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Cesar Millan: The Dog Whisperer brings his training abilities to Oakland.

Cesar Millan helps out with lonely pups’ rescue

- By Pam Grady

The dog being evaluated at Oakland Animal Services is a gorgeous mixed breed with a multicolor­ed coat and startling eyes — one brown and one blue. She is also bone-thin and given to self-harm, unable to get used to the cacophony of the shelter and no doubt lonely for the family who surrendere­d her.

Ebony Blue, or Mimi, as they call her at the shelter, is not the dog that Mexico-born Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer, famous for his ability to train and communicat­e with canines, and his 22-year-old son, Andre, have to come to work with. But the shelter’s Martha Cline wants them to meet her. If her behavior can’t be corrected, lovely Mimi will have to be euthanized.

The Millans were in town last week filming an episode for a forthcomin­g new series for the National

 ?? Photos by Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle ?? Above: Cesar Millan cleans up a dog run as he films at the Oakland shelter. Below: Jessica Fox cuddles a shelter pup.
Photos by Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Above: Cesar Millan cleans up a dog run as he films at the Oakland shelter. Below: Jessica Fox cuddles a shelter pup.
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