Cesar Millan: Difference between revisions

| citizenship = {{hlist|Mexico|United States<ref name=CitizenUS>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-03-12-milian-citizen_N.htm|title='Dog Whisperer' César Millán becomes U.S. citizen - USATODAY.com|work=usatoday.com|access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref>}}

| television = ''[[Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan]]'', ''Dog Nation'', ''Cesar 911'', ''Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog''

| years_active = {{start date|2004}}–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Ilusión Wilson<br>|1994|2010|end=div}}<ref name=People>Lee, Ken (June 4, 2010). [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20391564,00.html "''Dog Whisperer'' Star César Millán and Wife Split"]. ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''.</ref>

| children = 2

| awards =

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==Early life==

Millan was born on August 27, 1969, to Felipe Millán Guillen and María Teresa Favela in rural [[Culiacán]], [[Sinaloa]], Mexico. Millan grew up working with animals on the farm in Sinaloa where his grandfather, Teodoro Millán Ángulo, was a tenant farmer.<ref name="Gladwell">{{cite magazine |title = What the Dog Saw |magazine = [[The New Yorker]] |author= Gladwell, Malcolm |date= May 22, 2006}}</ref> Because of his natural way with dogs, he was called el Perrero, "the dog herder".<ref name="Gladwell"/> The family later moved to [[Mazatlán]].<ref name="mod dog">{{cite web |title = Cesar

 

 

==Career==

Millan's first job in the United States was at a dog grooming store. He later created the Pacific Point Canine Academy. Jada Pinkett Smith became one of Millan's first clients and supporters when he was working as a limousine driver,<ref name="packisback"/> providing him with an English tutor for a year.<ref name="mod dog"/><ref name="allheal"/> Subsequently, Millan created the Dog Psychology Center, a two-acre (0.81&nbsp;ha) facility in [[South Los Angeles]], specializing in working with large breed dogs.<ref name="chort">{{cite web |title = DVD: The Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan |publisher = The Chortler.com, May 5, 2006 |url = http://www.chortler.com/23377cesar.shtml}}</ref> In 2009,<ref name="NYTceo">{{cite news | author=Wallace, Amy | title = Whispering to Rottweilers, and to C.E.O.'s | newspaper= The New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/business/11dog.html| date=October 11, 2009 | access-date=April 28, 2010}}</ref> the Dog Psychology Center moved to [[Santa Clarita, California]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cesarsway.com/trainingcesarsway/theclinics/The-Location | author= Millan, Cesar | title= The Location | publisher= Cesar's Way | access-date= August 30, 2014 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140903064913/http://www.cesarsway.com/trainingcesarsway/theclinics/The-Location | archive-date= September 3, 2014 | df= mdy-all }}</ref> Millan also opened an East Coast clinic at the Country Inn Pet Resort in [[Davie, Florida]], near [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]].<ref name="DPC">{{cite web | url= http://www.countryinnpetresort.com/Training | author= Millan, Cesar | date= 2013 | title= Home / Training | publisher= Country Inn Pet Resort | access-date= August 30, 2014 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131026103733/http://countryinnpetresort.com/training | archive-date= October 26, 2013 | df= mdy-all }}</ref>

 

 

In 2009, in conjunction with [[IMG (business)|IMG]], Millan introduced a monthly magazine also titled ''Cesar's Way'', with ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reporting at that time that half of American consumers recognized Millan.<ref name="wsj">{{cite news | title = 'Dog Whisperer' Hopes to Lead Pack at Newsstand | newspaper = The Wall Street Journal | author= Vranica, Suzanne | quote =Almost half of USA's consumers already know who he is, and consumers' awareness of Mr. Millan has grown 12% since May 2008, according to Davie-Brown, an Omnicom Group company that tracks the appeal of celebrities. | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125253027527097059 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030129/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125253027527097059?KEYWORDS=cesar+millan&mg=com-wsj | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 7, 2017 | date=September 10, 2009}}</ref> The magazine combined advice from Millan along with articles about the relationship between dogs and humans. The magazine ceased publication after its November/December 2014 issue.

 

 

"Cesar Millan Live!" is an international touring dog training lecture and stage performance where Millan presents his techniques and philosophy from his television shows and books in front of a live audience. The show consists of one-half lecture and one-half demonstration with local shelter dogs, in which he uses his [[Pack (canine)|pack]]-leader training techniques to modify negative behaviors.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2014/03/21/cesar-millan-hits-denver-to-train-humans-on-his-dog-centric-live-tour/ |title=Cesar Millan hits Denver — to train humans — on his dog-centric live tour |date=2014-03-21 |work=The Denver Post |access-date=2018-03-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>

 

 

Millan has said, "My goal in rehabilitating dogs and training people is to create balanced relationships between humans and canines."<ref name= "DPC" /> In 2009, ''[[The New York Times]]'' attributed Millan's success to his personal sense of balance,<ref name="NYTceo"/> describing this as "a sort of [[über]]-balanced [[wikt:mien|mien]]".<ref name="NYTceo"/>

 

===Criticism===

In March 2016 American Humane Association responded to complaints about an episode on a Nat Geo reality television series stating that the treatment of the animals did not meet their “Guidelines for the Safe Use of Animals in Filmed Media.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Message to Nat Geo Reality Show: Abuse is Never Acceptable |url=https://www.americanhumane.org/press-release/message-to-nat-geo-reality-show-abuse-is-never-acceptable/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=American Humane |language=en-US}}</ref>

 

 

==Personal life==

 

In August 2010,<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=366649067486449664|user=cesarmillan|title=Celebrating 3 years together! #happyanniversary #love #jahiradar #latergram ❤ http://instagram.com/p/c4qe4GOXVL/|author=Cesar Millan|date=2013-08-11|access-date=2023-03-20}}</ref> he began a relationship with Jahira Dar,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cesarmillan.tumblr.com/post/57989334354/celebrating-3-years-together-happyanniversary|title=Celebrating 3 years together! #happyanniversary... • Cesar Millan|author=Matthew Buchanan|work=tumblr.com|access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://instagram.com/p/c4qe4GOXVL |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/c4qe4GOXVL |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=(Untitled)|work=Instagram|access-date=October 24, 2015}}{{cbignore}} </ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cesarsway.com/dog-whisperer-tv/aboutcesar|title=Who Is Cesar Millan?|work=Cesar's Way|access-date=October 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719182215/http://www.cesarsway.com/dog-whisperer-tv/aboutcesar|archive-date=July 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> an actress and former stylist and wardrobe consultant.<ref name="engage">{{cite news |last = Lewis | first = Raha | title = Cesar Millan Is Engaged to Jahira Dar: 'My Pack Is Complete!' | magazine = People | date = April 25, 2016 | url = http://people.com/celebrity/cesar-millan-engaged-to-jahira-dar-details-on-the-proposal/}}</ref> The couple announced their engagement in April 2016.<ref name="engage"/>

 

==In media==

===In popular culture===

 

=== Filmography ===

| Episode: Children of Ghosts (S02E18)

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|''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]''

|Episode: "The Finger in the Nest"

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|''[[The Girls Next Door]]''

|Episode: "Everyday Is Wednesday"

|TV special

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|''How Human Are You?''

| rowspan="3" |Documentary

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|''Cesar Millan's Socialization''

| rowspan="2" |Himself

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|''Cesar Millan: Love My Pit Bull''

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|''[[Jeopardy!]]''

|Himself / Video Clue Presenter

|Episode: "Episode #31.7"

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|2015

|''Cesar Millan: Viva Las Vegas!''

|TV special

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|2017

|2018

|''[[Red Table Talk]]''

|Guest; Episode: "Cesar Millan: Illegal Immigrant to American Dream"

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|2021–2023

|''Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog''

|36 episodes; also as executive producer

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* ''Essentials of Dog Behavior, Volume 2: The Language of Dogs'' (2015)

* ''Cesar Millan: Viva Las Vegas'' (2015)

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[[Category:People from Culiacán]]