A Pitbull Becomes a Service Dog | Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog
For the past five years, Johns faced a brain tumor in the fight of his life. His weakened state has caused Goliath to become fixated on protecting him. Today, Goliath faces Caesar's final challenge, which will determine if he's balanced enough to be of service and finally meet Jill's son, Ivan.
Very important to practice what you learned. So let's create one last challenge here at the ranch. John, Goliath, you guys are going to go in there and pretend to have a seizure. And for me to understand what's happening inside, I'm going to be watching you with the monitor.
Oh, nice, thank you. Thank you. And you and me, Jill, we're going to go and hide and see how Goliath is going to find us, and tell us that John needs help. Let's go. Let's go.
If Goliath wasn't able to pass Caesar's test today, I would feel discouraged. But I'm not giving up. We're going to have to keep working because we definitely want this family together.
Whenever you ready, brother. It's a perfect state. [suspenseful music] He doesn't know where we are. He's looking for you. That's really good. Yes. Really-- look how he's looking for you.
[suspenseful music] When he went to the window to look for Jill is when you see the dog looking for his human. This is incredible. You know, this is-- this is one in a lifetime type of thing, to see something so beautiful. Incredible.
That's beautiful! [happy music playing] Yeah! What is it? Where's John? So good! To see Goliath responding in a-- pretty much paramedic way with service. I was excited. Good, that's what I want. That's what I want. Good boy, Goliath! Good boy!
To see a dog, like trying to figure it out in a new place, it tells me this is what he's supposed to be doing. So he did amazing, I mean, it's incredible. If you're going to be fixated, be fixated by something amazing. That's a much better way, you know what I mean.
So let's utilize that moment in your life and let's turn it into something positive. So that's what we did, you know, we turned it-- this fixation into something positive. He's really working for the well-being of his family.
Dude! We have successfully redirected Goliath's fixated energy into a job. That gives him a sense of purpose, and you can see how much he's transformed. [theme music playing]