July 6, 2026

Raising a Dog & Mastering Calm Assertive Energy | Cesar Millan

⁠Cesar Millan⁠ is a world-renowned dog behavior expert. We discuss how to adjust your energy and behavior to ensure your dog is calm and happy and always follows your lead. Cesar shares specific tools for: returning home to your dog each day, structuring their walks, and eliminating aggressive behaviors and anxiety. We discuss how to determine if your dog is front, middle, or back of the pack order—a hardwired feature that determines much of their needs and personality. And we explore how human-human interactions are based on balances in energy, too. Both dog owners and non-owners will gain extremely valuable insights and tools from this episode.

Books

Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life

Other Resources

Chimp Empire (documentary)
The Jetsons (tv series)

People Mentioned

Jane Goodall: English primatologist, anthropologist
Rick Rubin: American record producer

About this Guest

Cesar Millan

Cesar Millan is a world-renowned dog behavior expert.

00:00:00 Cesar Millan
00:03:54 Animal Instincts & Human Energy
00:06:31 Spirit, Sending Energy, Tool: Silence, Calm & Confident
00:16:48 Sponsors: LMNT & Joovv
00:19:30 Walking Dog; Pack Order, Tool: Picking a Puppy
00:26:44 Human & Dog Hierarchy; Greeting Dog, Tool: No Look, No Touch, No Speak
00:35:11 Calm Dog, Structured Walk, Tool: Weighted Backpack
00:44:17 Sponsor: AG1 & Eight Sleep
00:46:57 Exercise, Discipline & Affection
00:50:23 Relationship to Death, Spirituality
00:55:30 Human Energy, Rescue Dogs; Sensing Stress
01:01:36 Animal Intelligence, Cats; Being a Pack Leader
01:07:27 Calm Greeting, Humanizing Animals, Safety & Security, Anxious Dogs
01:12:41 Safety & Horses, Respecting Dogs; Human Selfishness, Pack Leader
01:21:31 Sponsor: Function
01:23:15 Human Leaders; Pack Order, Prioritizing Affection
01:32:17 Picking Human Partners, Good Pack Leaders
01:44:40 Dog & Testing Boundaries, Tool: Calm & Confidence
01:52:34 Cultivating Self-Awareness & Self-Discipline, Life Values
01:58:02 Clearing Mind, Tool: Cold Plunge
02:02:22 Honoring Pet Death, Celebration, Expressing Sadness
02:12:13 Understanding Energy, Dog Training & Hard Work
02:17:25 Dog Breeds & Exercise, Fostering Dogs; Spay & Neuter, Humping
02:23:50 Petting Dogs; Barking & Destructive Behaviors, Tools: Early Walks, Challenges
02:31:31 Spirit & Instincts, Training Humans; Acknowledgements
02:35:50 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Protocols Book, Sponsors, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

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