There were a couple of episodes of DW that involved a dog named Bella. But if the one we’re talking about is this one, I don’t know what the fuss is all about
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First and foremost Cesar Milan is not a dog trainer, he is a dog rehabilitator and a people trainer and he explains that at the beginning of every episode. Secondly, Bella is no yippy Yorkshire Terrier, it’s an 80 pound canine with a serious attitude problem as a result of neglect over the years from its alcoholic drug dealing owner. It is in fact what Cesar calls a Red Zone case that could inflict a lot of harm on Cesar if it did not respect him as a pack leader.
I’ve seen him kick a dog while trying to get it to behave while walking, but it’s nothing more than a nudge with the side of his foot to the dog’s buttocks intended to surprise the dog when its lunging on the leash and never with a smaller dog. In this case he even removed his soft suede loafer so that it wouldn’t injure the dog but just startle it to get it to snap out of the attack it was about to launch on Cesar. As he explained after the incident, if he had backed away, Bella would have lost respect for him as a pack leader.
As for the electronic collar, I’ve used one. It’s just like the vibrator in a cell phone. No electrical shock, just something to startle and annoy the animal so that it quickly learns to avoid the behavior that triggers it.
I believe this episode is over a year old, so trying to associate his actions with marital problems would be incorrect.