah.

MORGAN: There's no
doubt in my mind.

MIKE: How do you bring a
baby into the world when,
he doesn't like kids, period?

For eight years, Wayne has
been our baby, and we've
treated him like that,

and when he gives you love,
it's like the best love ever.

We can't just kick Wayne to
the curb to make a human kid.

MORGAN: This is really
an issue that we're
gonna have to face.

This isn't a joke at all.

♪ ♪

[barking].

BOTH: Hi!

CESAR: How
are you guys?

MIKE: Good, could you
hear your welcome?
CESAR: Oh, yes! Yes.

MIKE: Can we meet
you in the back yard?

CESAR: Let's do it,
let's do it.

MIKE: All right.
MORGAN: Let's do it!

CESAR: All right!
Lemme meet Wayne.

MORGAN: Let's bring him out.
Oh, come on.

It's your time to shine.
Wayne!

MIKE: Wayne!

MORGAN: Wayne.
Here he comes.

It's right here.
It's right here.

MIKE: Come on.
Here we go.
Here we go.

Come here.
Good boy.
Wayne, c'mere bud.

MORGAN: Wayne, come here.

MIKE: Come here, buddy.
Over here, over here.

CESAR: My first
impression of Wayne?

You can see his little tail
wagging and he seems like a
pretty happy dog.

But Mike and Morgan was
hovering over him,

micromanaging every single
move, which could definitely
stress a dog out.

Just leave him
alone, he's alright.

MIKE: Wayne started to lose
his vision four years ago?

MORGAN: Now his vision's bad.
I'm very anxious, I'm very
high strung, very anxious.

So our approach was always,
that's gotta suck to be blind.

MIKE: You see him, like,
bump his shoulder on a wall.
MORGAN: Yeah.

MIKE: Or couldn't find
his toy that was maybe
right next to him.

MORGAN: He walks
straight past it.

MIKE: Just hope it makes
noise, or he won't find it.
MORGAN: So we've naturally.

MIKE: We've tried
to make it easy.

MORGAN: Catered to him
because we think about what
our experience would be?

MIKE: Uh-hmm.

CESAR: So when you feel sorry
for someone, you just
automatically handicap them.

You understand?

So, when you dealing with
the dog world, you should
never see their weakness.

You see their strength.
You help them.

MORGAN: Yeah.
MIKE: Mm-hmm.

CESAR: Hold on
to the strength.

Don't tell them about their
weakness, they already know.
You know what I mean?

MIKE: Yup.
CESAR: Nurture the strength.
MIKE: Uh-hmm.

MORGAN: You puts pillows
on things so that if he bumps
into it it's soft, okay?

MIKE: Is that so wrong?

MORGAN: We really
cater to him way too much.
MIKE: Yeah.

CESAR: So I hear you guys are
thinking about having kids?
MIKE: That's right.

MORGAN: We wanna start
to expand our family
and have a baby.

And we don't feel safe
with Wayne, bringing a
baby into the home.

CESAR: Okay. Okay.
MORGAN: He's very aggressive.

MIKE: Yup. So, one of
the places that's been
the absolute worst is.

CESAR: Yeah. Yeah.

MIKE: In the bedroom when we
wanna relax, watch some TV.

She goes to bed before I do,
and so they have kind of
that warmup period.

And then once I join in,
it's kind of, just,
I'm not invited.

I just like, put my hand on
her, or like pet her head.

MORGAN: First
thing in the morning.

MIKE: That's, that's
not acceptable to Wayne.

MORGAN: No.
MIKE: He'll go for my hand.

CESAR: Yeah. Like a warning.

MORGAN: Sometimes it's
more than a warning.
CESAR: Oh, yeah?

MORGAN: Sometimes it's
like a straight up bite.
Blood, and.

MIKE: Oh, for him? Yeah.
He can bite hard sometimes.

CESAR: So is it possible to
see what you're talking about?

MIKE: Yup.
MORGAN: Yeah.

CESAR: Put a camera in
there so I monitor from here.

MORGAN: Yeah.
I'll take him,
and we'll show you.

CESAR: Please do.
MORGAN: Let's go.
Let's go to bed.

CESAR: All right, brother.

So you're gonna go in there.

We're gonna communicate
and, uh, I'm just gonna watch.

MIKE: All right.
MORGAN: Come here.

MIKE: Snuggle puddle!
MORGAN: He's here.

MIKE: Hi, buddy. Hi.
All right, let's relax.

C'mere bud. Cuddle puddle!

MORGAN: Come here, Wayne.
Come on.
MIKE: Cuddle puddle!

CESAR: That's okay.
Happy go lucky.

As they get on the bed
I'm seeing that Wayne
is wagging his tail.

He's in a great mood.

MIKE: Hi. You're a good boy.

[growl].

MIKE: Hey!

Hey.
Watch out.

[growl].

Wayne.
Wayne.

[growl].

MORGAN: Hey. Hey.
MIKE: Hey.

CESAR: Wayne is just, now
he's claiming this pack.

The most important part is
to get him out of there.
Help Wayne to relax.

MIKE: Hey.

CESAR: And then, when Wayne is
calm, he's invited on the bed.

BOTH: No.

CESAR: So this is
what happened: Wayne
has just lashed out

and now Morgan
is rewarding him
with affection.

She should be setting
boundaries, but instead she's
bringing him even closer,

which lets Wayne
claim her space.

MIKE: Come over here.
You're okay, you're okay.

CESAR: That's too close.

BOTH: No.

CESAR: In order for you to
prevent this aggression,

he needs to go outside
your intimate space.

That's a boundary.

So once you give him
that boundary, now he
has nothing to claim.

MORGAN: Stop.

CESAR: Just keep him
there, that's it,
that's personal zone.

So that move you
made right there?

You're saying, "Give me space
so my husband can come into my
intimate space."

Can you come outside?

MORGAN: I'll come outside.
MIKE: Coming!

CESAR: At one point, you
end up doing the right thing.
MIKE: Yeah.

CESAR: But you're just
doing it, once you're
like frustrated.

MIKE: Too late.
MORGAN: Way too late.

MIKE: Yeah.
Yeah, as a last resort.

CESAR: So you're doing
intervention versus prevention.

You also carry
him like a baby.

MORGAN: It's my baby!

CESAR: Well you're like
a helicopter parent,
you know what I mean?

And because of that,
Wayne has no calmness,
no confidence.

You see what I'm saying?

MIKE: Yeah.

CESAR: Mike and Morgan's
helicopter parenting is
encouraging his biting.

It makes him insecure
and feel dependent.

Plus, they're comforting
him after he's biting Mike,

so he'll never learn
that's not allowed.

[bark].

MIKE: Hey.
MORGAN: It's okay.

MIKE: Hey.
You're okay.
You're okay.

CESAR: Well that's even
the worst thing you can do.

'Cause you're saying
it's okay to do this.

MIKE: Oh.

CESAR: You understand?

You're loving at the
moment when he's unstable?
Well, that's wrong.

That's not good for you,
that's not good for the dog.

MIKE: Uh-hmm.

CESAR: So it's not just
in the bedroom, Wayne's
like this all the time?

MIKE: Yeah. It's his time
with her, and my hand
gets a little close,

he just bites at me.

It's like.

[snarling].

MIKE: Oh! You okay?
MORGAN: Ow, ow!

MIKE: Hey, hey.
MORGAN: [bleep].

MIKE: You all right?
MORGAN: He took
my nose ring out.

CESAR: Are you okay?
MIKE: He did?
MORGAN: Yeah.

CESAR: He's biting
from being touched.

For no reason at all.

He's frantic,
he's like a cobra.

He's striking, he's not
even doing the whole warning.

He's like a ticking b*mb.

MORGAN: He actually
got his teeth in there.
Ugh!

MIKE: Are you all right?

MORGAN: He took
my nose ring out.

CESAR: Are you okay?
MIKE: He did?

MORGAN: He actually
got his teeth in there.

CESAR: Do you want to go
inside and check yourself out?

MORGAN: Yeah.
One sec.

CESAR: Yeah, yeah.

Wayne's biting is bad,
but it's getting worse.

He's super territorial and
lashing out at anyone that
invades his space,

even Morgan.

Let's make it clear, it's
not because he's blind.

When dogs go blind,
they just rely on their
other senses even more.

But it can make him
more territorial.

MORGAN: Hey.

CESAR: The problem is his
blindness is encouraging Mike
and Morgan to micromanage

and over-comfort him
in the wrong situations.

I have to teach them to
give Wayne some independence.

But stopping the biting
is going to take more work.

And clearly, it's not
safe to do it here.

All three of you need to
come out to the ranch so
we can work on this.

It's gonna be with people who
knows how to follow through

and help him to get
to a calm surrender.

MORGAN: Uh-hmm.
CESAR: Good?

MIKE: Yeah.
MORGAN: Thank you.

CESAR: Thank you for
inviting me to, Long Beach!

BOTH: Yeah!

NARRATOR: As Mike and
Morgan prepare to visit the
Dog Psychology Center.

Cesar heads to Porter Ranch,
California, where a
fast-growing Belgian Malinois

puppy is completely
overwhelming a family of
first-time dog owners.

RAJ: You go first.
SRI: Okay.
Hi, my name is Sri.

RAJ: My name is Raj.
SRI: And we're here
to talk about our.

[siren].

RAJ: Growing up in India,
I used to watch Hollywood
movies,

and there's like always
a police siren in the
background, right?

Then when we want to
come to LA, it's like,
oh, now it makes sense!

SRI: We're here to talk
about our dog, Chilli.

Our dog is ten months now,
and we rescued her when
she was two months old.

She's our first dog.

I'm not a dog person.
I never grew up with dogs.

But, it was COVID season
and our kids especially
wanted to bring a dog home.

As soon as we saw Chilli,
we felt she was the one.

She was calm and
peaceful, playing with
the other puppies and,

I mean, when you look at her
eyes, you'll know she's got
some really great depth.

We really fell
in love with her.

But I didn't expect
her to grow so big.

When we got her, she
was ten pounds and now,
after a few months,

she's a whole 60 pounds so far.

RAJ: I thought I knew how
to handle her but, it's
pretty bad actually.

[barking].

Because of her size, it
becomes, like, really scary.

I have to use a lot of
strength to stop her.

SRI: If I were to take her
alone by myself, and she
were to chase after a car,

I don't want any
accidents to happen.

And my kids, who want to
spend more time with her,
she's too big for them.

AVNI: What worries me
most about Chilli is
me and my brother,

we can't take her on walks.

My mom or my dad
always has to walk her.

RAJ: I'm always scared.

My kids take her out,
they can get really hurt.

Because of my job, once
COVID disappears, I have
to travel a lot again.

So, I worry a lot about
how my wife and kids are
going to handle Chilli.

I'm really scared she may put
other people in danger, she
may put my kids in danger.

Worst case scenario,
giving Chilli up for adoption.

We don't want to go there yet.
But these are the
things that may happen.

SRI: Hi!
CESAR: Hello.
RAJ: Hi.

CESAR: Come on
outside, come on outside.
Let's talk over here.

SRI: So nice to see you!

CESAR: Okay,
thank you, thank you.
How can I help?

RAJ: With our dog Chilli?

CESAR: Yeah.
That is her?
BOTH: Yeah.

SRI: That is her. We knew she
would be big but didn't
expect her to be so big.

CESAR: So she was like, a
pup when you guys got her?

SRI: Yeah, she was ten
pounds when we got her.
She was two months.

CESAR: Oh.
Oh, and how, how
much she weighs now?

SRI: She weighs
about 65 pounds.
CESAR: Oh.

SRI: 65 yeah.
CESAR: And this
is your first dog?

BOTH: Yes.
CESAR: First dog ever?

SRI: I had a couple of kittens
when I was smaller, but.

CESAR: Yeah,
it's not the same.

SRI: It's not the same!
They take care of themselves.

CESAR: Yeah.
Yeah. Exactly.

This year, there's been
a huge surge in
adoptions during COVID.

Dogs are finding homes,
which is beautiful and amazing.

But now there are many
first-time dog owners
like the Uttaravallis

that feel that they're
in over their heads.

Let's take her for a walk.
Is that okay?

BOTH: Yeah!

CESAR: The most important
part with a dog is the walk.

RAJ: Mm-hmm.
SRI: Okay.

CESAR: So if the walk
is bad, everything else
is gonna be bad.

RAJ: Stay, stay, stay.
Stay, stay, stay.

Come on.

Easy, easy.
Easy.

CESAR: We can change
so many things already.

Because everything you
said didn't actually
have any effect.

RAJ: Okay. Okay.

CESAR: You know what I mean.
Like "Stay, stay, stay".
She never stayed.

RAJ: Okay.
CESAR: "Easy, easy, easy."
She was never easy.

RAJ: Mhmm.

CESAR: Right.
So you said words, but those
words never matched the action.

RAJ: Okay.

CESAR [off-screen]: Chilli was
already over-excited, and the
prospect of a walk

took that excitement
to another level.

Raj asked her to calm down,
but he didn't follow-through.

Now, I'm going to show them
the right way to leash her up.

You can say all the
commands you want.

At the end of the day,
it's the action. Tsch.

She has to calm down.
Tsch.

♪ ♪

Calm.

So before we go to the outside
world, we have to be calm.

RAJ: Uh-hmm.
CESAR: The reward
is to go outside.

SRI: So as soon as Cesar
put the leash on and we
saw how Chili reacted,

it was incredible.

And it suddenly
gave me some hope.

CESAR: I wanna see right
now how you normally walk.

RAJ: Okay.
Chilli.

CESAR: Easy.
Yeah, there you go.

SRI: Chilli, down!

CESAR: So you
normally walk him?

SRI: We take turns.
CESAR: Oh, turns.
RAJ: Yeah.

SRI: I can walk, yeah,
Chilli, come, come.

No, no.
Sit, sit. Yeah.

CESAR: I hope the
kids don't walk her.
RAJ: No.

SRI: No, we're
not letting them.

RAJ: She's too difficult.
CESAR: Yeah.

SRI: Chilli, stop, stop.
Stop, stop.

CESAR: Bring her back,
bring her back.

SRI: No, no, no.
No, no.

CESAR: Bring her back,
bring her back.

SRI: No, no, no.

CESAR: Sri has
the same problem as Raj.

She says stop, but dogs are
ruled by their nose first,
their eyes second,

and their ears last.

RAJ: Come on, come on, Chilli.

CESAR: Verbal commands are the
last thing Chilli will obey.

Raj and Sri need to use the
leash to control where her
nose and eyes are pointed.

SRI: Down!

[barking].

RAJ: Chilli, Chilli.

CESAR: See, that's really bad.
Oooh, oooh, oohh!

Be careful!
That leash is
going to come off!

[bark].

CESAR: Before every dog
with big problems
there's a young dog,

like Chilli,
with small problems.

Dogs her age can have a
lot of energy, but Chilli
is channeling that into

aggression, and her pet
parents are first time dog
owners who are clueless.

Chilli, Raj and Sri need a
crash course in dog walking,

and we're starting
that right now.

You can use this tool
all the way on the top.

Its' the most sensitive
part of the neck.

It's easier to guide the dog.

So short, not tense.

I wanna show you how would
I, you know, erase this.

Tsch. Hey. Tsch.

Normal because that's
what she has learned.

Tsch.

By her staying
quiet, see the bark?

RAJ: Yeah. Wow.

CESAR: When she gets
aggressive, instead of
continuing the walk I refocus

her nose and her eyes away
from the other dog, then guide
her to sit and calm down.

You don't have a dog
that is five miles an hour.

RAJ: Yeah.

CESAR: Yeah. You literally


RAJ: Yeah.
SRI: Oh, yeah.

CESAR: And it's
gonna go faster.
RAJ: Yeah. Yeah.

CESAR: Her full potential
speed has not yet arrived.
RAJ: Uh-hmm.

CESAR: So I would like to
invite you guys to my ranch,
so we can master the walk.

That's all I want to
focus on with her.

RAJ: Yeah, yeah.

CESAR: Definitely Chilli
is running the family.
It's really really bad.

NARRATOR: Before Chilli
comes out to the ranch.

Mike and Morgan arrive at
the Dog Psychology Center

to begin working
with their blind
Chihuahua Wayne,

whose constant biting threatens
their dream of having a baby.

MORGAN: Today feels more
urgent to be me because Wayne
going for my nose really

affected my
relationship with Wayne.

[snarl].

MIKE: Oh.
MORGAN: Ow, ow, ow.
MIKE: Hey. Hey.

MIKE: I was the only one
getting bit before.

MORGAN: Yeah.
MIKE: But now that you got your
ring ripped out, you're in it.

MORGAN: And what's to stop him
from getting a baby finger?
MIKE: Yeah.

MORGAN: And I don't want our
baby to grow up afraid of dogs.

MIKE: Or without a finger!
MORGAN: Yes.

CESAR: Good, good,
good, good morning.
BOTH: Good morning!

CESAR: I was worried
about you, look at you,
like, like it's nothing!

That's perfect.

MIKE: He's happy to be here!
MORGAN: He's ready.

CESAR: So we're gonna move to
the pack of dogs over there.

We just wanna see where he
actually falls into the pack:

front of the pack,
middle of the pack,
back of the pack.

MIKE: Okay.

CESAR: Yesterday I saw
a lot of territorial
aggression from Wayne.

The technique to correct
that actually depends
on which place a dog fits

in the order of the pack.

With a back of the pack dog,
their aggression comes from

fear, so I have
to be more gentle.

Middle of the pack dog
requires an upbeat energy.

But with a front of the pack
dog, I am more forward,
just to the point.

This is what we're going
to do and this is how
we're going to do it.

MORGAN: Yeah, he's
hit or miss with dogs.

CESAR: That's what I
wanna see, the hit or miss.
You know, it's very simple.

Back of the pack, they're always
gonna be very, very polite,
super respectful.

They're gonna
come across shy.

The middle of the
pack is gonna play.

They're in charge of making
sure everybody gets along.

Front of the pack,
they immediately go
into, go and pee

so they can spread their
scent, or they're gonna
start charging to the dogs.

You know, they're
gonna claim the place.

This is good.

[growl].

CESAR: This is all good.
All good.

[growl].

He's definitely territorial,
he's not aggressive, but he's,
like,

"Hmm, hmm." He's not promoting
or provoking a fight.

MIKE: Uh-hmm.

CESAR: He's just declaring
that he is in charge of this
pack.

MIKE: Yeah.

CESAR: Look,
marking his territory.

Classic front of
the pack behavior.

Wayne wanted to come in
like it was his home.

As soon as he arrives,
he pees, he scratches
the floor, he claims.

That's what front
of the pack do.

It's actually pretty
amazing to have a
front of the pack dog

his size that's also blind.

I don't think I've
ever seen that before.

MIKE: Hi babies! Oh.
Come on, Wednesday.

Oh, Wayne, the
door's over here!

MORGAN: Wayne, over here.

CESAR: Let him figure it
out, let him figure it out.
MIKE: Okay.

CESAR: Again, Mike and Morgan
are helicopter parenting,
which makes a confident,

front-of-the-pack dog
like Wayne feel
insecure and stressed.

See? Figured it out.

So before he gets near
his parents again, I'm getting
him into a happier mindset

by playing with my pack.

[growling].

But his front-of-the-pack
tendencies can make him
aggressive with my dogs,

just like he is
with his parents.

[bark].

So, I wanna try
something else.

I'm gonna isolate him with my
middle-of-the-pack dog, Spot.

Spot should allow
Wayne to drop his guard.

We're gonna bring Spot
because Spot is gonna play.

♪ ♪

CESAR: He's playing now.

The reason why he's
playing with him is
because Spot is middle.

But notice that Spot is
taking the follower position.

Head high, he says, I'll take
the dominant position, you
take the follower position,

and we can play.

So the one who's in
control of that is Wayne.

MIKE: Yeah.

CESAR: Spot is middle of the
pack, so Wayne and Spot became
really good friends,

so having Spot in the mix
allowed me to see the
playful side of Wayne.

Front of the pack dogs come
in all sizes, look at me!
We come in all sizes.

All right, let's practice.

NARRATOR: Now that Wayne
is in a happy-go-lucky
state of mind,

Cesar wants to work on
stopping his biting.

Because Wayne is
front-of-the-pack,

Mike and Morgan need to
offer direct and
assertive corrections.

CESAR: Most of Wayne's
biting is in close spaces,

when he's being held
or within a few inches
of Mike and Morgan.

MIKE: Hey.

CESAR: He takes possession of
Morgan and lashes out at Mike.

MIKE: Hey.

CESAR: Instead of
cuddling and gentle words,
they need to be direct.

Move him out of their space
before he can take possession.

And be firm but calm,
letting him feel that

they are in charge, not him.

You guys are used to
petting when he's tense.

MIKE: Mm-hmm.
CESAR: Know what I mean?

MIKE: Comforting.
Yeah.

CESAR: Yeah, comforting.
But, he's tense.
MIKE: Yeah.

CESAR: So if you wanna
comfort happy-go-lucky?
But if you comfort tension?

MORGAN: Yeah.

CESAR: You know what I mean?
Tsch!
MIKE: Oh.

CESAR: Come here.
Tsch. Hey.
MORGAN: Oh.

CESAR: Hey.
His happy-go-lucky
energy is all gone now.

Tsch.
Hey.
Tsch.

Hey. Tsch.

Come here, come here.

[bark].

CESAR: Tsch. There we go.

CESAR [off-screen]: What
I'm doing is calming him by
holding a pressure point

between the back of his
head and shoulder, with
a calm steady energy.

Almost like a massage can
relax us, this is a way

of helping a dog to
relax and surrender.

But it's clear that the
energy between Wayne,
Mike, and Morgan

is still too toxic
to keep working.

So, I want to give them
a break from each other.

How do you guys feel about
him staying with us for a
little bit of rehab?

MORGAN: Like, I can't
even hold him anymore.
Like, I don't want to.

My nose ring being ripped
out made Wayne attacking
a baby so real.

CESAR: That's right.

MORGAN: Yeah. I want that
breakthrough moment, and I
want things to get better.

And leaving Wayne is what's
gonna help us propel forward.

MIKE: I'll miss you, Wayne.

MORGAN: Come on, Wednesday!
Let's go home, baby girl.

CESAR: Okay, Wayne.
Go explore, buddy.

I wanted to let Wayne settle
here at the ranch while I talk
a little but about how

incredibly adaptive dogs are.

I believe dogs are one of the
most resilient species in the
entire animal kingdom.

In fact, sometimes when a
dog goes blind, pet owners
don't even realize it

because dogs are so
good at adapting with
their other senses.

The same goes for
when they lose a limb.

Dogs often recover from
amputation, mentally
and physically,

much faster than humans.

Wayne's blindness is more of
an issue for Mike and Morgan
than it is for him.

His real obstacle
is his parents,

who treat him differently
by overcompensating.

This can be much
harder on the dog than
the disability itself.

Come on, look at him.
I love this little guy.

SRI [off-screen]:
Here we are, DPC!

NARRATOR: The following day,
Cesar welcomes first-time
dog owners,

the Uttaravalli family, and
their young Belgian Malinois,
Chilli, to the DPC.

ANVI: Definitely worth
skipping a history test for.

NARRATOR: To begin their
course in dog-walking 101.

ANVI: Oh, wow.
Look, horses!

Chilli's like, "What are
these creatures on my walls?"

SRI: She's growing up to
be quite a forceful dog.

And the kids, even though
they want to spend more
time with her,

they're not able to because
she can, she can drag them.

If we have to give her up,
it's going to be very
devastating for all of us.

CESAR: Hi.
ANVI: Hi.

CESAR: Hello.
Welcome, welcome to the DPC.

I want to show you, like,
the very basics of how to
control physical energy

and how to keep the
mind attentive to you.

RAJ: Okay.

CESAR: All pack-oriented
species, what they do the
most is, they walk.

It's through the
walk where they learn.

They learn to ignore, they learn
to fight, learn to flight,

they learn to surrender,
all of that they learn
through the walk.

SRI: This is awesome!

CESAR: Yeah, let's
get some dogs in here.

Now, it's time to teach Raj
and Sri everything they need
to know to walk their dog.

Since Chilli is easily
distracted, I want to
surround her with my pack,

so we can teach her how
to ignore distractions
and stay focused.

We're gonna practice just
walking around other dogs
in an obedient way.

RAJ: The problem is,
she keeps sniffing around
and tries to pull us

wherever she finds a smell.

And she's always distracted.

SRI: So on our walks before,
Chilli used to just drag me
on the road,

and I would not be able
to handle her energy.

CESAR: You need to use the
leash to control her nose.

So this is the way.
Hold the leash
short, not tense.

Look.
Shoulders up, head high.

Even if there's distraction,
she has to learn to ignore
them.

Nose away from the
ground, eyes forward.

Look, one hand.
You don't need two hands!

Proud, confident, calm.
Stay focused.
Tsch.

I want this family to master
the walk because they're still
in a preventative state.

You want to try?
That's the
easiest thing to do.

Mastering the walk is
literally where you learn ABC,

and after that,
it's a piece of cake.

Confident!

SRI: Oh, she
doesn't like it, surely.

♪ ♪

[bark].

CESAR: Don't let
her get distracted.

Yes!
Look at that.

Different?

RAJ: Oh, wow.
This is amazing.

SRI: Chilli, is that you?

CESAR: Okay.
Mom's turn.

Don't look at the dog.
Yeah, look ahead.

There you go.

Relax, shoulders
up, head high.

Then the leash has a
much better effect.

You should walk a dog with
a short, but relaxed leash.

Walk around the people,
walk around the people.

A tight leash makes the
dog believe there is
something dangerous here

that you're holding
him back from.

It makes the dog tense.

A relaxed leash tells the
dog that you are relaxed.

Good, right?

SRI: Do I have a
different dog?

CESAR: She has a
different human!
That's calm confident.

And you're doing it in
a place where, look,
look at the other dogs,

she is promoting the calmness.

RAJ: Mm-hmm.

CESAR: This was a
good first step.

But in order for Raj and Sri
to confidently control Chilli,

and believe the kids
can walk her, we still
need to build on this.

There you go.
Perfect, perfect, perfect.

NARRATOR: Now that Chilli
and the family know the
basics of the walk,

Cesar's increasing the
degree of difficulty.

CESAR: So welcome to
the Agility Arena.

NARRATOR: Sri and Raj
have to guide her through
an obstacle course.

CESAR: Doesn't
have to be fast.

Dog walks are not just about
walking in a straight line.
The real world has obstacles.

You might cross paths with a
wild animal or a tree that's
blocking the trail on a hike.

You need to be able to
communicate to the dog exactly
what you want them to do

in different situations.

SRI: Yay!
CESAR: You see it?
RAJ: Hey, Chilli.

CESAR: This is about me giving
you the most basic way how to
deal with obstacles.

RAJ: Mm-hmm.
SRI: Okay.

CESAR: All right.
Let's get the challenge!

NARRATOR: To up the ante,

Cesar's invited two of his most
distracting barnyard friends.

CESAR: I've brought
in Lorenzo and Amadeus

because their smells are
very distracting for a dog.

Nose, eyes, ears.
That is the
order of importance.

So this really forces them
to take control of her nose.

So, if you are able to
stop your dog from
moving towards a llama,

which has his own smell, a
horse which has his own smell,

then you are controlling the
instincts of the dog.

RAJ: Oh, she's already.

CESAR: Well, she's
alerting you, right?
RAJ: Mm-hmm.

CESAR: If you don't control
right now, you will eventually
see aggression.

SRI: Okay.
Come, Chilli.
Let's go.

CESAR: Yes.

SRI: Let's go, Chilli!
Let's go.

CESAR: Yeah.

I like that switch of energy,
she put a little bit more
energy,

like, more coach:
Let's go, we gotta go.

RAJ: Yeah.

SRI: Let's go,
let's go, let's go.
Yay!

Come, come, you can do this.
Yes.

CESAR: You're doing great, but
this is the moment of truth.

SRI: Take it easy.

[growls].

[growls].

SRI: Chilli!
Stop, stop, stop!

[growls].

SRI: Chilli!
Stop, stop, stop!

CESAR [off-screen]: The problem
was, Sri hesitated,

which gave Chilli the time to
focus on the llama and growl.

That made Lorenzo rear
back, which made Chilli
even more aggressive.

But it started with Sri
not keeping Chilli
focused and moving along.

So that moment of hesitation,
that's why Lorenzo got up.
Right?

Because you didn't
follow through, she
never became clear.

SRI: What to do.
Yeah.

CESAR: What to do.
SRI: Okay. Right.

CESAR: Which is
calm surrender.
One more time!

SRI: Come, let's do it again.
CESAR: Yes.

SRI: One more time.
Let's go.
CESAR: Yes.

SRI: Yay.
Good girl.
CESAR: Very nice.

SRI: Awesome.
All right.

Into the hoop.
Yes, yes.

CESAR: Stop
right there for you.
SRI: Yes.

CESAR: Tell her to sit down.
SRI: Sit.

CESAR: Yeah.
SRI: Good.

CESAR: Yes.
SRI: Good girl, Chilli.

CESAR: You see the difference?
Second time, calm surrender.

SRI: When I saw Chilli
laying down next to the
llama, I was speechless.

For her to just sit
there, relax, and watch
them from a distance

was really mind-blowing.

CESAR: Your turn.
RAJ: Okay.

CESAR: How did mom did?
ANVI: Good.
CESAR: Really good, ain't it?

RAJ: Chilli, it's my turn.
Come on.

CESAR: Very good, very good.

That's it, she can feel
your calm confidence.

RAJ: Okay.

CESAR: Coming up on the llama.

Stop right there.

RAJ: Sit.
CESAR: Beautiful.

ANVI: I never really thought
that Chilli would make friends
with a pony and a llama.

That's pretty epic!

RAJ: I had no idea if Chilli
was capable of doing anything
on the agility course.

I always see other dogs doing
it on TV shows and I feel like
they are highly-trained dogs.

But I had no idea that
Chilli was going to do it.

CESAR: I normally give a
lot of homeworks to people,

but because you guys
are pretty green.

BOTH: Mm-hmm.
RAJ: Yeah.

CESAR: Just focus on the
walk, walk, walk, walk.

BOTH: Okay.
SRI: Thank you so much.
CESAR: Yes.

RAJ: Thank you so much.
CESAR: Pleasure.

SRI: That was really good.
CESAR: Pleasure. Pleasure.
ANVI: Thank you.

SRI: Good job,
Chilli, good job!

NARRATOR: While the
Uttaravallis take a few days

to practice walking
the walk with Chilli,

Mike and Morgan return
to the DPC for another
day of work with Cesar

and their blind, aggressive
Chihuahua, Wayne.

CESAR: Welcome back.
MORGAN: Hi.

CESAR: Welcome back.
MIKE: Hello.

CESAR: I kept Wayne
overnight to give him
more playtime with Spot

and take a break
from Mike and Morgan.

I just wanted him to have a
mental reset before we start
work in the morning.

NARRATOR: Since Wayne
has lost his sight,

Mike and Morgan step in
more and more to help him.

To teach them to stop that,
Cesar has built a maze

that Wayne can navigate
without their help.

CESAR: So, we're
gonna use scent.


controlled by the nose.

Remember, they're
born blind and deaf.


they open their eyes.


they open their ears.

So they know how to
be blind or deaf.

[laughs].

MORGAN: Oh.

CESAR: There you go.

I will reward that,
I will reward that.

There you go.

MORGAN: I want mazes in
my backyard for Wayne.
That is so cool!

MIKE: He's a little trick dog.
MORGAN: Oh.

CESAR: Your turn.

Of course it's okay for
Mike and Morgan to help him
but they still need to give him

some independence to
figure things out for himself.

Keep going, keep
going, keep going.
There you go.

Keep going.

He already knows it,
so he's remembering it.

The reason why we did
the maze was for them to
see that through play,

you can allow Wayne to
retain his natural ability
to just find his way.

Yeah.
There you go.

There you go.
Nice.

MORGAN: Doing the maze and
allowing him to figure it out
on his own with his nose,

proved that we
don't need to help him.

He is self-sufficient,
and we've been
hindering that at home.

CESAR: There we go.
MIKE: He almost went over.

CESAR: Now that Wayne's
calmer and more confident
around Mike and Morgan,

I want to sit down and put a
stop once and for all to his
territorial biting.

Now we're gonna use the
muzzle, and so, he has
to learn no matter how

the energy of the person,
he can never choose fight.

He has to choose
avoidance or surrender.

So to do that, you
have to actually
practice the activity.

When we tried to practice
calm surrender yesterday,

Wayne immediately
reverted back to biting.

Tsch.
Hey.

So today, we're going to use
a muzzle to stop the biting
and help get him through

his fight mode until he gets
to a calm surrender state.

And I want Morgan to hold
him again, something she
hasn't done

since he bit her two days ago.

So this is gonna be a
big test for both of them.

MIKE: Ahh.
He missed you.

CESAR: So now Mike,
try to touch Morgan.

MORGAN: Tsch!
CESAR: There you go, Morgan.

Stay right there.
There you go.

MIKE: Tsch. Hey.
Hey, hey, hey.
CESAR: Stay calm!

MORGAN: Tsch.
CESAR: There you go, Morgan.

And then you relax.
There you go.

NARRATOR: Cesar muzzles Wayne
so he can work through the
stress of Mike touching Morgan

without resorting to biting.

CESAR: Stay right there.
There you go.

MIKE: Tsch.
Hey.

CESAR: Stay right there.
Tsch.

Tsch.
Hey, I got, we got it.

This is good.
Tsch.

I'm just holding that pressure
point, like yesterday.

Breathe, Ms. Morgan.
Nothing he can do.

Tsch.
Tsch.

Go ahead.

You see that?

BOTH: Yeah.
MIKE: He knows.
CESAR: So we can.

MORGAN: He had to go
through that whole wave.

CESAR: Yes.
So what happens in his brain.

"I couldn't touch.
They touch me.

Okay.
I better surrender."

MIKE: He learns
everything's okay.

CESAR: Yeah.
The muzzle is going to
help all three of them.

It will help Wayne to learn
new emotional patterns, and
it will help Mike and Morgan

to set boundaries without
worrying about getting bit.

All right.

MIKE: Come on, baby.
MORGAN: Thank you so much.

CESAR: You're welcome.
Bye, Wayne. You're welcome.

NARRATOR: Cesar wants Mike and
Morgan to practice with the
muzzle for a week,

before he meets
with them again.

In the meantime, he
heads to a local park

for a dog- walking 101 final
exam with the Uttaravallis.

SRI: Hello.

NARRATOR: After COVID
subsides, Raj will have to
return to work,

and the family is
worried that walking
Chilli is too dangerous

for Sri and the kids.

Chilli must show Cesar that
she can stay calm and composed
on a distraction-filled walk.

And Sri and Raj must show
that they can keep her
focused and under control.

CESAR: Okay, so
this exercise is just

to maintain yourself
inside this path,

and we're gonna have a
pack of dogs coming this way.

A guy on the bike
coming this way.

And your job is asking
her to ignore all of
that and focus on you.

SRI: There were so many
distractions: the biker,
the pack of dogs

walking towards Chilli,
so we were really scared.

CESAR: Yes.
Haha!

Sexy!
That's sexy!

SRI: Yeah.
I always thought he was.

CESAR: Seeing Raj walking
Chilli, it was like a
completely new man.

That's how it was
supposed to look.

He brought his A game.
He brought his confidence.
Everything.

Like night and day.

SRI: Yeah.

CESAR: In control!
Perfect.

All right.
Your turn, my friend.

SRI: Okay.

CESAR: Raj did great, but I'm
a little worried about Sri.

She struggled more yesterday,
and she's going to have to
take over the dog-walking soon

when the pandemic eases
and Raj starts travelling
for work again.

She has to be 100% in control,
or she could be seriously hurt.

Yes.
Enjoy the moment.

♪ ♪

SRI: Tsch. Tsch.

CESAR: Don't let, yeah.

Don't let her focus on
watching too long.

Bring her back.
Yes.

SRI: Tsch.

CESAR: Yes! Woo-hoo!
That's what I'm talking about.

Go with your Daddy.

RAJ [off-screen]: We feel that
we have more knowledge now.

CESAR: Then you show
him how it's done.

RAJ: And the way to connect
with Chilli, it's not simple,
but at the same time,

it's not complicated.

Before meeting Cesar Millan,
I was very worried she could
drag my kids,

she could hurt them.

You have to walk like this.

You know, with
your chest high.

If you're doing
this, she knows.

But now, after all the
training, and after us
getting confident,

my kids getting comfortable,
Sri getting comfortable, I
feel like Chilli can be with us

a for a long time
and, you know, she
can grow old with us.

CESAR: The family
did incredible.
Incredible.

I'm very, very proud.

Chilli's only gonna move
forward in a good way.

So good!
This is the family picture.

It's a perfect,
perfect dog for them.

NARRATOR: One week later,
Cesar pays a visit to Mike and
Morgan for a final challenge

to see if Wayne has stopped
the biting that prevents them
from having a baby.

BOTH: Hey!
MIKE: Welcome back!

CESAR: Thank you,
thank you, thank you.

I can't wait to hear.
I missed this little thing.

MORGAN: Look.

CESAR: I can already
see that Mike and
Morgan are not hovering

and trying to solve Wayne's
problems like they were before.

Big improvement.

CESAR: Look at that.
MORGAN: Yeah.

CESAR: Look at that.
Look at that.

Look at that tail,
look at that tail!
Look at that.

MORGAN: I know,
they're so happy!

CESAR: See?
He's happy.

MORGAN: They have
gotten closer over
the last few weeks.

MIKE: As we make that
separation with Wayne
of giving him his space,

he looks to Wednesday to
have fun or comfort him.

CESAR: That's right.

MORGAN: I'm feeling
the confidence build
every day, honestly.

We have put in the work.

We've put in the repetition,
so that the dreams that we
have for our family

are gonna be able
to be a reality.

CESAR: How's it going?
MIKE: So we've got some videos
of Wayne doing his maze.

MORGAN: Yeah, we made a
little maze out here.
MIKE: Right here.

MORGAN: Did it a couple
times, forward, backwards.

CESAR: Oh, yeah.
That's amazing.

MORGAN: And then, we did
a lot of muzzle practice.

CESAR: Mm-hmm.
MIKE: Tsch.

CESAR: They built an actual
maze in their backyard,

so they could practice letting
Wayne solve his own problems.

And now, Morgan is in
control of the situation.

MORGAN: Wayne, tsch.

CESAR: Mike can be
close and touch her
without Wayne reacting.

I like everything I've seen
so far, but the real test
will be how Wayne does

without the muzzle when
Mike tries to touch Morgan.

It's time for
their final challenge.

All right, my friend, go
ahead and touch her arm.

MIKE: Worst-case scenario
for me is that Wayne's
just gonna be his old self

and try and bite me.

♪ ♪

MORGAN: Tsch. Tsch.

CESAR: There you go.
Yay, Wayne!
That's my boy!

MIKE: Wayne rocked it.

He did not bite me.

I am so happy.

He performed exactly
like we were hoping.

CESAR: Yes.
BOTH: Ohh!

CESAR: Okay.
Kisses!

MIKE: You approve?
MORGAN: Look at that!
MIKE: You approve?

CESAR: Mike and Morgan
were calm and confident,

and you could tell how
relaxed Wayne was.

All because they stopped the
helicopter-parenting and gave
him independence.

But they were also clear and
direct when they needed to be.

MORGAN: We know that,
like, essentially our
family is on the line,

we can't have a baby
with the dog that he was
a couple months ago.

CESAR: Mm-hmm.
MORGAN: But now,
it's actually possible.

CESAR: I'm beyond proud and
happy of Mike and Morgan.

Their dream is to be parents
and success will be bringing a
baby home and the baby lives

in a safe, peaceful,
loving environment.

So success is in their hands.
Give yourself a credit!

BOTH: Whoo!

CESAR: Yeah!
This is their future.

Chh! Perfect.
Happily ever after.

Today we've seen proof once
again that family is everything,

for better or for worse.

Even the most loved dog can go
down the wrong path if their
family doesn't provide support

in the right way.

Every dog is different,
and their needs can
change over time,

but giving them what
they truly need is the
best kind of love.