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Cesar Millan's Beloved Pit Bull 'Daddy' Passes Away at 16

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): Feb 23rd 2010 1:00PM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News, Celebrity Pets

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The "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan is mourning the death of his cherished pit bull, Daddy, who passed away on Feb. 19 at the age of 16. He died peacefully surrounded by the family that loved him: Millan, his wife Ilusion and their young sons, Andre and Calvin.

Daddy was a familiar face on Millan's show, "The Dog Whisperer" on the National Geographic Channel, where his calm-submissive presence set an example for troubled canines and their owners seeking help. Daddy, the gentlest of pit bulls, was "one of the most loyal, trusting, well-balanced, and influential pit bull ambassadors the world has ever known," states a memorial on Millan's Web site.

Speaking with Paw Nation last year, Millan explained that Daddy wasn't as active as he had once been. "You can see the age crawling in," Millan told Paw Nation. "It's the body -- especially his back legs -- so he gets acupuncture twice a week; he swims every day; walks every day; and eats great meals for his digestion." Anticipating the inevitable, Millan last year added a new pit bull puppy to his pack, Junior, to train with Daddy and become his protege.

But as much as one prepares for the death of a beloved pet, it is never easy. Especially when there exists a special relationship, as Millan admits he had with Daddy. "[Daddy] saw me get married, how I changed when I became a dad, my children growing up, and the ups and downs along the way," Millan said in an interview last year. He is more than a member of my family -- he is a member of my life."

Rest in peace, Daddy.

How to Get 'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Millan to Come to Your House

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): Dec 16th 2009 11:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pet Training

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Have you ever wished the "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan would come to your house and help you with your unruly canine? You're not alone.

"We get thousands of applications from people wanting to be on the show," one of the show's producers, Sheila Emery, tells Paw Nation. "But we're only able to pick a small percentage." So how do the producers decide which dogs (and their owners) merit a visit from Millan? Paw Nation attended a "Dog Whisperer" casting call to find out.

On a sunny December afternoon in Santa Monica, Calif., Leah Pacheco and her husband Meftali Villasenor wait nervously to talk to one of the show's producers, who is holding auditions at a local grooming salon. The couple has driven two hours for the chance to be featured in an upcoming episode of "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan." They have four dogs and are desperate for help.

"We have a year-and-a-half-old Doberman pinscher named Jordan and she's crazy," Pacheco tells Paw Nation. "She dominates our other three little dogs and bats our Chihuahua around like a soccer ball." Does the Chihuahua like playing with the Doberman? "No!" Pacheco says, "Buttercup, our Chihuahua, is terrified!" Jordan also has a scary habit of jumping on the car whenever Pacheco's husband gets inside the vehicle.

They've tried everything that Millan suggests on his shows -- exercising Jordan on a treadmill, making her run alongside as they bike -- but nothing works. "It's our fault," laments Pacheco. "When Jordan was a puppy, we spoiled her. We're hoping to get on the show so Cesar can help us."

Pitbull Puppy Joins 'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Millan's Pack

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): Nov 25th 2009 2:30PM Filed Under: Dogs, Celebrity Pets

Gilles Bensimon/Cesar's Way Magazine

In the newest issue of Cesar's Way magazine -- on newsstands Dec. 1 -- famed "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan pens a touching article about finding the right pit-bull puppy to follow in the large, calm paw prints left by Millan's beloved pit bull, Daddy. "Daddy is 15, which means he's getting old," writes Millan in the article. "I've known for a while that I would have to adopt another pit bull."

Millan describes how he took Daddy to the home of a friend whose female pit bull had a litter of two-month-old pups. One puppy caught Millan's attention right away. The pup was adorable -- all gray with a bit of white on his chest -- and his "calm energy" impressed Millan. But how would Daddy respond to the gray puppy?

"You wouldn't believe how well it went!" writes Millan. "The puppy immediately lowered his head, surrendering to the older dog and allowing him to smell him all over."

With Daddy's stamp of approval, the gray pup joined Millan's pack and was anointed -- what else? -- Junior. "Since he was already settling into his role as Daddy's protege, we decided to call him Junior," Millan explains in the article.

Junior has already made his television appearance on the current season of National Geographic's "The Dog Whisperer," appearing in an episode dedicating to raising a good puppy. Check Junior out in this video.

The 'Dog Whisperer' to Become Sitcom Starring Wilmer Valderrama

by Monica Monzingo (Subscribe to Monica Monzingo's posts): Nov 3rd 2009 1:00PM Filed Under: Dogs, Celebrity Pets

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Have you ever watched "Dog Whisperer" and thought to yourself, "This is a great reality show, but it would make a really great sitcom"? Well, you're in luck. According to Variety, a new comedy based on Cesar Millan's life -- currently the subject of his own Emmy-award-nominated reality show on the National Geographic Channel -- is in development at Fox and will star Wilmer Valderrama, best known for his role as Fez on "That 70's Show," as a successful dog trainer.

We hope that, if it makes it to air, the new show will last longer than another popular reality star's attempt at crossing over to the traditional sitcom format. Emeril Lagasse's famously doomed self-titled sitcom lasted less than one season back in 2001 before it was yanked off the air. Maybe viewers are looking for a little less bam! and a lot more ssh!

But our real question is: Who will be cast to play the adorable Daddy?

'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Millan and His Pit Bull, Daddy

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): Oct 23rd 2009 3:00PM Filed Under: Dogs, Celebrity Pets

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Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan is usually calm, assertive and in control. So what made him gasp, reel backwards and raise his hands to his face? The surprise unveiling of a huge portrait of Daddy, MIllan's beloved pit bull, that a grateful client painted to thank the Dog Whisperer.

For more than 10 years, Daddy has been Millan's right-hand dog. Viewers of Millan's television show, "Dog Whisperer," know that Daddy is the ultimate balanced dog. "I have never had a dog like Daddy," Millan writes in the inaugural issue of his magazine, "Cesar's Way." "I've been astounded by his intuition, consoled by his affection, and awed by his silent empathy."

It's no secret that the gentle pit bull is getting old. "Daddy's doing great, but he's 15 now," Millan told Paw Nation in an interview earlier this month. "So you can see the age crawling in. It's the body -- especially his back legs -- so he gets acupuncture twice a week; he swims every day; walks every day; and eats great meals for his digestion."

Still, Daddy can't work with Millan like he used to. "I leave it up to him [whether he wants to work]," Millan said. "Some mornings, he wakes up and he wants to go. And the funny part is, those mornings, I really need him. Daddy always helps me. It's a partnership."

In tonight's episode of "Dog Whisperer" (airing on the National Geographic Channel at 9 p.m.), Millan helps a Pekingese who's afraid of food and water, a Chihuahua who likes to bite people, and a pair of chow mixes who pick fights with each other.

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'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Milan Announces New Season and $250,000 Donation

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): Oct 9th 2009 3:00PM Filed Under: Dogs, Celebrity Pets, Pet Training

Cesar Millan with Angel, a miniature schnauzer puppy. Photo: © MPH - Emery/Sumner Joint Venture

Call it the cult of Cesar. It's an hour before the start of Cesar Millan's VIP party at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City and a crowd has already formed outside. They have paid $175 per ticket to meet the star of National Geographic's "The Dog Whisperer." Surprisingly, not all of them own dogs.

"Even though I'm not a dog owner, I watch his shows and it has taught me how to handle myself in more positive ways," Evelyn Campbell, a small business owner from Clifton, New Jersey, tells Paw Nation. "His energy [on the show] is phenomenal and it's taught me how to relax. When I become stressed, I breathe like he tells you to and it's helped me in my business."

Since "The Dog Whisperer" series first premiered in 2004, Millan has published three best-selling books, taken to the lecture circuit with his "Packpower Tour," launched "Cesar's Way" magazine, and started the Cesar and Ilusion MIllan Foundation to help shelter dogs and rescue organizations across the country.

"I have always worked with rescue organizations, even way before the show," Millan tells Paw Nation in a one-on-one interview before the party. "It's part of the karma. I always say, people who pay me keep my business going, and the people that I help keep my karma going. So the foundation is a way to extend the karma."

In addition to promoting the premiere of the sixth season of "The Dog Whisperer" and his latest book, "How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond," Millan and his wife Ilusion are in New York City to present a whopping $250,000 check to North Shore Animal League, the world's largest no-kill animal shelter. The money will help establish the "Mutt-i-grees" program, a humane education curriculum carried out by Yale University's School of the 21st Century and North Shore Animal League.

In person, Millan is much the way he appears on television -- exuding a subtly powerful presence -- but a lot more dressed up. He arrives for the party attired in a sleek, gray suit, pale lavender shirt, burgundy scarf, and a diamond stud in his left ear. When I ask if he likes getting dressed up, Millan waits a beat before quietly stating, "I love it. I smell like a dog every day, so every once in a while I like my wife to think I'm really sexy."

'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Millan Launches New Magazine

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): Sep 16th 2009 3:00PM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News, Celebrity Pets

On newsstands now! The debut issue of Cesar Millan's new magazine. Photo: IMG Publishing/Cesar Millan

Known by millions as the "Dog Whisperer," Cesar Millan has been helping problem canines and their owners for the last twenty years -- and has become a media sensation in the process. There's his wildly popular show "The Dog Whisperer" -- about to launch its sixth season on the National Geographic channel on October 9 -- multiple best-selling books, and a foundation that Cesar and his wife of 15½ years, Ilusion Wilson Millan, created to rescue dogs across the country.

Now, the Millans can add a magazine to their list of achievements.

Entitled Cesar's Way, the magazine is a joint venture between IMG Publishing and the Millans. The glossy bi-monthly publication, which debuted its first issue yesterday, features training articles penned by Cesar, health tips, real life tales, and celebrity profiles.

Recently, Paw Nation spoke with Ilusion Millan, the magazine's editor-at-large, about Cesar's Way.

How did the magazine come about?
It's a labor of love. Once we published our books, we decided we needed something to reflect our worldview of what we do, that people can subscribe to, and get up-to-date information about our lives.

How would you describe the magazine?
It's a lifestyle and pet magazine. We wanted to really engage the reader with information and just make it a fun thing for everybody to read. It's not purely educational.

What do you hope to achieve with Cesar's Way?

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