If you give only 80 percent leadership, your dog will give you 80 percent following. And the other 20 percent of the time he will run the show. If you give your dog any opportunity for him to lead you, he will take it.

I have always been honest with my fans, which means being open about any struggles I have had along the way.

My dogs have been my most loyal friends and constant companions.

'The Dog Whisperer' to me is a show that had a passion, and it helped me save relationships.

I was blessed to grow up on a farm, and when you're a farm boy, exercise is part of your lifestyle. Like it or not, that environment makes you work out. On the farm, nature is your gym. You walk and run and swim and have to do a lot of work with animals too.

Explaining "why" to a dog is pretty useless. You have to engage their instincts in order to change their behavior.

I don't believe in ever putting a dog down for behavior issues, because that's just punishing the dog for something wrong that humans did.