Q. When did you feel that you have a natural way with dogs? Were you ever scared of handling them, especially, the aggressive ones?
A. I think my relationship with dogs is something I was born with. My mother has told me stories of how drawn I was to all animals, but especially dogs, even before I can remember anything. I was also very lucky to have a grandfather who was a farmer. When he worked the farm, so did the dogs. Whenever I went there as a kid, which was often, I was fascinated by how the dogs there just knew what to do. Watching those dogs and my grandfather, I learned the value of working always with Mother Nature, never against her.

Cesar Millan standing on a mountain with a pack of dogs in California. Pic courtesy/Adina Pliskin