"NARRATOR:" "We fear them." "We shun them." "We even pass laws banning them." "But for Cesar Millan, the man who can speak to dogs, the dogs known as "the bully breeds"" "are still very much man's and woman's best friend." "CESAR MILLAN:" "The most common misconception about the pit bulls is they're natural-born killers." "But that's stereotyping, profiling." "NARRATOR:" "How did the dogs known as "pit bulls"" "become so infamous and so misunderstood?" "CESAR MILLAN:" "We never talk about how we abuse them." "We never say anything wrong about us." "NARRATOR:" "Is a dog's behavior based on breeding or on training?" "CESAR MILLAN:" "We don't have a problem with breed." "We have a problem with education." "NARRATOR:" "And can a bad dog be trained to be good?" "CESAR MILLAN:" "When you know these dogs like I do, you'll understand why I love my pit bull." "Come on, Joe, come on." "Come on Junior." "Let's go see Daddy, let's go." "NARRATOR:" "Cesar Millan is a true American success story, having gone from being a dog walker in South Central Los Angeles," "to becoming a full-fledged international icon." "But believe it or not, it was a pit bull named "Daddy"" "that Cesar largely credits for his success." "CESAR MILLAN:" "This is Daddy's Memorial Place." "This is where I come and reminisce about him." "I think about him everywhere, but I think about what he represented to me, what he did for me in the beginning of my career." "Before I was known as the Dog Whisperer, the Leader of the Pack and all of those wonderful titles," "I was called the Mexican guy who can walk a pack of dogs." "I used to walk from Inglewood, California to South Central." "NARRATOR:" "Daddy and Cesar met in 1994, when Cesar was asked by his previous owner to take care of him." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Daddy belonged to Redman, a rapper." "And I remember Red said," ""Cesar, I just don't want my dog to get me into trouble."" "Meaning, he didn't want a liability, he didn't want a lawsuit." "Daddy was only four month old when I met him." "Big head, beautiful green eyes, and I just fell in love with him." "NARRATOR:" "For the next 10 years, Redman's busy touring schedule made it difficult for him to keep Daddy full time." "So, the rap star decided to share the responsibility of caring for his dog with Cesar." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Emotionally, the dog belonged to both of our families." "He was insecure when I met him." "What I needed to teach Daddy was to trust himself." "So, in return, he helped me to help other dogs, because his sensitivity was so incredible." "NARRATOR:" "When Daddy was ten, he was diagnosed with cancer and began chemotherapy." "It was then that Cesar asked Redman if he could adopt the dog full time." "The rapper agreed, and for the next six years," "Cesar and Daddy became inseparable." "CESAR MILLAN:" "He helped me for 16 years, and I don't think that I did much for him as much as he did for me." "NARRATOR:" "Daddy lived to the ripe old age of 16, and died in February 2010." "But not before helping Cesar groom a successor, another pit bull who could help Cesar train other dogs." "CESAR MILLAN:" "We went to this area in South Central, and there was a female pit, blue, with eight puppies, and you see this big one with this big head, solid blue, gorgeous." "So, I brought him to Daddy and Daddy growled at him." "Grrr." "That's not a good one, I say." "Then I brought Junior." "Daddy went towards his nose, wagged the tail, turned around, brought him to the car, Junior followed Daddy." "I guess you're coming with us." "(laughs)" "So, Daddy adopted Junior." "I just drove the car." "(Laughs)" "Junior." "This guy." "This is my right hand, right here." "NARRATOR:" "Unfortunately, the type of dog that has meant so much to Cesar Millan over the years has recently come to be considered by some as "public enemy #1." Because of their strength and size, pit bulls have been used in underground dog fighting." "There have also been numerous deadly attacks on humans including children." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Pit bulls are associated with being killers, you know, child killers, dog killers, cat killers." "And it's almost like people think that this is what they were born to do." "NARRATOR:" "There was a time when the pit bull was one of the most popular family pets in the country." "So, how did it become America's most feared dog?" "To understand how this good dog went so bad, we have to go back to the very beginning." "Believe it or not, the pit bull is actually not a breed." "It's a term used for a number of so-called "bully breeds"" "that include everything from the Staffordshire bull terrier to the more familiar American pit bull terrier." "They are known by their large, square-shaped heads and muscular bodies, and they are believed to have originated in England, where breeders combined the determination, speed, and agility of the terrier with the strength and athleticism of the bulldog." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Pit bulls are bred for three things." "Fight is the first one." "They're amazing jumpers, and also pulling." "Those three things is what makes a pit bull:" "fight, jump, and pull." "NARRATOR:" "What makes the pit bull the perfect fighting machine is not just the dog's size and strength, but something behaviorists call "gameness."" "Their willingness to engage where other dogs might back down." "In the 1700s, pit bulls were used in the vicious so-called" ""sports" of bear and bull baiting where they were trained to attack wild beasts that were chained to a post." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Pit bulls are associated with being too territorial, too obsessive, too possessive." "So, all the wrong things, right?" "But you can use that same philosophy and give him a job, and he will do it with the same determination." "NARRATOR:" "In the 1800s, pit bulls were commonly used on farms and cattle ranches to herd animals." "They were even trusted to watch the children while the adults worked the field." "In England, for example, the Staffordshire bull terrier was so good with kids, it became known as "The Nanny Dog."" "It's a quality Cesar often saw in his dog, Daddy." "CESAR MILLAN:" "My kids were little, and he was so gentle with them." "He knew what to do with them." "The Pampers were dirty?" "He will go and push them." "And he was right, I mean, how can a dog be wrong?" "NARRATOR:" "In the 20th Century, the pit bull appeared in advertising campaigns for products like" "Buster Brown shoes." "One even became a movie star, when "Pete the Pup" co-starred with the Little Rascals in the popular "Our Gang" comedies." "Teddy Roosevelt, General Patton, and Helen Keller, all owned pit bulls." "But perhaps the most famous pit bull was a World War I hero named Sgt. Stubby." "A cross between a Boston terrier and an American bull terrier," "Sgt. Stubby served 18 months in combat on the Western Front." "He saved many of his fellow soldiers from attack, earning numerous medals for bravery." "CHRIS:" "Find it." "Find it." "NARRATOR:" "Today, there are many heroic pit bulls working as world-class service dogs." "CHRIS:" "Good boy." "Come on." "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "Nice." "NARRATOR:" "Here at the Falco K-9 Academy in Brea, California, retired police officer, Andy Falco-Jimenez and his team, not only train service dogs, but also give pit bull owners the tools they need to properly exercise and handle" "this powerful dog." "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "A pit bull dog is very trainable." "I think that's an unfortunate thing that people think about the pit bull that they're difficult, and they're not, because of the perceptions of them just being warring dogs and fighting dogs, they've thought that they're stupid." "And they're not, they're very trainable." "CHRIS:" "Nice Good boy." "CESAR MILLAN:" "How are you?" "CHRIS:" "Good boy." "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "Great, Cesar." "How you doing?" "CESAR MILLAN:" "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you." "How you doing, man?" "Nice to meet you." "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "This is Chris and his dog Jax." "CESAR MILLAN:" "This is Jax?" "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "Yep." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Big old Jax." "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "Yup, he's a big dog." "CESAR MILLAN:" "He's huge." "How much does he weigh?" "CHRIS:" "One seventeen." "CESAR MILLAN:" "One seventeen!" "CHRIS:" "And he's almost 14 months old." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Look at that." "He's huge." "So, what has been your experience with pits?" "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "Uh..." "Probably because I come from more of a background with German shepherds." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yes." "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "Belgian Malinois as our working dogs." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yes." "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "I was, I guess, more surprised at first that they are as trainable as they are." "You'll see later on that we have dogs that do detection work, search and rescue." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Search and rescue?" "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "Agility." "CESAR MILLAN:" "You wanna show me a little bit what he can do?" "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "Yes, let's," "I'll show you a little bit of search and rescue." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Is that okay?" "Yeah." "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "All right, let's go." "CHRIS:" "Jax, go, go, go, go, go." "Good boy, Jax." "Get it, bud." "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "Look at, look at that." "CHRIS:" "Bring it!" "Good boy!" "Come on." "Come on, Jax, come on!" "CESAR MILLAN:" "So, what I'm seeing is we have a pit bull that was very calm, under control, not moving forward." "Then, when it was time to work, the handler sent him into an excited mode, and told him that it's now time to find somebody else." "This is a pit bull about to find a human, and the human is under that place." "CHRIS:" "Right there...." "CESAR MILLAN:" "But now he have to locate the person by barking." "What he did is he point where the human was." "This is search and rescue." "CHRIS:" "Good boy." "Bring it." "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "Nice." "CHRIS:" "Bring it!" "CESAR MILLAN:" "It's like hide and seek." "It's the same thing." "CHRIS:" "Good boy." "CESAR MILLAN:" "When the dog is coming back, he's being excited about it, so we're celebrating this behavior." "So, this is how you play, calm and excited, and then calm." "NARRATOR:" "Although pit bulls display remarkable strength and determination, they also have a keen sense of smell, which makes them ideal bomb and drug-sniffing dogs." "DOG TRAINER:" "Where is it?" "NARRATOR:" "One pit bull named Shaka." "DOG TRAINER:" "Nice." "NARRATOR:" "Was actually rescued from being euthanized, and has gone on to become a key member of the Milwaukee," "Oregon Police Department by locating stockpiles of illegal drugs." "DOG TRAINER:" "Where is it?" "NARRATOR:" "And over a million dollars in cash." "DOG TRAINER:" "Good girl." "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "The most important thing about changing the public's perception of pit bull dogs is education and awareness." "These dogs are not these angry, nasty, aggressive dogs that the people think that they are." "They can do search-and-rescue, they can do agility, and if we can get pit bulls into therapy work, you're gonna see a big change of perception on these dogs." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Thanks for what you do." "ANDY FALCO-JIMENEZ:" "You're very welcome." "Thank you." "NARRATOR:" "In the latter half of the 20th century, the pit bull became less and less popular as other more docile breeds gained favor in America." "It wasn't until the 1990s that the pit bull enjoyed a resurgence in popularity." "Unfortunately, for too many of the wrong reasons." "NARRATOR:" "Experts believe that among the problems facing modern-day pit bulls are over breeding, inadequate training, and urbanization." "Pit bulls can be high-energy dogs." "They thrive in wide-open spaces where they can get plenty of exercise." "Living in large cities and staying cooped up in condos and apartments can make the dogs anxious and aggressive." "(Dog barking)" "CESAR MILLAN:" "You have a lot of layers, of pent-up energy." "The dog needs to be balanced and to achieve harmony." "(Dog barking)" "NARRATOR:" "Ironically, because of their size and strength, the pit bull has become a status symbol, particularly for gang members." "(Dog barking)" "Drug dealers also like to use pit bulls as guard dogs." "(Grrrr..." "Dog barking)" "And the bully breeds have once again become popular as fighting dogs who are ruthlessly trained, and then wagered on by their owners to attack other dogs for cash." "CESAR MILLAN:" "What makes a pit a fighter, is that he has no limits to pain." "He has no understanding of surrendering to dominance." "It's to the death." "The stamina that they have, determination that they have, the real power that they have is what makes a pit a pit." "He will actually practice things that are not healthy for society." "All dogs wanna please, but because this guy was bred not to have a limit, he's gonna please you to the death." "NARRATOR:" "According to some experts, the pit bull's reputation as a vicious killer began in the summer of 1987, when Sports Illustrated ran a cover showing a pit bull baring its teeth, accompanied by the headline:" ""Beware of This Dog."" "In a 2011 interview," "President and CEO of the Washington Humane Society," "Lisa LaFontaine, stated that this type of sensationalized reporting only helped to make pit bulls even more popular with gangs and dog fighting rings." "Eventually, pit bulls became responsible for more fatal attacks on humans than any other type of dog, and the bully breeds quickly became among the most unwanted and hated dogs in America." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Well, 60% of the dogs that enter into a shelter are pit bulls." "But we don't talk about it." "We never talk about how we abuse them, how we misuse them, how we neglect them." "We never, ever say anything wrong about us towards them." "It's always about when they do something wrong, and they pay the consequences." "NARRATOR:" "After being abused or abandoned, pit bulls are euthanized at a far higher rate than any other dog." "But are they really more dangerous or naturally aggressive than other breeds, or should humans and bad training share more of the blame?" "According to the American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the pit bull breeds have in fact, been bred over the years to be more "game" than other dogs." "Meaning that when provoked, they may become aggressive more readily." "They're also less likely to back down in a fight." "MAN:" "Get him." "NARRATOR:" "But the ASPCA has also determined that pit bulls are no more unpredictably aggressive toward humans than other breeds." "At Sunrise Kennels in San Diego." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Can't wait to meet the puppies!" "NARRATOR:" "Award-winning dog breeder," "Deanna Ohly has been rescuing, training and breeding pit bulls for over 20 years." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Oh my God, look at this!" "NARRATOR:" "She has worked with pit bulls of all ages and backgrounds, and knows them well." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Look at how they pile up." "I love the piling." "DEANNA OHLY:" "Oh, absolutely." "Would you like to hold one of them?" "CESAR MILLAN:" "I would love to hold one of them." "The guy with the tail up!" "Come here, tail up." "Look at that, look at that dangerous face." "(Laughs)" "So, when you see pit bulls as puppies, do you think they're more aggressive than the other puppies?" "DEANNA OHLY:" "They are a very high-energy dog." "Normally, if you take a puppy of this breed, you have to do a lot of negative influences in their life for them to become aggressive to humans." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Right." "DEANNA OHLY:" "Unfortunately, we see a lot of cases of abuse with American pit bull terriers, and that can be hard on a dog's temperament, as you know." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yeah." "DEANNA OHLY:" "And it's very important that the dog be healthy, it's very important that the dog be sound, temperament-wise." "If bred properly and raised in the right environment, they can be the most wonderful companion for your family." "If the owner doesn't put the guidelines and doesn't train the dog properly from the beginning, it makes it much harder for that dog to coexist in the family." "You know, we've had a lot of wonderful people come in who've also rescued, you know, the former fighting dogs, and then show the public." "CESAR MILLAN:" "So you also rescue pits?" "DEANNA OHLY:" "Yes, I do." "CESAR MILLAN:" "So you breed and you rescue?" "DEANNA OHLY:" "Correct." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Okay." "DEANNA OHLY:" "We had one dog that had actually been chained out in a back yard, and she was being starved." "She had all her teeth worn down from trying to chew on the chain to get away." "And what was amazing is when this dog was removed from that chain and she was brought into an environment, she was wonderful with people, she was wonderful with kids." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Ain't it amazing?" "DEANNA OHLY:" "She was good with other dogs." "And to be that forgiving after going through all of that is just amazing." "And it truly shows you what these dogs are about and what their temperament is like." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Right." "NARRATOR:" "Although some experts and breeders like Deanna believe that pit bulls are not born any more aggressive toward humans than other breeds, the fact is, backyard breeding, improper training and neglect have led to a rise in pit bull" "violence all across America." "But if a pit bull isn't really born to be bad, can a bad dog be retrained to be good?" "Here, at his Dog Psychology Center in Santa Clarita, California." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Come on." "NARRATOR:" "Cesar Millan has worked with and rehabilitated hundreds of dogs that were thought to be dangerous." "Recently, both he and Junior have been working with a dog named Sonic." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Ha, ha." "Stay." "Very good." "NARRATOR:" "Who was seized during a raid on a house where illegal drugs were found." "CESAR MILLAN:" "So, Sonic belonged to a drug house." "Then, when he was put in the animal shelter, they actually paired him up with another dog." "He got into a fight." "So then, he was gonna be put down." "So, the ladies at the Animal Control pleaded to the judge to please forgive him." "So, the judge say," ""I will release him only if you take him to the Dog Psychology Center."" "So, that's how he end up here." "He's trying to escape, so those are the things that I have to stop." "I have to let him know that certain activities or certain behaviors are not what we're looking for." "NARRATOR:" "Junior plays a unique role in Sonic's rehabilitation as Cesar gets Sonic to literally follow the older dog's lead." "CESAR MILLAN: 'Cause the dog that already trusts me, and respects me, and is loyal to me will teach the new dog." "Come on." "And of course, to do this kind of exercise, it's not that you have level six of trust or level eight of trust." "You have level 10!" "'Cause they will kill each other if I don't have 100% trust." "Come on, Junior." "Come on." "Junior, Junior, come on, Junior." "Come on, come on, come on." "You gotta bring him in." "Come on, you gotta bring him in." "Bring him in." "There you go." "This is how you use power to control power." "Good boy, Junior." "Look how much Junior is focusing on bringing it to me, because he knows, he knows his job." "That's his job, by the way, Junior's, tshht!" "Come on." "See, he didn't like that right now." "So that was a, so I used the sound "tshht" right now because" "Junior didn't like that Sonic was doing something that he not supposed to do." "So, he's gonna correct him, so before he corrects him," "I correct!" "NARRATOR:" "When he was first discovered living in the drug house," "Sonic had been looking after two human children, ages two and six." "Much like the so-called "nanny pit bulls"" "in the early 20th century." "But his other job was to attack anyone who approached the house, and he was particularly aggressive toward other dogs." "CESAR MILLAN:" "The point of this exercise is to bring in an animal who normally people don't really use for rehabilitation purposes." "This is Lorenzo, a llama, and Lorenzo is not prejudiced, right?" "So, he doesn't know anything about disliking pit bulls." "He had no clue about this massive looking guy who come from a really bad background and labeled as aggressive." "NARRATOR:" "To curb Sonic's aggressive behavior toward other dogs, Cesar employs his own unique method." "He introduces Sonic to an animal even larger and more fearless than himself." "CESAR MILLAN:" "So, as you see, he's moving away from Lorenzo." "Everybody else is fine except him." "Look." "So, Lorenzo's picking on the weakest energy, that's why he's going after Sonic." "So, in reality, Lorenzo's telling, he's hiding from Lorenzo!" "In reality, Lorenzo's telling you this guy is actually a really softy, that's why I'm so curious about him." "NARRATOR:" "Over time, Cesar gains Sonic's respect and trust through a regimen of training and positive reinforcements." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Good boy." "NARRATOR:" "Then, the next key step in Sonic's rehabilitation is to redirect his natural energy from aggressive to more socially acceptable behavior." "CESAR MILLAN:" "What you guys are seeing is a dog playing and looks pretty and everything." "That for you might look really fun and very kind and very loving, but the excitement in the attack is the same." "It's just another level of chaos." "And this is how you stop that." "Do a little more excitement, keep going, keep going." "Now, I'm going to go in and just block the excitement." "Tshht." "Tshht." "He's confused." "So part of stopping the dog, I've been teaching him the human can actually come and tell him to stop and create rules of how to play with humans." "So, here, what you do, you just wait." "He's gonna sit down, and when he sits down, he's gonna relax." "There you go." "Sit." "So that is when he tells you, "Okay." "I get it." "You don't want me to be that excited."" "You're telling him, Okay." "Play but don't play too excited." "Just play to a level five, let's say." So from zero to ten, you don't want him to pass five." "If they pass five, you're gonna see a bite." "And so, if he doesn't trust you or if he doesn't respect you, he's going to finish hurting you." "Look at him now." "The biggest day for us is when I get to say that the dog that I rescued and I rehabilitated is ready to be placed." "That's when we actually say we made it." "And that feels awesome." "NARRATOR:" "Since arriving at the Dog Psychology Center six months ago, Sonic has had no further incidents of aggression toward humans or other animals." "DPC FEMALE STAFF:" "Come on, Sonic." "NARRATOR:" "He is now one of hundreds of formerly aggressive dogs that Cesar Millan has been able to successfully rehabilitate." "DPC FEMALE STAFF:" "Good boy." "Yay!" "CESAR MILLAN:" "Being called a killer is the worst thing in the planet." "Look at that face." "People think that this is what they were born to do." "That is stereotyping, that is just labeling somebody who doesn't have the ability to defend themselves." "When it comes to a pit bull, nobody gives them a voice." "I want to give them a voice." "NARRATOR:" "Unfortunately, for Cesar Millan to change the public's impression of pit bulls as naturally or genetically dangerous toward humans, it will take more than just a few examples." "He will need help." "Help from others who believe as he does that pit bulls deserve to have the same training, care, and love as every other dog." "NARRATOR:" "According to a recent study, fewer than one out of every four pit bulls that are put in a shelter will ever find a permanent home." "Over-breeding and neglect force about one million pit bulls to be euthanized each year, more than 2000 a day." "At the South Los Angeles Animal Shelter," "Field Officer Jose Gonzalez sees first-hand just how bad the problem of pit bull abandonment has gotten." "(Dog barking)" "Between 2009 and 2014, over 9000 pit bulls were euthanized at the facility." "Most of them came from these very streets." "CESAR MILLAN:" "So, what type of things do you see, you know, up there?" "What do you normally see?" "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "You know, it's, it can vary." "It's, a lot of the times it's different calls from dogs attacking people, dogs attacking." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Charging people?" "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "Charging people, you know." "We live in the city." "CESAR MILLAN:" "This is the hardcore area of Los Angeles, right?" "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "Yeah." "CESAR MILLAN:" "South Central and El Sereno." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "Right." "CESAR MILLAN:" "You know, I started in Inglewood and South Central, right?" "I started in the hood." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "Talking about prejudices, everybody seems to believe that this image that the pit bull is a vicious, dog fighting, carnivorous, attacking dog." "And that's the image that the media portrays a lot of the time." "NARRATOR:" "Of the literally hundreds of abandoned pit bulls that Officer Gonzalez has picked up over the years, several were trained for dog fighting." "The owners of fighting dogs have been known to tie them up with extremely heavy chains in order to increase their strength." "They also give them steroid injections, force them to exercise for hours on end, and beat them to increase their aggressiveness." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "There's a lot of alleys in these." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Uh-hmm." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "In these streets here." "Do you remember these alleys?" "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yeah." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "It's a playground for stray dogs." "People." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Oh, this is a perfect hidden area for a dog." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "Yeah." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Over there." "Over there." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "Oh, the boarded up house." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yeah, look at that." "Is it like a doggy door?" "No, it's not." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "No, no." "CESAR MILLAN:" "That's just a basement." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "That's a basement." "CESAR MILLAN:" "That's a perfect hidden area but there's a dog in here." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "There's a dog there somewhere." "Somebody's feeding the dog." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yeah." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "Possibly, but I don't see the dog." "(Kissing sound" " Whistles)" "Well, let's check it out and see what's going on." "NARRATOR:" "On East 87th Street in South Central L.A.," "Cesar and Officer Gonzalez hear the sound of a dog barking from beneath an abandoned house." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "They're under the house." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yeah." "(Kissing sounds" " Whistles)" "(Whistling)" "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "Come here." "(Kissing sounds" " Whistles)" "CESAR MILLAN:" "It seems like it's more than one." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "It could be a dog with puppies too." "CESAR MILLAN:" "So, it's illegal to jump?" "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "Yes." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yeah?" "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "Yes." "Well, the gates are locked and that means basically, that's your access." "We know, I know there's a dog there." "The property is obviously vacant but somebody is feeding them and giving them... giving the dog water." "I'm gonna post a notice on the property and we'll get an investigation going here." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Sometimes, you can just go under." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "Do you guys know anything about the dog here?" "DAVE:" "She's not mean." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "She's got puppies under there, huh?" "DAVE:" "Yeah." "She got puppies." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "How long ago did they leave?" "MAN:" "Maybe, like, three months?" "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "Three months ago?" "MAN:" "Three months or four months ago before y'all." "JOSE GONZALEZ:" "I'm gonna leave them a notice then to let them know that we came by and come back out and pick up the dog or something." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Why do you like pits?" "DAVE:" "They're really good dogs." "They protect the house." "And they don't bite kids." "Ya know, I got a lot of kids." "CESAR MILLAN:" "What about what they say about they maul kids or they go after kids?" "DAVE:" "Nah, that's not true." "I know the truth, I got eight dogs in my yard." "And I got five kids." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Oh, wow." "DAVE:" "Yeah, yeah." "I'm a firm believer in punish the deed not the breed because they're smart." "So, they're going to try to please their master." "So, if the master want them to do that, that's what they do." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Right." "DAVE:" "So, it's not, it's not the dog." "It's the person who got the dog, the owner." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Right." "DAVE:" "You know, the dog's not mean, you know." "CESAR MILLAN:" "All right." "Take this girl because she's sweating a lot." "DAVE:" "Yeah, she's sweating." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Bye, sweetie pie." "(Kiss sound) Love you." "NARRATOR:" "With the gate locked, Officer Gonzalez cannot legally enter the property to retrieve the dogs that are under the house but he has posted a notice for the owners." "If they fail to respond within 2 days, he will return and take the dogs to the shelter, where they will most likely be euthanized." "CESAR MILLAN:" "How many of the dogs do you guys have here?" "LESLIE COREA:" "How many do we have?" "CESAR MILLAN:" "Are pit bulls?" "LESLIE COREA:" "We have 418." "And I'd say about 220 are pit bulls." "(Dogs barking)" "CESAR MILLAN:" "Do some people consider not to save this breed that you hear?" "LESLIE COREA:" "Yeah, there's a lot of people that just would rather see the pit bull just, not even here." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Disappear?" "LESLIE COREA:" "Disappear." "We all try to educate the public on spaying and neutering." "And, you know, pit bulls are great dogs and they shouldn't be labeled as the bad dogs." "I mean, and I love, and they smile." "These dogs literally smile." "CESAR MILAN:" "Yeah, they have a good smile." "Look at that beautiful gray one over there." "LESLIE COREA:" "I know, I know." "We have so many great dogs." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Where is the stage where they'd go and be, and the next step for them to become euthanized?" "Where is that?" "LESLIE COREA:" "We would actually, it would be in this room over here." "I've seen it many times." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Oh." "LESLIE COREA:" "It's sad." "It's depressing." "Ummmm..." "CESAR MILLAN:" "I don't think you can ever get used to it, right?" "LESLIE COREA:" "You never do." "I mean, people seem to think," ""Well, don't you kind of get used to that?" "I mean, isn't it kind of a robotic move?"" "CESAR MILLAN:" "People ask you that question?" "LESLIE COREA:" "Oh, yes." "CESAR MILLAN:" "So, this is the." "LESLIE COREA:" "This is the room." "Mmmmm..." "And it's hard on everybody involved." "I have to choose who gets to go." "That's my job as the kennel supervisor." "You never get used to something like that." "It's always going to make you feel sad." "And that's what I would love to see that people realize that these animals are dying when they can come in and adopt from us, any of the shelters." "I don't care what shelter they go to." "If it's not mine, just go to a shelter." "CESAR MILLAN:" "That's right." "LESLIE COREA:" "And adopt." "CESAR MILLAN:" "People humanizes dogs all day long, all day long." "My dog is my baby." "My dog is my soul mate." "My dog is very smart." "But when it comes to a pit bull, nobody gives them a voice, you know." "He's just doomed to die just because he's a pit bull." "That's sad." "It's a sad, sad, sad thing." "Well, I don't want to go in there." "LESLIE COREA:" "Yeah, I don't think no one wants to go in there." "NARRATOR:" "For Cesar Millan, rescuing the pit bull from near extermination is more than a cause." "It's a mission, a quest." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Nobody's working in keeping the pit bull alive, nobody." "Most people rather have a pit bull being banished from the face of the earth." "Countries, states, powerful people." "If we don't engage in becoming educated and teaching our whole society that it's not the pit bull, we're just gonna say," ""This is the right thing to do, because he's killing us."" "NARRATOR:" "The special bond Cesar Millan developed with Daddy taught him that a pit bull could be a pet, a companion, and a best friend." "CESAR MILAN:" "There we go..." "NARRATOR:" "Daddy taught Cesar more about the bully breeds than he had ever known before." "And now Cesar is determined to return the favor not by teaching pit bulls but by teaching humans what they need to know about these incredible dogs." "NARRATOR:" "One of the most controversial issues regarding pit bulls today is Breed Specific Legislation, or BSL, laws created specifically to regulate pit bulls and other breeds that are presumed by the public to be dangerous." "Although Cesar and many other pit bull advocates across the country agreed that some regulation is needed, they are opposed to anything that will make the plight of these dogs even worse than it already is." "CESAR MILLAN:" "This is a living, breathing dog that humans have bred and humans have trained to be violent and aggressive." "And because of that, pit bulls and the powerful breeds are going to suffer the consequences." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "All right, baby." "Oh, man, these pictures look so good." "Emma, over here." "Awesome." "That's great." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Hey, guys." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Oh, hey, hey Cesar." "Oh, Junior." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Doug, how are you doing?" "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Hey, good to meet you." "Doug Sonders." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Thank you." "Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "And that's my Emma right there." "CESAR MILLAN:" "She looks beautiful." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "She's just modeling for my photo series." "NARRATOR:" "Douglas Sonders is a commercial photographer who is concerned about the negative impact of Breed Specific Legislation." "Recently, Doug has been taking a series of pit bull portraits as part of a public service campaign intended to build understanding and tolerance." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Hey, tell me about this movement you're doing." "I'm so excited about it." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Well, I started a new site, notabully.org." "I'm a commercial photographer." "CESAR MILLAN:" "I love the name." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Yes." "And I started a portrait series about dogs, particularly pit bull, pit bull mixes that have been through the worst." "Dogs that have every reason to hate, like the abused, bait dogs, fight dogs, all of that but have been rehabilitated and have returned back to society as family dogs, service animals, and the like." "So, we're taking heart-felt portraits of dogs with the little stories next to them about where they came from and what they're doing now." "And we wanna educate people that they're not the monsters everybody, makes them out to be." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Right." "And can you do one shot with Emma and Junior?" "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Oh, I would love that." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Come on, Junior." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Oh, man, this is definitely gonna go on the, on the holiday cards." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yeah." "I love it." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "That is awesome." "That is amazing." "Good." "Great." "Hold it there." "Handsome dogs." "That's great." "Stay." "(Laughing)" "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "That was working." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Let's go." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "We have Junior in mid-lick..." "Yeah." "And Emma jumping off the platform." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Stay." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "That is a special photo." "NARRATOR:" "As part of his campaign," "Doug often photographs dogs that have been rescued from shelters." "Today, Julie Conway has brought in her pit bull, Porter." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Who's that guy?" "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "This is Porter." "Porter is, as you can see, a little nervous and he doesn't even wanna to look over here." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Porter, come and take a picture." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Oh." "JULIE CONWAY:" "Oh, there you go." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Sometimes." "DOUGLAS:" "Look at his tail wag!" "Look at that." "He's like." "JULIE CONWAY:" "You're happy, Porter." "DOUGLAS SONDERS: "Very well." "Jeez, it's my turn now!"" "CESAR MILLAN:" "Sometimes it takes a friend to help another one." "Tssst!" "Stay right there, Junior." "Porter is coming up." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Hey." "CESAR MILLAN:" "There you go." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Maybe you can use Junior as a, as a first example and then, aw, actually that would be." "Stay..." "A really awesome shot of the two of them." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yeah, that's a good shot right there." "Buddy, stay." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "There we go." "CESAR MILLAN:" "They're locking hearts, not jaws." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Yes." "JULIE CONWAY:" "Yeah." "CESAR MILLAN:" "And for the future, instead of doing this petting thing, it's best to do the deep tissue massage because that's what relaxes the brain." "JULIE CONWAY:" "Okay." "CESAR MILLAN:" "So, if the brain is tense, you just tell him "Stay there." But this one forces the brain to relax." "JULIE CONWAY:" "Okay." "CESAR MILLAN:" "There we go." "JULIE CONWAY:" "Oh, boy." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Oh, wow." "CESAR MILLAN:" "See?" "So, the same frame of mind you had on the bottom..." "Yeah." "Now you have it on the top." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Unbelievable." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yes." "JULIE CONWAY:" "Right." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Yeah." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Stay." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Awesome." "Awesome, Porter." "Great, Porter." "Look at that." "Perfect." "Great." "CESAR MILLAN:" "So what's the story on Porter?" "JULIE CONWAY:" "I took in Porter in May of last year." "Both of his hind legs were broken." "He had broken ribs, fractured skull, broken jaw." "He was a real mess." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Some human had done that to Porter?" "JULIE CONWAY:" "Some, yup, somebody had witnessed someone beating him up." "Even though he had been through so much abuse, I mean, he's just a love." "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Porter's a really perfect example of what I'm trying to do with this portrait series because he's an example of a dog that was found beaten, kicked, broken." "JULIE CONWAY:" "Yeah, but he was trying to lick everyone through his broken jaw." "He was trying to wag his broken tail." "I mean, he's just, he's a great ambassador for the breed." "NARRATOR:" "Douglas Sonders was inspired to create his "Not A Bully" portrait series after he encountered prejudice against his own pit bull from friends and neighbors." "CESAR MILLAN:" "So you got Emma from the shelter?" "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "Yeah." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yes." "And you bring her to your home." "What was the reaction with the neighbors?" "DOUGLAS SONDERS:" "It's funny because most buildings, if you have a dog, they're, like, absolutely not pit bulls, you know; so, finding a building to live in... uh... with a pit is actually very difficult." "So, legislation is where it starts and education." "So, that's the whole story." "Not, they're not a bully." "That's the ultimate." "CESAR MILLAN:" "It's a good campaign." "NARRATOR:" "An ad campaign like "Not A Bully" can bring awareness and understanding to the plight of the bully breeds but Cesar believes even more needs to be done." "The impact of legislation that targets pit bulls as a danger to public safety has been devastating." "So, Cesar and Junior are headed to Washington, D.C., where he hopes his message can have an even greater impact." "NARRATOR:" "As of 2014, more than 600 American cities have passed some form of breed specific legislation, laws known as BSLs that either restrict or ban completely the ownership of pit bulls." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Breed Specific Legislation." "Is that a legislation that will solve a problem?" "Absolutely not." "(Grrrr..." "Dogs biting - barking)" "Aggression is the outcome of a problem, not the problem." "All dogs could be aggressive." "They can all bite." "In that case, we should ban people from having dogs." "NARRATOR:" "To find out what more can be done to change or repeal these BSL laws, Cesar and Junior traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with the representative from their home state, California Congressman," "Tony Cardenas." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Hey." "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "Hey, Cesar." "How you doing?" "CESAR MILLAN:" "How are you, my friend?" "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "Good to see you, good to see you." "How you've been?" "CESAR MILLAN:" "Good, good." "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "Welcome to Washington, D.C." "CESAR MILLAN:" "You remember Junior, right?" "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "Yeah, nior." "How are you?" "ad to see you." "Welcome." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yeah." "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "Is he here to give me some advice?" "(Laughs)" "NARRATOR:" "During his political career," "Tony Cardenas has helped to pass aggressive legislation promoting spaying and neutering." "He also helped create L.A.'s first Animal Cruelty Task Force to prosecute animal abusers." "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "Personally, I think that when dogs exude violence in society, it's because their owners taught them to be that way." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Right." "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "Or their owners forced them to be that way." "CESAR MILLAN:" "What do you think when you hear the word" ""pit bull"?" "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "I think dog." "And when think about Junior." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Uh-hmm." "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "I think of a beautiful dog, passive, nice, friendly, helpful." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yeah." "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "And, you know, that's what I think of when I think of pit bull." "CESAR MILLAN:" "I met this lady yesterday." "She had a service dog." "It was a pit bull." "She had polio when she was little." "Her muscles don't work properly." "She actually needs a dog but this legislation, BSL, passed on her county and Animal Regulation came and say," ""You have to surrender the dog." "Otherwise, we're going to come and take it away from you and euthanize him."" "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "It's a tragedy." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Yeah." "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "It's a tragedy." "That person's quality of life has gone down drastically." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Exactly." "CONG." "TONY CARDENAS:" "Drastically." "NARRATOR:" "Cesar Millan knows that changing the BSL laws will first require a change in the public's attitude about pit bulls and other large, powerful dogs." "Having a legislator on his side like Congressman Cardenas is important." "PROTESTERS:" "No to BSL." "No to BSL." "No to BSL." "NARRATOR:" "But having public support is critical if the bully breeds are to be saved from near extinction." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Daddy, at the end of his time, I said," ""I'm gonna find a perfect place for him." So," "I decided to build a place here in this corner." "This is a sacred place." "I do have sacred place for dogs and this place, the whole ranch is a dog city." "It's for people to bring their dogs and learn." "Daddy." "He saw the beginning of this place." "He saw the beginning." "In the most important times of my life, he was there." "NARRATOR:" "For Cesar Millan, what first began as a brotherhood between a man and a dog, has become a worldwide mission to promote tolerance and understanding." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Everywhere I go around the world, they're always asking me for Daddy." "They don't ask me for anybody else." "They ask me for Daddy." ""How's Daddy doing?"" "And when I give them the news, people cry, you know, people cry." "He's a very special dog to the whole entire world." "He was a pit bull." "The most common misconception about the breed is they're killers." "They're natural-born killers." "But we have to understand that we are killing them by the way we treat them." "In that case, we are the pit bull." "NARRATOR:" "Cesar Millan once had a dog who changed his life and from him, learned that a dog's temperament is not only based on what kind of breed it is." "It is also a reflection of the care and love it receives." "CESAR MILLAN:" "It's not the breed that makes a good companion." "It's the dog in them." "All dogs are great companions." "NARRATOR:" "Now Cesar is out to save the lives of dogs like Daddy, as well as the lives of those lucky enough to share the planet with them." "CESAR MILLAN:" "Communication creates partnership." "Dogs have the most simple communication in the planet." "Everything is about trust." "Everything is about respect." "Everything is about love." "They don't care about how you look like." "They don't care about, you know, if you have money or no money." "It's really unconditional and we are learning as a human species to be unconditional." "The dog really shows you what relationship is all about." "So, let's go." "Let's change the world."