The Millan Foundation
“Life-long healthy relationships between dogs and people. The Millan Foundation provides financial support to assist non-profit animal shelters and organisations engaged in the rescuing, rehabilitation, and re-homing of abused and abandoned dogs. The Foundation prioritises funding on spaying and neutering programmes to help reduce or eliminate dog over population.
Cesar Millan is a world-renowned dog behavior specialist, known for his uncanny ability to walk large packs of dogs at a time. From poodles to pit bulls, the well-behaved canines under Cesar’s care have all been rehabilitated; each of them rescued from a wide range of behavior issues – everything from insecurity to severe ‘red zone’ aggression!
Cesar’s unique “Power of the Pack” methodology comes from his keen understanding of canine pack behavior. While most dog trainers relate to one animal at a time, Cesar often uses the pack itself-the natural social unit for canines-to rehabilitate a wayward dog. Cesar first captured the national spotlight when his National Geographic Channel (NGC) series Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan premiered in 2004.
* Shelter Stars, the Millan Foundation’s animal shelter affiliation programme, promotes positive, healthy relationships between families and the dogs they adopt from re-homing organisations across the country. Currently, Shelter Stars partners are distributing copies of “People Training for Dogs” (the most popular volume in Cesar Millan’s “Mastering Leadership” DVD series) free of charge to families that adopt shelter dogs.
* Get in SHAPE with Cesar Millan! The SHelter Animal Physical Enrichment programme (SHAPE) provides training guides, DVDs, and mentoring for staff, volunteers, and adopting families to implement Cesar’s calm, assertive leadership principles in animal shelters. Creating a balanced, peaceful environment in shelters alleviates fear and anxiety for displaced animals and enables them to be properly matched with their forever home.
# “Spay & Neuter is Nothing to Whisper About” is the Millan Foundation’s public service campaign that includes television commercials, full color posters, and reproducible ads featuring messages from the “Dog Whisperer” himself to promote the importance of spaying and neutering dogs to curb overpopulation
# The Mutt-i-grees Curriculum, made possible by the Millan Foundation, is a collaboration with North Shore Animal League and Yale University’s “School of the 21st Century” The curriculum is an innovative approach to humane education, and embraces learning within the context of the emerging area of emotional intelligence and social skills.
The Millan Foundation wishes to generate public and media attention on the plight of dogs and cats awaiting adoption in shelters and enhance the status and desirability of these animals, most of which are mixed breed “Mutt-i-grees.”
Students will learn essential skills 3/4 such as caring for others, showing empathy and respect, building relationships and acting ethically and responsibly 3/4 and how those apply in their interactions with peers, adults and animals. The first of the curriculum’s four phases focuses on preschool and the primary grades and starts in September, 2009.”
